Magnesium For ADHD, Cognition, Mood, & Anxiety

For patients 9 and older, click here for dosing and purchasing information.
For patients 8 and younger, click here for dosing and purchasing information.
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Magnesium has been shown in studies to benefit depression, anxiety, cognition, and focus.
It’s proposed mechanism is that it helps improve the transmission between neurons.
Effects were observed within two weeks. It works quickly and is well tolerated without the need for close monitoring for toxicity. However, magnesium must be taken in the right way or it won’t absorb properly.

Magnesium L Threonate (or magnesium citrate in those who can only take gummies) are the preparations that has been most studied and show the highest benefit for ADHD, cognition, mood, and anxiety.

‍Please visit here for dosing based on age and information on purchasing.

For patients age 4-8, I'd recommend taking 2 of these gummies.
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Avoid Mg-glutamate or Mg-aspartate as both can be agitating. Avoid Mg-oxalate because it’s not absorbed.

Be aware that magnesium may cause some loosening of stool or diarrhea. If this happens then stop supplementing for a few days and then retry every other day, at first.

Evidence for magnesium, in case you are interested in reading more about it:
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0180067
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26519439