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I'm hoping to feel relief from muscle cramping but, not yet.

@helennicola Helen, I knew you were responding to @bustrbrwn22 but whenever someone mentions something as exciting as magnesium I just get overcome and feel I have to toss in my 2 cents. 😳 I'll try to use more self control going forward. Best, Hank

@helennicola Sorry Helen. I shouldn't kid. Hope you know I appreciate your inputs always. 🌹 Hank

Hi Helen, thanks for clarifying whose post you were responding to. I believe that info actually shows in the group emails we all receive, above the body of the message. I am still learning and so far I've seen many respond to messages in the public group emails that arrive in our mailboxes. Often, when we go to a response by another person that also comes to our email, by clicking the "View and Reply" field under the messages, we'll see quite a few messages between others and join in. I think the only way to avoid that is to send someone a private message. You probably already know this. For me, the fog is clearing but it has been difficult for me to learn how the blog works. I hope you are doing well today or tolerable at minimum. Warmest wishes, Sunny. 😊

Hank, feel free to kid whenever you feel like it, life is too short! 🤗 Helen

That's great Rachel! I take 200mg of Mag Glycinate, twice daily. Still no improvement falling asleep or with SEVERE muscle tetany which can include the largest muscles in the body; aductor (inner thighs and hamstrings). Those puppies hurt and it can take 15 minutes or so to stretch them out. They are BRUTAL!! Funny I do not get them in the most common places, the Calfs and arches of the foot. The muscles on top of my feet and ankles, toes and fingers are the most frequent and lately have been pretty much every night. I can have them in the day or late afternoon but mostly evening and night and all night. I often have to get up. I'm thinking about upping my dose but have to research how much is safe. Also, even though I am on Morphine and Gabapentin, I still lay there often up to two hours before I can fall asleep. I just don't get it. I know my body really needs asleep. Tired and blesses, Sunnyflower 😊 @hellenicola @jesfactsmon

@sunnyflower
Linda's experience has been that she has gotten some sleepiness by taking magnesium before bedtime but it's sometimes limited in that effect. She thinks (and it makes sense to me) that after you body gets all it needs of magnesium the effect is drastically reduced. Current literature has women needing about 300 mg/day and men 400 mg/day. But since so many foods contain at least some magnesium that number may be much less in terms of needing from supplementation. Just something to consider. Best, Hank

Since I started Lyrica, I've been falling asleep right away (a blessing since I have struggled with insomnia all my life). When I get muscle cramps, it is relieved by stretching more and drinking more water several times during the day, nothing relieves it immediately; Magnesium made my cramps much worse. Peggy