On magnesium, most people need supplements because the food we eat is deficient in magnesium. I'm currently taking 375 mg of ionic magnesium daily. That said,

On magnesium, most people need supplements because the food we eat is deficient in magnesium. I'm currently taking 375 mg of ionic magnesium daily. That said, you're lucky that your sleep problems are related to an electrolyte imbalance and that you found it. I've been experiencing sleep issues too, but it's not the electrolytes. In my case I believe it's the subclinical hypothyroidism. I wake up in the middle of the night, with my heart rate elevated, like I got an adrenaline shot and it's impossible to fall back to sleep. I'm now on treatment for hypothyroidism and it seems my sleep has been getting better, but I still can't sleep for more than 6-7 hours and I used to be able to sleep much more than that. I'm a man btw, hypothyroidism is becoming more common in men too. I now advise people to monitor the health of their thyroid and note that the reference range for TSH is not correct, the aim being to have TSH lower than 3 μUI/mL, possibly even 1 μUI/mL. I'm also one of those cases where all other blood work (FT3, FT4, RT3) and the ultrasound look normal, except for having a TSH over 10, so don't believe the Internet's bullshit (e.g. stopthethyroidmadness.com).