I'm 24 years old male. I've been supplementing with Vitamin D 2000 IU, Vitamin C 1000mg, Magnesium 200-300mg/day, Zinc Citrate 15mg/day and sometimes pop a Centrum Multivitamin for the vitamin B. The reason why I take these supplements is because I'm a college student and I believe (not tested) that I have deficiency in some way, so this is kinda a second solution and read things like 50% of the population not taking enough magnesium or vitamin D for example. So I'm not sure if it is the Magnesium exactly, but I definietly notice something after taking it, I've been taking Magnesium from different forms like glycinate, citrate, lactate and all makes me feel the same way, I feel out of it, like zoned out. I take it before night as I read it is a good sleep aid and it doesn't really make me sleepy, but I feel my mind slowing down and I start to get foggy etc. When I wake up I just want to stay in bed and sleep more and have a hard time focusing. I'm also drinking coffee and after I have my cup I instantly feel my focus is back and energy is back, that I feel better, for example music sounds pleasing, it's like the complete opposite. So I'm not sure what is causing this. Too much magnesium? Calcium inbalance? Caffeine withdrawal? Low blood pressure? What to do? I'm not sure what to do, it is causing an emotional rollercoaster everyday as I'm trying to figure out what is wrong. Am I not drinking enough water? Or is it because magnesium is an NMDA inhibitor?
Don't take Magnesium Citrate, take Magnesium L-Threonate. Magnesium deficiency creates anxiety, caffiene/coffee has a diuretic effect, this causes magnesium/electrolyte loss. What you're doing is basically getting fatigued from depleting your electrolytes, craving caffiene and having a withdrawal, and then repeating the process. Just take a few days where you aren't busy, take extra magnesium, and much less coffee (not none or you'll get an AWESOME headache) and wait a few days until it wears off. You don't really need vitamin D, you need sunlight, for dopamine and vitD. >tl;dr you're being fag and taking supplements you don't need and not eating well enough and getting enough sun
t. sciencefag
Benjamin Long
What is wrong with citrate?
Leo Cooper
I was able to quit blow/snow, cigs and mdma but leave caffein is impossible.
I'm quite sure that it's one of the most additive drug ever existed
Ayden Martinez
Magnesium citrate is fine. Magnesium L-Threonate is active in the brain so it has superior effects.
Jaxon Russell
So what is causing this outbof place foggy effect likebim not myself? Vitamin D?
Andrew Fisher
>When I wake up I just want to stay in bed and sleep more and have a hard time focusing.
You're probably depressed. I wake up feeling like shit every morning. If I have nothing on in the morning, I always snooze my alarm and fall asleep again, waking up an hour later. Even when I do get out of bed, after breakfast I lay down for a while again because it's so fucking cozy and I don't want to get up.
Whenever I take 5-HTP I wake up feeling fucking amazing and jump out of bed straight away. I've been taking NOW Magnesium caps for 6 months and hasn't changed my ability to get up.
Literally just stop drinking it retard. I drink six per day and managed to quit for about three weeks in December to see if I could. Just cut down to one a day for 2-3 days, then go cold turkey. You'll have a moderate headache for a day or so but afterwards it's just getting over the lethargy. That took about a week for me.
There's no reason to quit caffeine/coffee. There is literally nothing wrong with it. If anything it's good for you.
Daniel Rivera
Caffeine withdrawal. Already said that.
Sebastian Long
Coffee is everywhere, everyone is doing it and it’s completely glorified. Those are the reasons why you can’t break away from it. Not to mention it’s not bad for you.
Brandon Gonzalez
>I'm also drinking coffee Found the problem.
Colton Parker
What type of zinc (citrate..) should I take ? Is taurine good for adhd ? Vitamin k is safe ? Thanx m8
Hunter Thomas
>What type of zinc (citrate..) should I take ? Is taurine good for adhd ? Vitamin k is safe ? Thanx m8
Go to a doctor you stupid faggot. Don't take ANYTHING without doing research and if you /cannot/ research it then you should not fucking take it. You want a REAL supplement? Eat 4 eggs every morning with a bowl of spinach and after 2 hours, eat a bowl of oatmeal with blueberries. Stop being stupid before you die.
>vitamin K don't supplement this unless you like your liver not working
Jackson Turner
Do an elimination proccess. Remove everything but the multivitamin for a couple of weeks and see if it gets better. Then add one supplement and wait a couple weeks. etc.
Brayden Russell
MgT working more like a drug is why you shouldn't take it as a general supplement. it should be used occasionally as nootropic.
meditation is good for adhd, as is cardio, exercise, and reducing overall stress levels. taurine is a great supplement though. you can take 3 g before bed. vitamin k1, k2 mk-4, and k2 mk-7 are all very safe. k1 and k2 mk-4 are good for overall health, and k2 mk-7 is good in combination with vit D3 and magnesium for bone health. a better way to increase your zinc is to eat more meat. if you take a supplement, don't take more than 25 mg of zinc.
ignore . doctors don't know anything about nutrition or supplements. also vitamin K is completely safe and has no negative effect on the liver at all. this user is probably thinking of the synthetic vitamin K3 (which can't be sold as human supplement anymore), which is dangerous for humans in very high doses.
a great general rule for supplements: don't take anything that isn't found in meat or offal.
also stop drinking coffee, dumbass.
Evan Ortiz
>stop drinking coffee But it makes me feel alive, why should i stop?
Gabriel Bell
>blueberries make me shit liquid
Camden Russell
You reach the point where caffeine is needed just to feel normal. Stop it.
Chase Johnson
>vitamin K do you ever need to supplement that unless you strictly avoid vegetables? all vegetables seem to have millions of vitamin K while other vitamins seem impossible to reach the "recommended" values without eating sacks of vegetables
the only "easy" one to achieve i know is apart from vitamin K is vitamin C with bell peppers, everything else seems impossible
the effect of 200 mcg of vitamin K2 MK-7 on bone health is roughly equal to 45 mg of K2 MK-4. I don't think anyone eats 45+ mg of K1 from vegetables. the amount of K1 needed to not die from blood clotting issues is much lower (low mcg's), so you don't need to supplement K to stay alive.
btw, vitamin C powder is like 10 eu/kg, much cheaper than from fruit/vegetables.
Blake Hernandez
I take magnesium citrate after the gym because my wife told me it's good for me lmao. So I just take in. I have no idea what I'm taking. Basically I'll take everything she gives me.
Hudson Jackson
well yes, the vast majority of people basically avoid everything but fat and meat. besides vit k is important and its hard to take too much of it. why not supplement it?
Leo Rogers
>vitamin C with bell peppers Or just eat and orange or a kiwi
Robert Butler
>the vast majority of people basically avoid everything but fat and meat kek, if this was actually true, nobody would have diabetes.
Charles Moore
most people suggest taking magnesium before bed but some shitty supplements also have heavy metals so maybe look into the brands you're buying and realize whole food is cheaper
Jack Rogers
its hard to get magnesium from food alone. you would need to be eating 10 large bananas a day or something
also food isnt cheaper than vitamins if youre only taking those into account
Christian King
>its hard to get magnesium from food alone gee I don't know, maybe eat some quality grown seeds? Hemp hearts are a cheap tasty source.
>buy seeds to shovel six spoonfuls down your throat every day while also getting undesirable stuff like iron >doesn't even last half a month >costs multiple times more than a normal supplement >have to do this with literally a dozen other foods because youre autistic and refuse to take something if its in a bottle but a plastic bag is totally fine >its totally not a supplement because uhh...
where do people like you think the vitamins and minerals in supplements come from?
