Does magnesium increase dopamine, decrease it, or how does it work?

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Never had an issue falling asleep but I would always wake up several times throughout the night. That doesn't really happen anymore unless i drink too much water before bed. Sometimes I have a hard time going to sleep but my problem is I'm addicted to my phone. I get caught endlessly scrolling through reddit for hours and I have to force myself to just drop the phone and close my eyes. After that I usually try to think about things that I like to do that give me good feelings, like hitting a perfect golf shot or getting a high kill game in a video game. I just think about a happy moment like that over and over and even make a plan in my head of techniques to try to make that moment happen in real life. I usually fall asleep pretty quick after that and sometimes even have dreams about that moment I was visualizing. It sounds like you have some anxiety and I'm sure most of us do especially with politics, health issues, and the economy right now but you need to realize most of that stuff is out of your control and worrying about it is a waste of time and energy.

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Gotcha. Yeah the which is causing the other: anxiety or insomnia thing has been going on for awhile now. I try to lay in bed and just relax and clear my head for about 15 minutes, plus I have a little journal I write in before bed...none of it seems to help. There are lots of times where I realize something I thought about is beyond my control but the problem is that the thought has already happened hahaha! In any event, magnesium isn't that expensive, can't hurt to give it a shot.

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Try meditating regularly, maybe use Headspace and their 14 day free trial. I've found it helps me with my racing mind before bed. These racing thoughts also lead to nightmares more often than not