Magnesium and Taurine

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Take during day or before bed? Read that its better to take before bed to help in sleep.

Also read its best during day. But could cause a little bit of a unmotivated, weak and sedated feeling.

 

[downunder hunter]

Magnesium before bed, taurine in the morning

 

[RADAR]

You're probably looking for this ZMA, I have used it,and after a few days noticed a big increase in strength.
it containe some of the ingredient you listed and more.....To research Type in "ingredients in ZMA"

 

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Magnesium before bed, taurine in the morning

Why? Why Mag before bed. And taurine in the morning?

 

[downunder hunter]

Why? Why Mag before bed. And taurine in the morning?

Because magnesium helps you sleep and taurine you can take whenever you want really.

 

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Elaborate please.

 

[downunder hunter]

Taurine plays an important role in nitric oxide producton, so it makes for a good supplement to combat defiencies or to just to maintain or increase nitric oxide production! A dose of 3-5 grams a day will be sufficient. have this with water between meals. healthy adults should not need to supplement magnesium as you would be getting enough in your diet, magneium rich foods are bananas, broccoli, spinach etc. Common signs of magnesium defiencys are cramping, execcise fatigue and restless legs, so that is why it is commonly supplemented all at once before bed to aid in sleep. 400mg's would be a good dose for you before bed as it may make you more relaxed although if you want spread it out during the day in 100mg dosages to avoid drowsiness. Magnesium also plays a vital role in ATP metabolism so it definetely should be supplemented by any athlete/bb who is lacking it in their diet

 

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Cramping, exercise fatigue and RLS all sound like symptoms of having high prolactin. Which in turn lower dopamine. Hence the cramping, exercise fatigue and especially RLS. I know because I used be on Lexapro. And this drug raised my prolactin levels up. Causing me to have RLS. I had to take Requip to get rid of the RLS. But now..I just don't take Lexapro. I simply don't need it anymore.

I'm asking about this because I take Vyvanse (dexedrine) for my ADD. It's an amphetamine. And Some users of amphetamines say to take Taurine and Magnesium during the use of Amphetamines.

But I keep reading so many uses of Taurine Magnesium. For one...the Amphetamine users (and to me, they are not well educated like US bodybuilders...they just read and re-hash information someone has told them or they read. And they can't give an explanation for anything) say it takes away the "edgy" feeling from amphetamine use. Well, to me that's stupid. If I want to get some energy. I take 200mgs of caffeine. Taking more will only cause me to get "edgy". So to avoid that...DON'T TAKE ANYMORE THAN 200MGS OF CAFFEINE! That's common sense. I've told this to so many amphetamine users and they are all like...."ummmm...damn...you're right...maybe I am taking too much".

The times I have TAKEN Mag with Taurine while on my Amphetamine meds. I don't feel the amphetamine working so well. I feel like I only took half (or less) the regular dose. So to me, in a way..it doesn't make sense to take Mag and Taurine DURING amphetamine use. I will take it at night! But I swear...I think the other day I took a little bit OVER dose of Mag and Taurine (by accident). I usually take 400mgs of Mag and 1500mgs of Taurine before bed. Don't know why I take it...but many amphetamine users say to AT LEAST take it before going to bed. In order to avoid health issues. What health issues? I don't know. Haven't really done deep researching as I'm too busy lately to spend quality time on the web finding info. Hence the reason why I post my questions here. Hoping that someone knowledgeable like you answers my questions. LOL

The other night I hay have taken 600mgs of Mag and 2500 of Taurine. And I had trouble sleeping. My heart was pounding harder than usual. And my sleepinees went away. Like as if my body was saying...."Get up...let's do stuff around the house".

 

[downunder hunter]

Taurine helps regulate the heart beat, it helps regulate the contracting and pumping action of the heart muscle and it heps regulate blood pressure so that may be why some amphetamine users may feel it takes the 'edgy feeling' away. Taurine is safe and has no known side effects. Magnesium on the other hand, if you take to much it can cause gastrointestinal symptoms like nausea and abdominal cramping. Very high levels of magnesium in the blood can lead to heart problems or an inability to breathe.

The sleeping problem you had the other night i would say was a side effect of the amphetamines and not the magneium or taruine. I myself have had RLS from high prolactin its a pain in the ass to sleep with that shit! As my prolactin went down so did my symptoms, I dont get it anymore.

I use to take dexedrine for my ADD when i was a teenager, how do you find it works for you now as an adult?

 

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I'm not going to take Dex anymore to be honest. It's driving me insane. Take the stuff and i can't sleep. Life is not good when you can't sleep.

So take my full 100% daily dose of Magnesium before bed?

And Taurine day? All at once? Or spread out? Won't taurine make me sleepy or hungry/irritable/hypoglycemic due to (what I read) it stabilizing (or lowering) blood sugar?

 

[Ross]

Magnesium is also awesome for testosterone enhancement, as it will reduce Testosterone's binding affinity to SHBG, causing significant increases in FREE Testosterone. Great to use while on cycle!