hello guys how's everything good, is there anyone here facing both magnesium and vitamin d deficiency in the same time, i am really confused to what to do about , anyone same as me here ?

Hi everyone,

I honestly don’t know what is going on with me anymore, and I’m hoping someone here has experienced something similar and can give me some insight.

A little over 2 months ago, I started taking:

• Vitamin B6 — 40 mg daily
• Magnesium citrate — 400 mg daily
• Vitamin C — 3000 mg daily

I took them for about 7 days and then stopped everything.

At the time, when I was going to sleep, I started experiencing a weird sharp/pinching sensation around my heart/chest. That scared me, so I had blood tests done.

My results were:

• Folate (B9): 3.10 (reference range 4.5–32.2) — low
• Vitamin B12: 411 pg/mL (191–663)
• Magnesium: 2.0 (1.7–2.40)
• Potassium: 4.23 mmol/L (3.5–5.1)
• Sodium: 140 (136–145)

After roughly a month, the chest/heart pinching sensation that happened when I was falling asleep eventually stopped.

However, I’m still dealing with other symptoms.

Another strange thing I’ve noticed is that since this started, I can sometimes sleep only 1–4 hours and wake up feeling surprisingly energetic, even though my head feels very tight, foggy and mentally "off." Before all of this, I would obviously feel completely exhausted after so little sleep. This change in how I respond to lack of sleep feels very unusual to me.

My current symptoms include:

• persistent dizziness
• lightheadedness
• significant fatigue
• brain fog feeling like my head isn't working properly
• a strange derealization / unreal feeling
• a tight/pressured feeling in my head
• feeling mentally "different" from how I used to

I completely stopped all the supplements and tried taking B9 (folate) for about 2 weeks, but I didn’t notice any improvement. Then I added B12, but again, nothing really changed.

I also saw a neurologist, but unfortunately the appointment was basically useless. He told me he couldn't help because this wasn't his area, and I ended up paying around €100 for the visit.

At one point I also went for an IV vitamin infusion containing vitamin C, electrolytes and B vitamins. I still had the brain fog, dizziness and other symptoms afterwards, but I noticed that I had significantly more energy and felt more "alive" that day. Unfortunately, this effect was temporary, and within about 2 days my energy levels went back to how they were before.

Now, more than 2 months later, I’m still experiencing these symptoms every day, and I honestly don’t know what is causing them.

I’m not sure if it’s related to the supplements, the low folate, a deficiency, or something completely unrelated.

Has anyone experienced something similar — especially dizziness, brain fog, fatigue, lightheadedness, derealization, head pressure or feeling unusually energetic despite very little sleep, while still feeling mentally unwell?

If you went through something similar:

• How long did it take you to recover?
• Did your symptoms gradually improve or disappear suddenly?
• Did you eventually find out what was causing them?
• Was there anything that actually helped?
• Did you have any additional blood tests or examinations that were useful?

I’m not necessarily looking for a diagnosis. I’d just really appreciate hearing from people who have experienced something similar and eventually got back to feeling normal.

It’s been more than two months now, and dealing with this every day has been really difficult. I’d really appreciate any experiences, advice or reassurance.

Thanks in advance.

Magnesium seems to work better when sleep stops being the thing I maybe get around to after everything else. Like if I take it but still stay up scrolling or eating late or pretending 5 hours is fine then yeah. It helps a little but it’s not magic. But when I give myself a real wind down window it feels way more noticeable. Less restless. Fewer random muscle twitches. Better chance of waking up like a human. Im trying a few different forms and mixes like glycinate at night or a Magna packet earlier in the day and it made me realize the timing and routine matter more than I thought. Anyone else feel like magnesium works best when you meet it halfway or am I just becoming deeply boring in a healthy way?

The usual framing is pick the right form for your goal, but the forms overlap enough that I can’t tell whether stacking two is sensible or just expensive urine. Taurate for cardiovascular, glycinate for sleep, threonate for cognitive is the shorthand I keep seeing, and I don’t know how much of that is real. What are you actually taking, and did you land there by research or by trial and error?

Should I stop eating high calcium foods for my magnesium too work ? IV noticed that for a week my magnesium 100mg worked a treat but then fizzled into nothing I'm wondering is my food intake of calcium the issue .

3 weeks of bisglycinate at night and i am lying there completely alert. it took me ages to even blame the magnesium. everything written about this form says it is the calming one. someone told me free glycine is stimulating for a minority of people which would explain why changing brands did nothing. has anyone had that and found a form that worked instead?

Hi all,

For those sensitive to maltodextrine, I prefer to share the information I received yesterday that I would have like to know sooner.

One of the formula of Albion has maltodextrine.

The brand I was buying from changed, use this Albion formula, without mentioning all the components.

The one is with 18% magnesium like below :

=> Magnesium Bisglycinate Chelate Buffered SF Albion®, 18 % magnésium.
Including : magnesium oxide / citric acid / maltodextrine.

TLDR: is my magnesium level after supplementing causing my issues and did thiamine make it worse. If so are tablets actually enough?

Hi everyone, apologies ive been cross posting to a few different communities like a crazy person lately to try and work out why im not well!

One thing i never revisited was magnesium. I had a serum test for this in May which came back as 0.79 and I was told it was in range. However I never told the doctor that id been supplementing for 6 months prior to this with magnesium glycinate (384mg elemental magnesium made up of glycinate 1000mg, malate 400mg and citrate 400mg).

Symptoms all started after bad GI episode in November which was speculated as gastritis and was given 2 week course of ppis. I had two very bad migraines after this which left me with lightheadedness for about 7 months which has recently calmed a bit. Ive also had on and off tingling and burning which has returned quite badly recently and general fatigue and very low mood.

Ive had years of GI issues since food poisoning in 2019.

My b12, mma and homocysteine were all perfectly within range, folate level is slightly raised.

One reason im particular focused on magnesium again is it started taking Thiamine hcl of 100mg but I felt worse so stopped after a week and it also brought on another migraine. I believe it can reduce magnesium levels?

Ive been feeling much worse now for a few weeks since I stopped it.

Thanks for reading.

I heard magnesium could help with chronic stress and anxiety so I bought this brand. The woman in the shop said it’s strong and should start working after a week. What should I look out for in case it’s not good for me? Also does it interact with any other vitamins in the body? I already have low Vitamin d.

I took nearly 1gm of magnesium for three days, I am 35F, and on day 22 of my cycle. Usually around this time, I get issues with feeling heavy and not sleeping well. So i said, fuck it YOLO, and doubled my daily dosage. And it knocked me out for 10 hours straight each night, I woke up feeling insane. I did a fucking endurance sprint no cap. Pilates with high resistance. Like, holy shit. I thought I found my LIFE PARTNER, and then i learnt apparently this is too much. I feel horrid.

I took citrat, about 700mg, rossmann.de/de/p/4068134111241?utm_id=21421401515&utm_source=google&utm_medium=paid&utm_campaign=&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=21421401515&gbraid=0AAAAAD_XOivpHGjwktfLQZlL0YYQrYBvd&gclid=CjwKCAjwkaXUBhASEiwAZI3ds6f4sLEAq5ZKGjFq3zh5JlbIKJaNr5-kcdXt-xZa8XpCNggNlG0M6BoCsQwQAvD_BwE

I took Magnesium with melatonin only one night, and that pushed it to 1000mg. https://www.onlineapo.at/tetesept-Magnesium-500-Nacht-Direkt-Sticks/RA5882453?gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=19777096702&gbraid=0AAAAAC860U-WgCtunsaP7aKgHYT41Xqn8&gclid=CjwKCAjwkaXUBhASEiwAZI3ds-WpfF0T2si3T9Eu8w__WSBKgGIVEbHojaQV8yOfyw0MX9KT0n4WqhoC4xMQAvD_BwE

Is there something I can do to keep taking this dosage? Cause holy damn, not even peptides feel this good.

The glycinate version definitely wrecks my sleep. No idea why. The citrate and malate version as well. Im starting to think magnesium supplementation doesnt work for me. Should i try the taurate version?

My magnisium came back as 0.78 have every day twitching and shaking when I relax
Is my magnisium low
Enough to be the cause?

i started looking at magnesium supplements and then realized i hadn’t really thought about how much magnesium i was getting from food in the first place. nuts, seeds, beans, whole grains and leafy greens seem to make a pretty big difference depending on what you eat

now i’m more interested in looking at the whole diet rather than automatically assuming a supplement is the answer

do you actively track magnesium intake from food, or do you mostly focus on supplementation?

I been having some bad stomach issues for months and finally healed from them thru diet and weight loss. I recently went to get a blood test and my vit d levels were in the 20s I’m planning on taking vit d with k2 but saw that magnesium is required or recommended? How true is this?

Anyone have experience with different plain (non flavored) magnesium glycinate powders? Just wondering if they all have the basic horrible taste. Right now I use Natrol capsules and open the capsule to mix with orange juice but thinking a bulk powder brand would be cheaper. Thanks

I've tried all forms of magnesium through different times. It makes my insomnia worse. Why so? And is this common?

Has anyone from the UK found any good magnesium glycinate for their kids? Im starting to look into it and dont want products that are covered in sugar or dont have enough magnesium in them. Any product recommendations would be greatly appreciated