i want to lay down, wrap myself in my blankets and sleep forever… but i fear what waits for me on the other side of my slumber. the things i experience when i dream. they continue to plague me, night after night. my mother is making me take a magnesium supplement to help with my sleep (note: I am a VERY small person, this will be important in a second). all it’s done so far has been give me a stomach upset. i highly doubt a sour magnesium drink that Maya Rudolph does commercials for is going to cure my c-ptsd induced parasomnia. i’m at the lowest dose, and i’m frustrated that she doesn’t do her own research when she buys these kinds of things. i take birth control as a hormone regulator (I have a hormonal imbalance) and she wanted me to start taking these vitamins she was taking… they tasted awful, and a couple days into taking them i found myself feeling a lot worse (emotionally). i did some research and it turned out that they had red clover extract, something that essentially cancels out the effects of birth control. it’s frustrating, because I take a LOT of medication… and you’d think it’s a given to check the interact effects of anything considered medicinal, right? i understand she means well, but i don’t like feeling nauseous every night after drinking tea ruined by the sour flavor of magnesium powder.
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the acidity of magnesium citrate can be toned down by adding a bit of baking soda – it will produce sodium citrate as a result of the reaction. these substances are a part of many oral rehydration solutions and asian soft drinks.
but i would guess that in this case the sour taste is kept to prevent people from overdosing the supplement.
i never liked powders or pills, i much prefer to drink a ton of juice when i feel like crap