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and at one point woke up in the middle of the night from a deep sleep with tightness in my chest and felt like I could not breathe
I have been suffering from generalized anxiety for years. I am in the medical profession and am under a lot of stress on a daily basis and was also going through a particularly rough time in my personal life. I started having heart palpitations and racing thoughts at night, and at one point woke up in the middle of the night from a deep sleep with tightness in my chest and felt like I could not breathe. I went to my cardiologist who performed an EKG and an echocardiogram and checked my blood pressure, all of which were 100% normal. He recommended magnesium and I swear that within 2 days of taking this medication, my palpitations improved dramatically and are now gone. I started at twice daily and have gone down to just once daily (anecdotally, my doctor said that even the twice daily dosage of this particular medication is really low and that I can go much higher if need be). I highly recommend this as a natural way to help ease anxiety! Along with exercise and therapy of course :-)
October 2017 · Health and Household · verified purchase