High Magnesium (Hypermagnesemia): Dietary Sources, Causes, Symptoms, Treatment

[@FlyingMalamute]

I was taking magnesium glycinate, 665 mg/day as capsule. After about 6 days of taking it at bedtime, I started to feel very tired and weak. Also had tightness of breath and some pulse irregularities. Didn't know I could overdose on magnesium at that level but I did. Very dangerous stuff.

[@2331-z4j]

Did you stop taking it or reduced it

[@marilynyallap5379]

Same here made me panic

[@123jac]

please help us; did you drop the magnesium levels naturally, and how? thank you.

[@marilynyallap5379]

Mine i stopped using bisglycinate magnesium coz made my skin like moving or shaking and at the same time weak for the whole night I think I use wrong m..now I got the right magnesium for my migrain which is magnesium malate

[@123jac]

@@marilynyallap5379 thank you.

[@micaonyx5301]

I was taking 800 mg of magnesium a day. After a hair test analysis showed I was actually low in magnesium high in sodium and potassium normal I decided to increase my magnesium glycinate to 1600 mg per day after watching Morley Robbins videos on how great magnesium is and he makes it sound so harmless. I started feeling very and just off. Then my heart felt weird I feel light headed and I had a faint pain in my left arm. I learned from my aunt there's two major minerals associated with heart attacks. Low magnesium and low potassium. I had a bottle of liquid potassium and started drinking it right away and I felt better. I think all that magnesium without adding potassium really made my potassium low. I won't be making that mistake again.

[@1houndgal]

1600 mg magnesium was way too much to be taking for a supplement. That is where you went wrong.

[@lolerie]

​@@1houndgalwell taurate probably. Glycinate will not really absorb that well

[@ryohio4706]

I'm a 29Yr male, and I was taking 400Mg of Magnesium oxide a day for almost a month, and it ended up making me feel REALLLY bad starting after a week of taking it and got slowly worse over 3-4 weeks. I had mild/constant stomach cramps & aches, loose stools, severe depression, bad fatigue, really bad brain fog and bogged mental ability, just a general feeling of bad. It got so severe I consulted with my close friend (she's an RN) and she quickly helped me realize that it was from taking that Mag supplement every day for 30 days. I stopped taking it and I felt 75% better in one day, 90% the next. And just an FYI, I was weaning down buprenorphine at that time and I attributed the negative feelings to my body adjusting, the only reason it went on that long at all

[@juliebutler8241]

Magnesium gycinate is alot better. MO is just very cheap but not good.

[@Matrona.Goddess]

Magnesium oxide is toxic

[@TruthSeeker-kg2yx]

(32M) I experienced nearly the exact same thing! I developed very intrusive thoughts, brain fog, and drowsiness… After discontinuing it, it all went away! Took about a week for the side effects to completely subside I was taking a Mag Complex with Citrate and Oxide

[@iamthefiremanjj]

Omg me too

[@iamthefiremanjj]

Omg this happened to me too with all types of magneisum

[@lifeisdead01]

I had 2 seizures (the first pretty bad, the 2nd nearly killed me) this past March from Mag Glycinate. I was taking 500mg a day for a year and a half, then out of the blue i had extreme symptoms. My heart and muscles were screwed up for about a week after the second attack, and im still worried about going back to my diet of mostly whole foods. Ive been eating processed foods for the past few weeks in an effort to lower my magnesium levels. Never taking it as a supplement again

[@donmulder8061]

I started taking 200 mg per day of Magnesium Glycinate. Then I increased it to 400 mg. On some days I may have taken another in the morning so I may have had as much as 600 mg on many days. I went in for surgery pre-op and when I had my EKG done, I had an abnormal EKG -- First Degree AV Block. That day I had several skipped beats and short tachycardias. That night I stopped taking magnesium and my heart beat went right back to normal. My EKG was normal the following week at a follow up. Not sure if the magnesium dosage had anything to do with it but glad it passed.

[@consis]

extremely helpful, beyond useful for a person like me after a heart attack and stent implantation looking for the correct electrolyte balance

[@valjean2036]

Look up snakediet

[@wallychambe1587]

I used magnesium citrate this week for constipation and my blood test came back 2.7 mg/dL! 😲😲😲

[@BizOrbit-t6z]

I really appreciate this vider or lecture from I understand hypermagnesemia can cause insomnia by its role as inhibitor

[@prabhuprofile1944]

Good information

[@garrettwillett]

I tried taking a magnesium citrate supplement and started feeling like my blood pressure dropped, I was starting to sweat, and my breathing felt shallow or lighter. I tried other times in the future with water drops and still the same off feeling. I have anxiety problems anyways but I know it was the magnesium. I had two scary nights after taking very little of the supplement, but I couldn't find any more info on my side effects. I recommend caution with Mg!

[@deanjelbertaustria6174]

Don't overdoze with magnesium. It will make you stop breathing.. literally.. since your muscle will relax.. a lot.. i started snoring because of magnesium overdoze..

[@InjusticeJosh]

Oh cool I found someone with the same symptoms as me. I couldn’t exercise because I would feel like I was going to pass out and when I would get up I would see Black easily. My blood sugar was going low too. Probably because magnesium lowers the other electrolytes and getting calcium is hard enough when avoiding dairy. Not sure if you also avoided dairy or limited it like me.

[@garrettwillett]

@@InjusticeJosh I'm sorry you experienced such symptoms. :( I have limited dairy intake too but due to sensitive digestion. It makes sense that balancing Mg and Ca would be important. Some people say getting more K helps, but I haven't paid enough attention to that personally.

[@InjusticeJosh]

@@garrettwillett Ah I dunno the relationship with K in that equation but I definitely do feel better after eating salads. Though could just be the calcium and potassium. I also feel inflammation and other symptoms after eating dairy, gluten, corn, and oats to a lesser extent so I’m finding what works for me. Trying to find a good way to get calcium in and Parmesan cheese has been it lately. Fresh cheeses like fresco I do better with as well. Broccoli, quality Greek yogurt, sardines and Tofu are also great.

[@biancadeleon5947]

Magnesium is great I took everyday

[@jazzycattruthkitten4101]

How much magnesium do you have to take to get the first cluster of symptoms? I was taking magnesium citrate 300mg elemental and lately added magnesium taurate 146mg, (from 780mg magnesium taurate) Not sure what the last sentence means but that's what it says on the bottle. Was I taking too much? I have had some strange symptoms but when I added the taurate that's when things started getting weird.

[@ducksoup80]

At 13:30 at the top magnesium when you say 5-7 mg/dL is that The same equivalent of taking 500 700mg? Magnesium a day? I added up all the magnesium I was taking and I was shocked because it was 1300 mg throughout the day since then I cut that in half to 500 now. I taking it for keeping blood pressure low and for a healthy heart rate but probably do not need over 800 to do that.

[@Shrekway]

Plz stop taking 500 . As i was taking and my sleep and my heart , cant even tell u .plzreduce

[@junaedhasan55]

Thanks sir ♥

[@manuelmonsalvo562]

It makesme feel very tired during the day..and even gives headaches! The maker recommendations says 3 times a day but I couldnt do more than 2 days and I stopped.

[@syedmedicose7477]

Sir in both hypomagnesia and hypeagnesia u mentioned hypocalcemia hows that possible

[@franksam6818]

I see numerous comments, that show lack of starting at much lower levels, which is totally foolish. And for no good reason. 1 get it from food, then supplement again, a little at a time

[@monicaleond]

I almost had a heart attack from taking a magnesium supplement that was given by a nutrionist. Why is that you can have such extreme reactions?

[@lolerie]

Because 90% of people are deficient in it

[@Acts-1322]

​@@lolerie67% actually. Let's not make up statistics

[@lolerie]

@@Acts-1322 no, it is 90%. 68% is in USA and study was back in 2005

[@Acts-1322]

@@lolerie dang that's a lot. Can you share the research paper? I'd love to read on that

[@AntonsClass]

You may be low in calcium. This is not unheard of if you are vitamin D deficient. Have you had your vitamin D levels checked? I'm not a doctor, but you may want to look into it.

[@wallychambe1587]

How much calcium gluconate to take orally for Hypermagnesemia??

[@nadadenada319]

Calcium vs magnesium

[@owenduck]

Muscle twitching psrt of the symptoms,?

[@carlosmelendez8317]

I been taking about 400mg of magnesium and I been feeling really tired and having palpitations and some random angina chest pain. Blood pressure usually around 115-120 over 65-75. Could this be from too much magnesium?

[@manfreakcaharambe942]

i take 400 mg too my mouth getin very dry now im stopping for a bit then doing only 200 mg a day try 200 mg a day

[@deanjelbertaustria6174]

@@manfreakcaharambe942 try taking it every other day.. not daily.. to much magnesium is bad.. it made me snore a lot and made my muscles so relaxed.. so relaxed that breathing became difficult

[@girlinterrupted9145]

That’s perfect blood pressure …

[@wallychambe1587]

Yes, stop for a while and get a blood test to check levels!!😲😲

[@sharonhayes5727]

Would be good if you put it in more simple terms, rather than all these long words

[@kymberlybade1480]

Exactly!!!

[@lynnjasen9727]

You are not the target audience.

[@MelliaBoomBot]

do bloods!

[@biancadeleon5947]

What do age do most of you take

[@manfreakcaharambe942]

bi glycinate

[@aaaaaa-aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa]

I eat 500gr magnesium a day, im fine.

[@spaceengineer1452]

What language is this ? Need a medical degree to understand..

[@MuzixMaker]

And you’re an engineer?

[@aaaaaa-aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa]

@@MuzixMaker he lives in space

[@lynnjasen9727]

That’s the point.

[@wallychambe1587]

🤣🤣🤣

[@spaceengineer1452]

@@aaaaaa-aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa Australia actually.