Magnesium vs Meditation for anxiety
Short answer: For anxiety, more users report improvement with Meditation — 96% of 143 reports, versus 90% of 289 for Magnesium.
Magnesium has 82 meta-analyses and 210 randomized trials on PubMed; the other has not been graded.
Based on 2,391 reports about Magnesium and 546 about Meditation. Not medical advice.
| Magnesium Supplement | Meditation Lifestyle | |
|---|---|---|
| Users say it helped | 73%helped956 reports · high confidence | 91%helped257 reports · high confidence |
| Verdict | Mostly positive | Mostly positive |
| Research | AResearch: Strong | Not graded |
| Meta-analyses / RCTs | 82 / 210 | — |
| Mainly used for | ||
| Sleep % reporting improvement | 88% (430) | 94% (32) |
| Anxiety % reporting improvement | 90% (289) | 96% (143) |
| Mood % reporting improvement | 82% (118) | 97% (96) |
| Focus % reporting improvement | 80% (45) | 98% (86) |
| Energy % reporting improvement | 75% (83) | 100% (5) |
| Common side effects | diarrhea, drowsiness, stomach issues, vivid dreams | None reported |
| Typical dose reported | 500 mg / daily | — |
This review confirms that the quality of literature is substandard for physicians to make well-informed recommendations on usage of oral magnesium for older adults with insomnia. However, given that oral magnesium is very cheap and widely available, RCT evidence may support oral magnesium supplements (less than 1 g quantities given up to three times a day) for insomnia symptoms.
BMC Complement Med Ther, 2021 ↗“after supplementing with 400mg of Magnesium daily. Winter blues hit me hard and my multivitamin wasn't doing any justice, but once I began supplementing Magnesium, everything changed.”
“And my sleep? No more nightmares. I began sleeping soundly. I feel more rested from sleep than I have in decades.”
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