Supps for sleep?

[Whiteboyy0]

I've been a poor sleeper since my early teens, and I quit taking prescription sleep aids about 2 years ago. What do you guys use to help with falling and staying asleep? It's gotten a little worse on cycle

[austinite]

Melatonin and high dose Magnesium works for me.

[Whiteboyy0]

I have the melatonin ill grab some magnesium tomorrow and try it out

[MR-FQ320]

Melatonin generally works wonders for me, if its a real bad night i have a nytol as well.

[sawyer86]

What do you class as a high dose of magnesium aust?

[belva]

Melatonin and high dose Magnesium works for me.

Would melatinin and magnesium with zinc like in a ZMA product work fine as well? (it would be something like 300mg of magnesium/20mg of zinc) what do you think?

[austinite]

What do you class as a high dose of magnesium aust?

Well, I buy the 400 magnesium citrate tabs. And I take one daily, but if I want to use it as a muscle relaxer, I take 3 tabs. So 1200 mg works for me. Rarely have I taken 4 tabs.

[austinite]

Would melatinin and magnesium with zinc like in a ZMA product work fine as well? (it would be something like 300mg of magnesium/20mg of zinc) what do you think?

Sure. But I prefer Zinc in the morning so I usually keep it out of any sleep aid stacks. I seem to recall some sort of inhibitory effect of zinc in this equation though, I'll have to research that to refresh my memory.

[sawyer86]

Is it safe to take 1200 mg daily for long periods?

[austinite]

Is it safe to take 1200 mg daily for long periods?

Yeah magnesium won't hurt you. When I had muscle spasms I took it for a month. But you end up with yucky visits to the bathroom if you use it too often at high doses.

[sawyer86]

Im just curious as in my vitamin stack you gave me it included 400mg magnesium before bed. And as im a crap sleeper im wondering about more?

[austinite]

Im just curious as in my vitamin stack you gave me it included 400mg magnesium before bed. And as im a crap sleeper im wondering about more?

Yes, you can use more, just expect that if you use it at higher doses for too long, you'll have the bathroom problems I mentioned earlier. If you have trouble sleeping every single night, I would not look for pills as a solution. It's then time to find out what is really going on. Masking problems is only OK if it's temporary while you find the cause.

You could have sleep apnea like me, make you feel tired and never get enough sleep.

[sawyer86]

I think ill start at 400 mg and up the dose slowly to see how i react. Thanks.

[austinite]

Good call.

[CHUDmac]

I've been using Bullet Proof. The melatonin in it helps, but the taste takes some getting used to.

[EverettCD]

Melatonin and high dose Magnesium works for me.

Ditto. 5mg of melatonin & 400mg of magnesium works very well for me. Prior to this I took Benadryl for sleep, Melatonin works much better & no hangover feeling in the morning.

[Brett N]

5mg melatonin and 400mg Magnesium is exactly what my TRT doctor recommended. I was taking advil pm, the supplements definitely have me feeling better in the morning. Not perfect sleep but, tons better than without anything.

[austinite]

5mg melatonin and 400mg Magnesium is exactly what my TRT doctor recommended. I was taking advil pm, the supplements definitely have me feeling better in the morning. Not perfect sleep but, tons better than without anything.

Good doc! Most people don't realize that Magnesium is a muscle relaxer. I never take it during the day.

[base4291ball]

can't beat non-habit forming Zzzquil lol