[quote]gitrpumped wrote:
Tbone2005 wrote:
Before taking ZMA, I hadn’t slept through the night in about ten years or so. I would wake up 8 or more times a night if I was actually able to fall asleep.
During the past two months taking ZMA, I have never slept better! Like many, I have more vivid and memorable dreams which is due to being in REM for longer periods which means deeper sleep.
Also, as you enter your 30’s, your test levels will naturally decrease so anything this cheap that boosts it is defnitely worth taking.
One word of caution though. You absolutely CANNOT take ZMA with either foods or other supplements containing calcium. They compete for the same receptor and make the ZMA not work.
I was told to take the other supplement about 1 hour before ZMA, which didn’t work, so I tried 2 hours which still didn’t work and then I figured out that my last meal had not had time to digest, so the two supplements were mixing. Started taking the other supplement before I work out at 5:00pm and I’m back dreaming all night!
I just bought a 3 months supply since Biotest was out so long. I will not let it get below 2 months if that tells you anything.
Good luck.
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[quote]T-Nick wrote:
stewy37 wrote:
ZMA helps most people sleep better. I seem to be one of the few people for which that ZMA has the opposite effect. When I take it I have horrible sleep. I usually end up tossing and turning in bed for hours before finally drifting off in to a restless sleep.
That’s happened with both the Vitamin Shoppe brand and Biotest. I’ve tried taing it according to different timing schedules, and the result is the same; shitty sleep. Does anyone know why this might be?
I had the same thing going on. I slept like shit the first couple weeks on, and really it took almost a month for me to fully adapt.
There can be alot of reasons for this. One could theorize that a mega dose of b6, which ZMA has, is quite a little boost. It can actually make one more alert. So I think it takes some time for your body to grow a tolerance to b6.
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I echo some of this. It can take a bit to adapt for some people (like me). Also, if you are somewhat keyed up in your life to begin with such that you might be prone to a lot of dreams to sort everything out, the ZMA might (at first) kick that up a gear. It seemed to for me in a way.
I found the easiest way to combat it (and improve my sleep in general) was to wind down the last hour of the night before bed. No TV, no XBox, etc. Maybe some light reading or soothing music. Works like a charm.
[quote]stewy37 wrote:
eengrms76 wrote:
Are you drinking something with caffeine in it late at night or eating anything with dairy around the time you take the ZMA? You don’t take Spike do you?
No caffeine at night, and I don’t take Spike. I’ve tried taking ZMA when my last meal was a couple hours prior to taking it. I’ve also tried taking it and than having a protein shake 45 minutes later or so. When that didn’t work, I tried eating a chicken breast or other lean meat at that time, but whatever I tried still didn’t work. Maybe my body just doesn’t really like it. I’m just curious why that might be.[/quote]
Try Melatonin. Ge the 3mg variety. It should help.