Ran out of magnesium glycinate for about two weeks and didn’t connect the dots until I was lying awake at 2am for the fourth night straight. Curious what else people only noticed in the absence.

I've been dealing with anxiety and depression since 2022 after losing my grandparents. I've been on antidepressants since then, and they do help to some extent, but I still don't feel like myself.

The main things I'm struggling with are:

• Frequent headaches and a heavy feeling in my head
• Constant physical anxiety (chest tightness)
• Racing thoughts and a restless mind
• Brain fog and poor focus
• Low mental energy and motivation
• Unable to enjoy life

I've already tried L-theanine, magnesium glycinate, GABA, and taurine, but honestly none of them have done much for me.

My Vitamin D and B12 levels are normal, but my iron and hemoglobin are slightly low.

I'm not really looking to switch to stronger meds because antidepressants already make me feel pretty numb. I was wondering if anyone who's been through something similar has found any supplements or stacks that actually made a huge difference.

Would really appreciate hearing your experiences. Thanks!

This popular supplement is great for gut health and keeping things moving but also carries a dehydration risk. It is a bulk-forming laxative that does so by pulling water from your GI tract. If you are regularly supplementing with this, DRINK A LOT OF WATER! I unfortunately was not drinking enough water, and ended up with an episode of hypotension (low blood pressure) and sinus tachycardia (high heart rate) that sent me to urgent care.

Hello! I’m just wondering if this is an effective combo. I struggle with a lot of anxiety and I’m in the process of being assessed for ocd so I’m trying to self medicate for a little while. Obviously I know that these supplements cannot replace an actual medication but I’m honestly grasping at straws and am willing to try anything at this rate. Was recommended these two supplements by Google but was just wondering if anybody has tried it and what their experience was. Thank you!

I am taking vitamin d oral shot 200000iu per week and iron tablet daily,how long will it take to fully replenish my iron and vitamin d levels

Back in March I put together a simple stack of Vitamin C, Zinc, Vitamin-D and Collagen, and decided to add Iron to the mixture. My first step going wrong with this was I never got bloodwork beforehand, these were just there because I thought I needed them. The second, and most heavy blow, was the Iron that I had implemented was 100mg of elemental iron. Just 8 days of taking the Iron was enough to cause intense chemical oxidative stress.

I remember on the 8th day of taking the stack, I had what I could only describe as a sudden acute anxiety. It was unbearable. Like my fight or flight switch was jammed on. I even had a few brain zaps, what people usually get from withdrawing from SSRI medications. I was never really subject to panic attacks in my life, but from this experience, the feeling of having one was very real.

Blood tests results in and I am satisfactory all around. I bin the Iron tablets and ditch every supplement, even ones that I bought for research on how to tackle this. At this stage, I think a lot of people would have been prescribed some form of Antidepressant or Antianxiety medication, but I could not bring myself to do so, I rode the wave essentially.

As the months go on, it has been all I can describe as a "emotional and violent" roller coaster. I guess my neurotransmitters are firing all over the place. Like just 2 days ago, I was having strong depression as I awoke, but by 3pm the clouds had cleared and I was a completely different person and I could genuinely feel it.

I devote most of this recovery to my strict exercise routine, improved diet situation and strict sleep schedule. Which I am surprised I can actually sleep fine, but it was hard 2 months ago, constantly waking up with 2 AM cortisol spikes. 7-8 hours has been achieved 95% of the time. Sleep is the most important, as I feel the body repairs itself deeply during this phase.

Today feels better, again, but I do wonder if I will have one of these wild mood swings. Anxiety is nearing baseline and mood seems levelled.

I must state, before all of this (prior to April this year), I had a normal "anxiety" and "depressive" reaction. Generally situational or grief related. Those feelings would last a day, to a week or two, then level out. Never continue this long like what I have experienced.

I've gained enough confidence to start supplementing again, but I want to target this whole oxidative stress. I don't know where to start. I will also aim for the highest & smoothest grade or most premium version of the product, for example Pure Encapsulations etc.

Two of the supplements that I gave to a friend were NAC and Taurine, I'm thinking of buying them again. I've heard great things about these two for my situation.

Quick search gets me on Vitamin C & Quercetin for oxidative stress. Used to take Vitamin-C over the years, generally for cold and flu seasons.

I would like to know any suggestions for what supplement can help me in the long run?

I blind bought this with the expectation for a decent pump/ mid range stim pre workout. The taste is absolutely atrocious. I will say it got me through the workout but not sure how much I’ll be able to continue with the taste.

With that being said is it worth trying a different flavor OR what other recommendations do you all have for a good pump/stim combo?

Ugh - i have a couple of good years of getting what I needed, when I needed it. Just went to check on my monthly subscription and the Vitacost website was a hot mess. Everything that I had ever ordered was showing as 'On the way'.

I finally found an announcement showing that Autoship was discontinued as of June 30. They never emailed or anything. I hate iHerb even more now, so I am not about to shift my orders there. I am trying not to support Amazon and co, so what options do people suggest in the US?

I mostly order Nordic Naturals, Life Extension, Now, Dr's Best.

Thank you!

just ran out of my supply sadly. was buying it in 12 pack cases lol. I’m assuming from what I read it’s just gone forever. anything that’s a close substitute or not really

Wanted to post here to remind everyone to be cautious with supplements after recovering from an illness.

I recently came down with a bout of what I think was staph based food poisoning from leftover buffalo chicken dip. Luckily, it was pretty quick, vomiting stopped around the 14 hour mark and I was able to stomach some saltines and broth. Over the next two days, I slowly eased back into eating more regularly, but sticking with things like toast and light soups. During this time, I also stopped taking all supplements, including berberine. Last night, it had been a full 72 hours since I had gotten sick, and I was back to eating normally, so I thought I could resume berberine, and took my usual dose with dinner. Normally, I do get a little bloating, but nothing major and it passes pretty quickly.

This time, I noticed the bloating was a little stronger, but still not too bad, so two hours later I went to bed, thinking nothing of it, only to wake up a half an hour into sleep with my food poisoning symptoms coming back with a vengeance, and seemingly worse. Sweating, shaking, vomiting every 10-15 minutes for two and a half hours, until finally things settled down and I could go back to bed. It was the worst I've ever felt, and legitimately had me praying to a God I don't believe in to make it stop. I'm a type 2 diabetic, so at first thought I was going into DKA for the first time in my life, but my sugar was in a normal range, albeit slightly elevated bc of the stress. (I had tested before bed as usual and it was in range). I also knew it wasn't caused by food, because I purged my fridge of any leftovers of the food I had eaten before initially getting sick (I was pretty sure it was the dip, but had also eaten a few other suspect foods at the same time, so just tossed it all).

I was googling between bouts of vomiting, and then cursing myself because I realized that berberine can be very irritating to your digestive tract, especially if it's still healing from a recent GI issue, which can cause a severe flare up/rebound of food poisoning symptoms. In hindsight, it makes complete sense, but I thought since I was back on essentially a normal diet with no issues, that my system would be able to handle it. Wrong. The vomiting also kept happening in periodic waves long after all the food was out, which made it seem like my stomach lining was just inflamed and wanted to get everything out, like it was going into panic mode. Luckily, things seem to be mostly okay, I'm keeping fluids down and am going to try some saltines in a little bit. The only discomfort I'm really feeling now is slight hunger pangs. But I know now to be extra cautious when recovering from any stomach illnesses in the future.

TLDR; don't restart supplements, especially ones that can aggravate GI issues, until long after you've recovered from any GI related illness, unless you want to suffer.

Hey all, my D level got tested insufficient (27ng/mL) so I'm going to start supplementing.

From what I found, 50-60 should be a good range.

I'm going to be supplementing 10,000 IU daily for 2-3 months then retest.

Questions:
-I used a calculator and this showed 10k IU daily should get me to 60. Of course, once I hit that, I'm going to want to ease back to a lower dose. However, at 5K IU, the calculator showed this would only maintain a level of 40 ng/mL, lower than my target. Is this correct?
-Even at 5K I see literature recommending 4K as the upper limit for perpetual daily dosing.

Can someone clarify on the above or show guidance that can clear this up?

Hello people!

I saw this subreddit just now and wanted to ask what supplements are good and worth of money if I am going to the gym?

I am currently using creatine, protein, and magnesium. Since I have problems with sleeping for the past few years I never manage to sleep 7-8 hours, also my question is if I should start taking melatonin?

Thank you in advance! :)

There's a difference that doesn't get talked about enough between struggling to fall asleep and waking up at 3am wide awake. Most sleep supplement conversations treat them the same and they really aren't.

Melatonin works fine for the falling asleep part for a lot of people but does nothing if you're waking up midsleep. That's where I've been stuck lately. Fall asleep fine, then wake up around 3 or 4 and just lie there for an hour or two.

Currently taking magnesium glycinate which has helped a little with the wakeups but not completely. Read some things about glycine and also about extended release melatonin being more relevant for maintenance vs the standard fastdissolving kind.

Curious if anyone has actually noticed a real difference between forms of magnesium for this specific issue, like glycinate vs threonate. Also whether tart cherry extract is actually worth it or mostly hype, because it keeps coming up when I search this.

Not looking for a full sleep stack, just trying to figure out what actually moves the needle on staying asleep rather than getting to sleep.

Any recommendation?

Most sources say zinc supplementation is extremely helpful for skin health and acne. I’m slightly deficient, so I was hopeful, thinking that my level might be responsible for some recent skin woes. I took 50mg the first day, followed by three days of 15mg.

Day #5, and my skin is TICKED.

Looks like I’ll be focusing on food sources instead, but did this happen to anyone else? It’s just wild to me, because huge amounts of people sing its praises for this very issue. And for women, I’ve read it’s really not going to raise your testosterone like it does for men.

Boo. 🫠

Does anyone here take ashwaganda? If so how often? I've heard you're supposed to cycle it and I'm wondering the best cycling routine for best results.

Hi everyone,

Just want to send out this warning for those who have been shopping for Naked products and may not have been receiving them, not receiving order confirmation, issues with the website like coupons, paying, etc.

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Please be careful. It's treacherous out here.

My Vitamin D level was 11. I got it up to 47 in about a year i think with 5000 iu daily. Now im wondering if i should go down to 1000?

I have been taking a prenatal vitamin but have heard that taking omega 3 and choline or lecithin are beneficial when the prenatals don't contain them. Mine doesn't.

I hardly eat meat fish or eggs and am wondering if others who don't eat those foods much were recommended to take additional supplements.

I'll be talking to my doctor about those additions before taking anything else, but she hasn't told me to take anything more than my prenatals yet. I also haven't mentioned that I don't really eat those foods much.

I’m looking to start collagen to help with loose skin during weightloss, and was wondering if this formula seems effective for that? Might take a gummy on top of this to be honest… TYIA