ZMK keeps me up?

[Bwill]

Strangely, I am having the same problem with ZMK that I have had with other ZMA supplements. Namely, they keep me up at night after taking them. Any idea why that would be? Nothing else was changed. I think I am going to try dosing it in the middle of the day to avoid this.

[Millennium 1]

Strangely, I am having the same problem with ZMK that I have had with other ZMA supplements. Namely, they keep me up at night after taking them. Any idea why that would be? Nothing else was changed. I think I am going to try dosing it in the middle of the day to avoid this.

For some reason zinc and magnesium products have this effect on a small portion of the population. There are various theories as to why but they are all unsubstantiated. One thing you may try is taking the dose about an hour before dinner. This may help out. If not then move the dose more towards the middle of the day.

As a last ditch effort you might try taking the product until you go to bowel tolerance and then cut the dose back. For instance try taking 5 tablets one night and then 6 tablets the next night. See if you can saturate your system and then cut the dose back to normal. Loose stool will be the sign that you are saturated with magnesium. If the loose stool takes a while to subside just take a calcium tablet, a glass of milk or other high calium food or product and it will stop the loose stool. You might be really mineral deficient for some reason.

Let me know how it goes.

-Matt

[Bwill]

For some reason zinc and magnesium products have this effect on a small portion of the population. There are various theories as to why but they are all unsubstantiated. One thing you may try is taking the dose about an hour before dinner. This may help out. If not then move the dose more towards the middle of the day.

As a last ditch effort you might try taking the product until you go to bowel tolerance and then cut the dose back. For instance try taking 5 tablets one night and then 6 tablets the next night. See if you can saturate your system and then cut the dose back to normal. Loose stool will be the sign that you are saturated with magnesium. If the loose stool takes a while to subside just take a calcium tablet, a glass of milk or other high calium food or product and it will stop the loose stool. You might be really mineral deficient for some reason.

Let me know how it goes.

-Matt

Thank you, I'll give those suggestions a try and report back.

[Gutterpump]

Yeah strangely I've never felt lethargic at all after taking ZMK or any type of ZMA product, even while increasing the dose. Maybe I should try double dosing for a while, splitting the dose up throughout the day, then pulling back on the dosing after a bit.