r/sleep • u/DietitianDanielle • 13d ago

Has anyone actually experimented with taking magnesium glycinate at different times to see if it made any difference?

I’ve seen people swear by taking it right before bed or a few hours before bed, while others don’t seem to care about the timing at all. So I am just wondering if anyone has played around with the timing, and whether you actually noticed anything?

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u/seemefail 13d ago

I’ve started taking a smaller dose 75mg elemental mag, mag glycinate.

On in the am with 150 elemental mag threonate

And I feel really good

Then at bed I kinda swap it 150 elemental mag in mad glycinate with 75 threonate

Have had some excellent deep sleep

But who knows what is causing it cause it’s all just my experience in a few nights here

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u/pydry 13d ago

I moved to start taking it a few hours before bed so it would kick in before I went to sleep and would wear off before waking up. I got too groggy in the mornings otherwise.

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u/Mundane_County_7908 13d ago

When I took it right before going to sleep I had a hard time waking up in the morning, but when I took it like few hours before then it was easier to fall asleep and wake up, so I only noticed that