Sun, Aug-14-11, 00:12
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Senior Member
Posts: 188
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Plan: 80/20 Low Carb Paleo
Stats: 250/190/145
BF:
Progress: 57%
Location: Southern California
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De-stressing with Magnesium and...
I thought I would share a recent discovery with you that has really helped me relax at night and even mellowed me out during the day.
In the last few months I have been hit with a lot of anxiety. I am entering that wonderful phase of womanhood, peri-menopausal and to be honest, everything is really the pits...hot flashes, mood swings, depression, night sweats and the worst, night time anxiety. For months I have been just laying in bed and my mind races from one ridiculous thought to the next, preventing me from sleeping.
I will be honest and say this is the hardest time in my life staying on our WOE. It has just been awful. I want carbs, and then I eat them and of course I feel worse...(please don't tell me I just need to stop eating them, I know that, but my will powerful lately has been NIL and it really stinks)
Most of these symptoms got better after I started taking a new supplement called "Pro-fema" from Pure Essence. (it's really good if you are looking for a female multi). But it was not touching my night time anxiety.
I tried just about everything...nothing seemed to work, and I was really ready for prescription drugs...
Then I remember a product I added to my supplement list years ago when I was doing a liver detox Natural Calm, hich as you know is chelated magnesium. Once the detox was over I stopped taking it and never really thought about it again. I started to use it at night again and saw a big difference in my sleep. But it just want not enough alone to help me relax and get into deep sleep.
SO instead of just taking it alone I am taking it with one .8% Standardize Valerian Root Extract (450 mg - Vitamin Shoppe Brand )
and one chewable Melatonin ( 500 mcg -Trader Joe's Brand).
Wow. I feel like I have finally found something to not only help me sleep but I am feeling so much better during the day as well. I am still taking fish oils and D3, but the added Magnesium, Valerian, and Melatonin cocktail has really helped me de-stress at night.
IF you are having some troubles at night try it, it might help.
Thanks to all the people on here pushing magnesium...it really has been a God send!
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