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Thank HN: Magnesium and Morning Anxiety
Several weeks ago, I saw a post on HN about mental health and challenges around productivity, coding, etc. Someone commented that their morning anxiety went away after starting to take magnesium.
Morning anxiety is something I've dealt with on and off for a while and I decided to give this a shot.
In short: it's been fantastic.
Just wanted to thank the community. I'm now about 3x as productive in the mornings as I was a few months ago.
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- cl42 5y agoThanks for commenting and for the link -- it seems like a fantastic resource. The HN comment (I wish I had saved it!) surprised me because I'e searched online as to whether this was even a real problem and what solutions existed, but most of the posts I came across were vague and unhelpful.
- Rzor 5y agoIf you don't mind me asking, which one are you taking?
- cl42 5y agoI take 500mg of magnesium and 100mg of B2 every morning.
- 0x6A75616E 5y agoThere are many types of Magnesium. Such as Magnesium L Threonate, Magnesium Chloride, etc. Which one specifically do you take?
- airbreather 5y agoI find the BioCeuticals brand to be particularly effective, though I mainly take it for cramps. It seems that being chellated it has a very rapid uptake compared to almost any other formulation I have tried - eg I have had a calf cramp that has left me barely able to walk and drinking this form released it to normal in 30 minutes.