Reddit reviews Source Naturals Magnesium Malate 1250 mg for Energy Production - 360 Tablets…

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https://www.amazon.com/Source-Naturals-Magnesium-Malate-Tablets/dp/B000GFJJKQ?ie=UTF8&ref_=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top

In the future I would buy

this magnesium and this d3+k2 instead. Cheaper and the magnesium's likely more effective.

You can take all three in the morning if you want. Magnesium isn't inherently sedating, it's relaxing.

The ones I would personally avoid is taking D or ALCAR at night, everything else is fair game.

If you wanna do D, K, ALCAR in the morning, and Mag at night, that's perfectly fine also.

Also if you're at all interested in taking a multivitamin instead, I'd recommend Legion Triumph (disclosure: I've had some input on it's design, not receiving any royalties or anything like that, though).

Firstly, I’m so sorry you’re going through all this. Fibro flares are agony. A good fruit to eat for potassium is kiwi- they have more potassium and vitamin C than bananas and oranges, plus they’re super tasty! If you’re looking for a magnesium supplement, be careful of the kind of magnesium- some can cause issues with your digestion. I bought one off of Amazon to try, and it didn’t hurt my digestion but it also didn’t do anything for me (I guess my magnesium isn’t one of my issues)- if you’re in the USA and want to try it, you can find it here: Source Naturals Magnesium Malate... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000GFJJKQ?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share (mods, let me know if linking isn’t allowed and I’ll delete) It’s Magnesium Malate, which should be easier on the digestion. The only downside is the bottle is HUGE so if it turns out that magnesium isn’t your issue, you have a ton of pills still.
If you’re in a state/country that legalized medical marijuana, I’ve found that having some is one of the only ways to break the muscle spasms I get from my fibro. I don’t smoke, but I use tinctures, topicals, and occasionally cookies from my local dispensary.

I would drop the vinpocetine:

http://www.longecity.org/forum/topic/23457-vinpocetine-ditch-it/

Try taking the bacopa before bed, it makes some people tired.

Maybe lay off the CILTEP for a few days and try supplementing some glutamine, did wonders for me.

Try adjusting your choline intake, too much makes some people depressed, but not enough will also make you tired and brain foggy. Too much will give you muscle soreness and possibly a headache from muscle tension.

You could try some n-acetyl-tyrosine and see if it helps your motivation. I wouldn't take too much though since one of your ADs is a norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor. Have you always felt this unmotivated, or is it a recent phenomenon? If it's just a recent thing, what has changed in your life that might have caused it? If it is chronic, and n-acetyl-tyrosine works for you, you might want to ask your doctor about trying ritalin/methylphenidate.

I would also try to get off the SSRI/SNRI, serotonin is depressing. There is a common misconception, possibly due to incorrect ideas about how MDMA works, that serotonin makes you happy. SSRIs actually increase suicide risk for the first few weeks because the excess serotonin makes you depressed. The anti depressant effects take a few weeks because they are due to physiological changes in your brain due to the extra serotonin.

Do you take a multivitamin or any vitamins other than D? Personally I think the base of any nootropic stack should include a good multivitamin, some antioxidants, and probably fish oil, although some people react negatively to fish oil. Not including any racetams or ciltep or anything purely nootropic, every day I take:

AOR Ortho Core

B Complex

Vitamin C

Vitamin D-3

Vitamin E

Fish Oil

Green Tea Extract

Pine Bark Extract

Magnesium

Calcium

Probably less important, but I also take acetyl carnitine, alpha lipoic acid, alpha gpc, glucosamine/chondroitin/msm, rhodiola rosea, eluthero sibricus, jiaogulan, mushroom product including reishi and chaga, glutamine, l-phenylalanine, creatine, coq10, ashwagandha, lion's mane, bacopa, and astragalus.

In addition to all that I take various nootropics sort of randomly as I feel like, including sulbutiamine, piracetam, aniracetam, pramiracetam, noopept, and forskolin/artichoke/hesperidin.

Last, and probably most important, get plenty of good sleep.

Check out this page. Lots of the science behind it and really worth a thorough look.

I take one or two of these before I go to bed.

What I'm taking isn't on there specifically but I think there's similar magnesium types.

https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B000GFJJKQ/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&th=1

I was 370 lbs when I started my journey 18 months ago, and can tell you that the magnesium REALLY does help. I had some pretty bad leg cramps at night, and I started taking a supplement in the evening. It knocked them out quickly.

I tried a few different supplements, and am happiest with: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000GFJJKQ/

YMMV, of course.

Good luck. You CAN do this!!

Wish I could say this was anything more than a fluke. Like you though, I mostly concentrated on finding the triggers. Maple syrup, red grapes, hot dogs, etc. SO nice to be able to eat whatever the hell I like now.

I got lucky on the pain side, mine actually don't hurt too bad. Headaches are way worse pain wise. However, visual issues, language problems and general "foggy" performance from my brain ended up being much more debilitating than pain for me.

Here are the ones I bought on Amazon http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000GFJJKQ/ if it helps.

> Ever since I started this I have felt awful. Throat fullness/tightness, headache, fatigue dizziness & nausea. Anyone else have this problem?

Iodine alone without cofactors can make for an unpleasant experience, what you're experiencing isn't unusual.

I have a few suggestions, but I do not know what is in your chaste berry supplement and multivitamin so be sure to check them for selenium/selenomethionine so you don't take too much.

300-600mg magnesium (malate and taurate are good ones)

100mg B2 riboflavin twice a day (the yellow component of a b-complex)

500mg niacin twice a day (use inositol hexanicotinate, usually called "no flush" niacin, 500mg of true B3/niacinamide/nicotinic acid will ruin your day)

200mcg selenomethionine (be sure to check the multivitamin and other supplement for this, you don't want more than 400mcg in a day)

1,000mg Vitamin C (3 times a day)

1/2 tsp Celtic sea salt (Redmond Real salt works too)

I believe these will help you see a welcome improvement, this is a great baseline to start out with.

More info available in [Iodine by David Brownstein M.D.] and [The Iodine Crisis by Lynne Farrow]

Quick links:

[Magnesium malate]

[B2/B3 cofactors]

[Selenomethionine]

[Vitamin C]

[Celtic sea salt]

[12.5mg iodine](what you're taking now is probably great, though the books recommend 50mg)

Is there any downside to taking something like 700mg of it every day? My multi already gives me 100mg, and this is the absolute best priced magnesium I could find, but they're huge. I only ask because it's quite a bit easier to split pills into halves instead of thirds.