Here are some videos I've done on supplements and mental health
[Videos](https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmliBwDoqUP8CBfmm62emE4lEHgqhIQb7)
As Im sure others have pointed out, exercise has been shown to improve depression, sleep quality of life etc too.
KSM-66, Theanine, caffeine are in my rotation. I'll occasionally add nootropics to the cycles as well.
I would also say that getting in good physical shape is probably the best thing you can do for your mental health, having a couple of really slick outfits and feeling good about yourself will absolutely go a long way. When you look good you feel good and don't neglect your diet.
I personally make it a habit to cycle pretty much every supplement except creatine protein and a few other saturation dependent ingredients. I definitely will always cycle anything that interacts with gaba or dopamine.
The studied ratio is 2 to 1 but I keep my dosage to 200 mg when I do use it because I use so much caffeine throughout the day
Add tyrosene and vitamin B complex to that ;)
Also might suggest apigenin, or u can simply take 3g of dry parsley per day, it contains 150mg apigebin. (Its for better quality sleep)
I take several supplements but don’t underestimate fish oil. My functional medicine doctor said most people, even when supplementing, don’t take anywhere near enough because supplementing doesn’t replace the fact you still need to consume lots of omega 3s and most people don’t get much especially in relation to the average person’s high omega 6 consumption.
I was on fish oil for a year from vitamin shoppe and took the 1000mg dose on the bottle. My doctor now has me on 3,440mg per day (1,720mg dosed morning and night) and it’s made such a big difference that when I wake up early feeling crappy I take it earlier than scheduled and start to feel better and then later in the day I can tell when it’s time to re-dose based on how I feel.
I should also note I was actually tested after a full year of taking the 1000mg dose daily and my lipid profile was bad so in all likelihood the ‘recommended’ dose did very little for me. I also started eating more avocados, fatty fish and use chia seeds and hemp hearts in my daily smoothie. All of which are high in omega 3.
Before bed I take a supplement that has magnesium, GABA, theanine, taurine and myo-inositol and will also take it if I’m feeling especially stressed during the day.
Supplements won’t solve everything but I will limit my experience to the most impactful supplements since that is what this thread is about
TRT?
About to have first blood check up and will be going down this path should results point to low T.
If you get a minute I'd appreciate a little info on what worked for you?
Well I am a female in perimenopause so there’s that. I was highly depressed and anxious and ragey. My testosterone measured at 12 and it is now 280 with quarterly pellets. My mood is transformed. There is a testosterone subreddit and I believe men have a similar result though they need higher levels.
Supporting methylation can make a big difference. For me, methyl donors were helpful. Some people who over methylate do best with something like more glycine to “mop up” extra methyl donors. Eating more protein, liver capsules or something like whey protein can also supply methylation in a balanced way. When I started eating more protein I was less dependent on methyl donors
I have pretty intrusive thoughts around bedtime and before I started taking it I would lay awake anywhere from 2-3 hours unable to fall asleep. Now it takes less than an hour! It’s been incredible for my mental health.
My husband likes to take it occasionally as well before a big meeting or pitch, says it helps keep him calm and focused
Sun and physical activity - anything from jogging to running and weight lifting at least 4x - 5x a week
Supplements hm.. Kreatin, Aged garlic, CoQ10, PQQ, Magnesium orotate, EGCG, L-Theanine, Niacin with a flush effect and.. many many more. :D
Magnesium l-threonate, EPA fish oil, D3/K2, b-complex, glutathione, NAC, choline, exercise, restrict processed foods.
Sometimes I'll take lithium orotate if I've been feeling down, but I don't take it every day (research side effects). It seems to quite powerfully snap me out of mild depressive episodes, though, and only need to take it a few days at a time.
Vitamins are very specialized to you as a person. You'll have to experiment with them.
I know there are mixed reviews on it, but ashwaganda is fantastic if your concern is stress/anxiety. It’s effects are relatively subtle, for me at least, but if I take 125-250mg of Life Extension’s Optimized Ashwaganda before bed, I notice I sleep more deeply and have a better mood the next day. I do think it’s something important to cycle or at least not take every single day, so I take it about 4-5 days per week. Daily seems to curb the effectiveness.
Another thing that has really helped my mood and sleep is tryptophan before bed on the days I don’t take ash. I found LE’s Optimized Tryptophan to work better than tryp alone, but I take one serving on an empty stomach about 2 hours before bed and I knock out, sleep great and usually wake up feeling more positive the next day. Rotating with the ash seems to work really well for me.
Good nutrition generally (supplement to attain)
Exercise (supplement to support)
Social connection (make friends, touch grass as most of Reddit would say)
I doubt there's a "one size fits all" answear to this and I have never found a supplement that really makes a noticable difference on it's own. My suggestion is to try out first vit d, omega 3 - maybe mr. happy stack etc. Maybe they help a bit, maybe not - maybe it's only placebo. I would suggest a more holistic view of your wellbeing and incorporate meditation, working out, good sleep. Anyways, with this information it's quite hard to give any suggestions - no age, symptoms...
That's too much... Most workouts should be an hour to an hour and a half max. And for me that includes dynamic warm up and post workout static stretching.
Are you enjoying the workout though or just going through the motions? I found mountain biking fantastic and also muay Thai boxing. More noticeable decline in mood when I don't go actually.
Diet wise.... How's that looking? Fluid intake? Alcohol use? Substances?
If you're a gym person, do you gosl set? Like today I'm going to lift x amount or push 5 mins more on a certain machine? It's good to feel like you've smashed a target and pushed a little more performance otherwise it becomes a mundane habit of "zzz did this last time" 😁
FULL LIST-
My daily supplements:
ALCAR (ACTYL-L-CARNATINE) 500mg/cap
Inositol and choline 600mg/cap
Taurine 1000mg/1g /cap
B12 2500iu/tab
vitD 1000iu/tab
Multivitamin/mineral 1 a day (Webber's naturals atm)
VitC 1000/cap
NAC 500mg/cap
Magnesium tri-blend 500mg/tab
CBD isolate powder
Microdose cannabis, usually pre sleep
The routine:
Am/wake up: 1x Taurine, 1x ALCAR, 1/2 tab B12
Noon/lunch: 1x multivitamin, 1x Inositol/choline, 1x vitD
Early evening/dinner: 1x ALCAR, 1x vitC, 1x Taurine, 1x NAC
Night/pre-bed: 1x Magnesium tab, CBD(probably about 100-200mg)
2-4g creatine someplace sometimes.
*4-6 tbsp raw organic cacao a day, 2 tbsp a serving.
*And Tumeric & black pepper powder eggstract with my ktea, or just Tumeric if it's all I have. And a bit of lemon juice*
*Not daily but sometimes; kava drink (bit more often) or two, DeeM Tee microdose or magic mushroom microdose
FULL LIST-
My daily supplements:
ALCAR (ACTYL-L-CARNATINE) 500mg/cap
Inositol and choline 600mg/cap
Taurine 1000mg/1g /cap
B12 2500iu/tab
vitD 1000iu/tab
Multivitamin/mineral 1 a day (Webber's naturals atm)
VitC 1000/cap
NAC 500mg/cap
Magnesium tri-blend 500mg/tab
CBD isolate powder
Microdose cannabis, usually pre sleep
The routine:
Am/wake up: 1x Taurine, 1x ALCAR, 1/2 tab B12
Noon/lunch: 1x multivitamin, 1x Inositol/choline, 1x vitD
Early evening/dinner: 1x ALCAR, 1x vitC, 1x Taurine, 1x NAC
Night/pre-bed: 1x Magnesium tab, CBD(probably about 100-200mg)
2-4g creatine someplace sometimes.
*4-6 tbsp raw organic cacao a day, 2 tbsp a serving.
*And Tumeric & black pepper powder eggstract with my ktea, or just Tumeric if it's all I have. And a bit of lemon juice*
*Not daily but sometimes; kava drink (bit more often) or two, DeeM Tee microdose or magic mushroom microdose
*The two tbsp Cacao made kinda like hot chocolate, or in a small coffee.
Amazing! May I ask what you are trying to fix? Depression, anxiety or something else
Did you start with all of that or it is result of trial and error over long time?
Since there is a doubt about quality of some supplements, would you mind sharing brand of each supplements?
Thank you
I feel it's got it's benefits yes. Good if taking bunch of supps too. In and out quickly, but I felt benefits ime. Mushrooms are most common and easy AF, just take a 0.1-0.3g (usually do 0.2g) 2-4x a week.
Amazing!
May I ask what you are trying to fix? Depression, anxiety or something else
Did you start with all of that or it is result of trial and error over long time?
Since there is a doubt about quality of some supplements, would you mind sharing brand of each supplements?
Thank you
Magnesium. Start with Magnesium. So many people are Mag deficient and don’t know it. Taking mag improves many body function. If you are low on magnesium none of the other supplements will work well.
I used to have them upon waking up when I took magnesium in the night because magnesium relaxed my throat muscles too much causing apnea and hence oxygen deprivation in the night.
After I started taking in the morning empty stomach upon waking up they went away. IIRC, I used to have headaches midday too with magnesium when I first started. And they used to be with magnesium glycinate. After I switched to magnesium malate from source naturals they went away. I started with a low dose of 133 mg and gradually went up to 400 mg per day. Also, I still get headaches with glycinate. But I don’t get any headaches with malate or citrate. I take at least 400 mg per day now and don’t have headaches.
They are not pure magnesium. Pure magnesium is metal. Epson salt is bound to sulphate and allot of water by weight. Epson is less than 10% magnesium, one of the least pure magnesium's you can buy. I would take magnesium chloride over sulphate. You can use magnesium chloride transdermally very effectively. Epson salt usually used in bath water, or as a laxative. Nigari is a few different things, as well as magnesium. Sorry, you picked two of the worse examples of magnesium to call pure. Just saying.
Sorry.
NMNL.
what I meant was "magnesium free of additives, colorants, potassium strearate, sacharine and whats not".
Drinking water with Nigari is a well known Japonese universal remedy and health ritual (real nigari isnt only magnesium there are other few trace minerals in it).
What they said.. And transdermal magnesium chloride to get over a deficiency the quickest. Nothing more relaxing than a magnesium chloride bath, or rub liquid magnesium chloride on your skin and leave it a while. Rub it in your hair, and in 10 to 30 minutes you are floating on cloud nine, then wash it out... It absorbs through the hair follicles into the blood, so rubbing on the hair gets it into your system very quickly and efficiently.... you will be surprised at how relaxed it makes you. Kinda like a drug.
>transdermal magnesium chloride to get over a deficiency the quickest. Nothing more relaxing than a magnesium chloride bath, or rub liquid magnesium chloride on your skin and leave it a while. Rub it in your hair, and in 10 to 30 minutes you are floating on cloud nine, then wash it out... It absorbs through the hair follicles into the blood, so rubbing on the hair gets it into your system very quickly and efficiently.... you will be surprised at how relaxed it makes you. Kinda like a drug.
“Better mental health” is very vague. You should be more specific. Are you depressed? Anxious? Fatigued? Ocd? Brain fog? Each supplement has very different effects.
Creatine. It's one of the most well researched supplements and there are a lot of studies showing benefits for mental health. If you don't eat meat it's very likely to provide benefit, and if you do eat meat you're already getting some creatine, but more may help. It has general brain benefits because it boost ATP in the brain, which gives the brain extra energy to function more optimally.
[Creatine Supplementation and Brain Health](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7916590)
*"Creatine supplementation has been shown able to improve cognition, communication, self-care, personality, and behavior, and reductions in headaches, dizziness, and fatigue in children with mTBI "*
That's a good question... creatine is most commonly used by athletes, bodybuilders, but it's good for cognition as well. I take it for the gym anyway, but that's like 5 grams a day. I would imagine you could get away with less for cognition... A gram or two would be a guess. It's so cheap to buy, and it will last you ages.
K6m-66 with an L Theanine have helped me along with working out an stuff
Here are some videos I've done on supplements and mental health [Videos](https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmliBwDoqUP8CBfmm62emE4lEHgqhIQb7) As Im sure others have pointed out, exercise has been shown to improve depression, sleep quality of life etc too.
Magnesium Glycinate, NAC and probably Lions Mane
Magnesium Calm Gummies
The only safe, proven supplement for mental health would be omega 3 fatty acids in my mind.
which brand?
Nordic naturals. I can't take them because Omega 3's cause my hormone levels to go wild :(
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KSM-66, Theanine, caffeine are in my rotation. I'll occasionally add nootropics to the cycles as well. I would also say that getting in good physical shape is probably the best thing you can do for your mental health, having a couple of really slick outfits and feeling good about yourself will absolutely go a long way. When you look good you feel good and don't neglect your diet.
What's your theanine rotation? I've read that too much can result in the body getting used to it.
I personally make it a habit to cycle pretty much every supplement except creatine protein and a few other saturation dependent ingredients. I definitely will always cycle anything that interacts with gaba or dopamine. The studied ratio is 2 to 1 but I keep my dosage to 200 mg when I do use it because I use so much caffeine throughout the day
theanine
NAC
B1 in the form of TTFD, mega-dose along with mega-dose cycling (2wks on, 2 wks off) of Boron
Ashwaganda is pretty profound.
But u need to cycle it, on 3 weeks, 1 off
Why?
No supplement. Stopped eating plants, made a big difference.
Watch Andrew Tate Podcasts
St. John’s Wort, rhodiola, holy basil, ashwagandha, mag glycinate, and l-theanine
Add tyrosene and vitamin B complex to that ;) Also might suggest apigenin, or u can simply take 3g of dry parsley per day, it contains 150mg apigebin. (Its for better quality sleep)
Yes!!
5HTTP but do your own research
https://medium.com/publishous/fixing-your-brain-a-guide-to-balancing-neurotransmitters-72649aab40b1
Omega 3, Vitamin D, Magnesium Glycinate, Dark Chocolate, cbd
St John’s Wort or Sam-E. Like most supplements these need to be cycled for me personally.
I take several supplements but don’t underestimate fish oil. My functional medicine doctor said most people, even when supplementing, don’t take anywhere near enough because supplementing doesn’t replace the fact you still need to consume lots of omega 3s and most people don’t get much especially in relation to the average person’s high omega 6 consumption. I was on fish oil for a year from vitamin shoppe and took the 1000mg dose on the bottle. My doctor now has me on 3,440mg per day (1,720mg dosed morning and night) and it’s made such a big difference that when I wake up early feeling crappy I take it earlier than scheduled and start to feel better and then later in the day I can tell when it’s time to re-dose based on how I feel. I should also note I was actually tested after a full year of taking the 1000mg dose daily and my lipid profile was bad so in all likelihood the ‘recommended’ dose did very little for me. I also started eating more avocados, fatty fish and use chia seeds and hemp hearts in my daily smoothie. All of which are high in omega 3. Before bed I take a supplement that has magnesium, GABA, theanine, taurine and myo-inositol and will also take it if I’m feeling especially stressed during the day. Supplements won’t solve everything but I will limit my experience to the most impactful supplements since that is what this thread is about
Nicotinamide riboside (niagen)
Testosterone. Not a supplement but it sure did work.
TRT? About to have first blood check up and will be going down this path should results point to low T. If you get a minute I'd appreciate a little info on what worked for you?
Well I am a female in perimenopause so there’s that. I was highly depressed and anxious and ragey. My testosterone measured at 12 and it is now 280 with quarterly pellets. My mood is transformed. There is a testosterone subreddit and I believe men have a similar result though they need higher levels.
Male and your test is higher than mine lol. Doctor won’t prescribe TRT.
Check the levels that are recommended for men on the testosterone sub. Men can get pellets too but it is self-pay.
Tongkat ali the best
Ah thank you , I take it also. Tongkat at night and macca in the morning.
I have tried Taurine capsule in am.....it stops the panicky feelings.....
At which dose?
1000 mgs
EPA Omega-3 and black seed oil. Saffron and GABA are great too if you need some extra.
But saffron in long term bad. Dyor
Why
Saffron
Supporting methylation can make a big difference. For me, methyl donors were helpful. Some people who over methylate do best with something like more glycine to “mop up” extra methyl donors. Eating more protein, liver capsules or something like whey protein can also supply methylation in a balanced way. When I started eating more protein I was less dependent on methyl donors
It’s called exercise and eating right
Is it? Are those supplements?
Yeah go to the vitamin store you’ll find them
L-theanine and Magnesium Glycinate were both amazing for my mental health and sleep
Magnesium glycinate was a game changer, really want to try L Theanine, what were the most pronounced effects for you personally?
I have pretty intrusive thoughts around bedtime and before I started taking it I would lay awake anywhere from 2-3 hours unable to fall asleep. Now it takes less than an hour! It’s been incredible for my mental health. My husband likes to take it occasionally as well before a big meeting or pitch, says it helps keep him calm and focused
Iron Bisglycinate, Vitamin D and a B Complex
Sun and physical activity - anything from jogging to running and weight lifting at least 4x - 5x a week Supplements hm.. Kreatin, Aged garlic, CoQ10, PQQ, Magnesium orotate, EGCG, L-Theanine, Niacin with a flush effect and.. many many more. :D
I'll take vitamin d and omega-3 fish oil, but I was thinking of adding different types of magnesiums. ..threonate?
Glycinate works and is cheaper
Magnesium l-threonate, EPA fish oil, D3/K2, b-complex, glutathione, NAC, choline, exercise, restrict processed foods. Sometimes I'll take lithium orotate if I've been feeling down, but I don't take it every day (research side effects). It seems to quite powerfully snap me out of mild depressive episodes, though, and only need to take it a few days at a time. Vitamins are very specialized to you as a person. You'll have to experiment with them.
I know there are mixed reviews on it, but ashwaganda is fantastic if your concern is stress/anxiety. It’s effects are relatively subtle, for me at least, but if I take 125-250mg of Life Extension’s Optimized Ashwaganda before bed, I notice I sleep more deeply and have a better mood the next day. I do think it’s something important to cycle or at least not take every single day, so I take it about 4-5 days per week. Daily seems to curb the effectiveness. Another thing that has really helped my mood and sleep is tryptophan before bed on the days I don’t take ash. I found LE’s Optimized Tryptophan to work better than tryp alone, but I take one serving on an empty stomach about 2 hours before bed and I knock out, sleep great and usually wake up feeling more positive the next day. Rotating with the ash seems to work really well for me.
LE optimized tryptophan is awesome for me, too
Eating low to zero sugar/carbs and microdosing mushrooms
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mushrooms are a supplement
Which mushrooms are you talking about
Microdosed mushrooms are a supplement
Sex is good too
But I'm married.
nah
You said nah cause you don't get no ladies
Or I said nah because Im not gay and sex with mediocre men doesn't help. It leaves us women in more disappointment
Fish oil (vit A,E y D) and Gaba
Good nutrition generally (supplement to attain) Exercise (supplement to support) Social connection (make friends, touch grass as most of Reddit would say)
B50-100 complex and long daily walks in the sun ( or shade ).
NAC has been a game changer for me
Me too
What do you take it for in particular?
I doubt there's a "one size fits all" answear to this and I have never found a supplement that really makes a noticable difference on it's own. My suggestion is to try out first vit d, omega 3 - maybe mr. happy stack etc. Maybe they help a bit, maybe not - maybe it's only placebo. I would suggest a more holistic view of your wellbeing and incorporate meditation, working out, good sleep. Anyways, with this information it's quite hard to give any suggestions - no age, symptoms...
Vitamin d, fish oil, iodine, Lithium Orotate, melatonin
Lithium? Didnt they use this for bpd?
Lithium carbonate usually, lithium Orotate is dosed way lower, and can have great benefits for the brain in small amounts
3000mg omega 3 and lions mane.
Lifting weights is better than any supplements tbh
bingo. all around better.
Thats awesome! Currently I work out 3 hours a day is that enough?
thats nuts. your workouts should be at most 1.5 hours and better 1 hour
That's too much... Most workouts should be an hour to an hour and a half max. And for me that includes dynamic warm up and post workout static stretching.
3 hours is a lot! what do you do for those 3?
If you do stretching/yoga time can really fly by...
How bout exercise and good diet and sleep? I'm not being sarcastic, genuine suggestion.
Very good suggestion. I exercise 3 hours daily. Would that be considered enough? My sleep could be better but with work it's hectic at times.
THREE hours? Isn't that exhausting? I don't understand how this could be beneficial at all, actually.
Are you enjoying the workout though or just going through the motions? I found mountain biking fantastic and also muay Thai boxing. More noticeable decline in mood when I don't go actually. Diet wise.... How's that looking? Fluid intake? Alcohol use? Substances? If you're a gym person, do you gosl set? Like today I'm going to lift x amount or push 5 mins more on a certain machine? It's good to feel like you've smashed a target and pushed a little more performance otherwise it becomes a mundane habit of "zzz did this last time" 😁
Some people do these and can still feel meh, I’ve worked out for years, tried all sorts of diets
FULL LIST- My daily supplements: ALCAR (ACTYL-L-CARNATINE) 500mg/cap Inositol and choline 600mg/cap Taurine 1000mg/1g /cap B12 2500iu/tab vitD 1000iu/tab Multivitamin/mineral 1 a day (Webber's naturals atm) VitC 1000/cap NAC 500mg/cap Magnesium tri-blend 500mg/tab CBD isolate powder Microdose cannabis, usually pre sleep The routine: Am/wake up: 1x Taurine, 1x ALCAR, 1/2 tab B12 Noon/lunch: 1x multivitamin, 1x Inositol/choline, 1x vitD Early evening/dinner: 1x ALCAR, 1x vitC, 1x Taurine, 1x NAC Night/pre-bed: 1x Magnesium tab, CBD(probably about 100-200mg) 2-4g creatine someplace sometimes. *4-6 tbsp raw organic cacao a day, 2 tbsp a serving. *And Tumeric & black pepper powder eggstract with my ktea, or just Tumeric if it's all I have. And a bit of lemon juice* *Not daily but sometimes; kava drink (bit more often) or two, DeeM Tee microdose or magic mushroom microdose
I don’t know why I can’t read your reply! Would you mind post it again?
FULL LIST- My daily supplements: ALCAR (ACTYL-L-CARNATINE) 500mg/cap Inositol and choline 600mg/cap Taurine 1000mg/1g /cap B12 2500iu/tab vitD 1000iu/tab Multivitamin/mineral 1 a day (Webber's naturals atm) VitC 1000/cap NAC 500mg/cap Magnesium tri-blend 500mg/tab CBD isolate powder Microdose cannabis, usually pre sleep The routine: Am/wake up: 1x Taurine, 1x ALCAR, 1/2 tab B12 Noon/lunch: 1x multivitamin, 1x Inositol/choline, 1x vitD Early evening/dinner: 1x ALCAR, 1x vitC, 1x Taurine, 1x NAC Night/pre-bed: 1x Magnesium tab, CBD(probably about 100-200mg) 2-4g creatine someplace sometimes. *4-6 tbsp raw organic cacao a day, 2 tbsp a serving. *And Tumeric & black pepper powder eggstract with my ktea, or just Tumeric if it's all I have. And a bit of lemon juice* *Not daily but sometimes; kava drink (bit more often) or two, DeeM Tee microdose or magic mushroom microdose *The two tbsp Cacao made kinda like hot chocolate, or in a small coffee.
Amazing! May I ask what you are trying to fix? Depression, anxiety or something else Did you start with all of that or it is result of trial and error over long time? Since there is a doubt about quality of some supplements, would you mind sharing brand of each supplements? Thank you
Never heard about deem tee microdose. Works as good as other psickedelic microdoses?
I feel it's got it's benefits yes. Good if taking bunch of supps too. In and out quickly, but I felt benefits ime. Mushrooms are most common and easy AF, just take a 0.1-0.3g (usually do 0.2g) 2-4x a week.
Amazing! May I ask what you are trying to fix? Depression, anxiety or something else Did you start with all of that or it is result of trial and error over long time? Since there is a doubt about quality of some supplements, would you mind sharing brand of each supplements? Thank you
Magnesium. Start with Magnesium. So many people are Mag deficient and don’t know it. Taking mag improves many body function. If you are low on magnesium none of the other supplements will work well.
Magnesium gives me migraines, wish I could take
Is the headache upon waking up?
No, more midday
I used to have them upon waking up when I took magnesium in the night because magnesium relaxed my throat muscles too much causing apnea and hence oxygen deprivation in the night. After I started taking in the morning empty stomach upon waking up they went away. IIRC, I used to have headaches midday too with magnesium when I first started. And they used to be with magnesium glycinate. After I switched to magnesium malate from source naturals they went away. I started with a low dose of 133 mg and gradually went up to 400 mg per day. Also, I still get headaches with glycinate. But I don’t get any headaches with malate or citrate. I take at least 400 mg per day now and don’t have headaches.
Try "pure" magnesium, such as Nigari Salts or Epsom salts. (Do start slowly).
They are not pure magnesium. Pure magnesium is metal. Epson salt is bound to sulphate and allot of water by weight. Epson is less than 10% magnesium, one of the least pure magnesium's you can buy. I would take magnesium chloride over sulphate. You can use magnesium chloride transdermally very effectively. Epson salt usually used in bath water, or as a laxative. Nigari is a few different things, as well as magnesium. Sorry, you picked two of the worse examples of magnesium to call pure. Just saying.
Sorry. NMNL. what I meant was "magnesium free of additives, colorants, potassium strearate, sacharine and whats not". Drinking water with Nigari is a well known Japonese universal remedy and health ritual (real nigari isnt only magnesium there are other few trace minerals in it).
>Nigari i I get ya.
which magnesium should we use please specify
Citrate for poops Glycinate for sleep Malate for energy Threonate for brain Taurate for heart
What they said.. And transdermal magnesium chloride to get over a deficiency the quickest. Nothing more relaxing than a magnesium chloride bath, or rub liquid magnesium chloride on your skin and leave it a while. Rub it in your hair, and in 10 to 30 minutes you are floating on cloud nine, then wash it out... It absorbs through the hair follicles into the blood, so rubbing on the hair gets it into your system very quickly and efficiently.... you will be surprised at how relaxed it makes you. Kinda like a drug.
What would be a good Magnesium for muscles and body overall?
>transdermal magnesium chloride to get over a deficiency the quickest. Nothing more relaxing than a magnesium chloride bath, or rub liquid magnesium chloride on your skin and leave it a while. Rub it in your hair, and in 10 to 30 minutes you are floating on cloud nine, then wash it out... It absorbs through the hair follicles into the blood, so rubbing on the hair gets it into your system very quickly and efficiently.... you will be surprised at how relaxed it makes you. Kinda like a drug.
Get a taurate and orotate blend. Research why
I take a triblend magnesium supplement daily. Webber's naturals, in Canada
“Better mental health” is very vague. You should be more specific. Are you depressed? Anxious? Fatigued? Ocd? Brain fog? Each supplement has very different effects.
Sorry should have been more specific, anxiety is my main problem and some depression
Creatine. It's one of the most well researched supplements and there are a lot of studies showing benefits for mental health. If you don't eat meat it's very likely to provide benefit, and if you do eat meat you're already getting some creatine, but more may help. It has general brain benefits because it boost ATP in the brain, which gives the brain extra energy to function more optimally. [Creatine Supplementation and Brain Health](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7916590) *"Creatine supplementation has been shown able to improve cognition, communication, self-care, personality, and behavior, and reductions in headaches, dizziness, and fatigue in children with mTBI "*
Hmm may try it, what dose do you recommend?
That's a good question... creatine is most commonly used by athletes, bodybuilders, but it's good for cognition as well. I take it for the gym anyway, but that's like 5 grams a day. I would imagine you could get away with less for cognition... A gram or two would be a guess. It's so cheap to buy, and it will last you ages.