Magnesium

As I've mentioned a few weeks ago, I'm having a horrible time with pain everywhere, mostly my arms and legs aching. I did see my doc (who I respect and trust) and he said he wondered if I was having sleep problems. He really believes Fibro is a sleep disorder.
I've been using cpap for about 7 years now, and the numbers I see on the machine every morning are good......but for about a year, I've been waking up a lot at night (alpha wave intrusion). I use xanax maybe twice a month for a better night's sleep, but the doc said to try taking it (.25mg) every night for 2 weeks to see if I felt better. Well.......I don't know for sure. It's so bizarre that one day I can have almost no pain, and the next I'm in horrible pain. But.....it has eased a bit. I also have a lot of arthritis which confuses the issue too.

Anyhow.....I started thinking maybe my magnesium was low. I'm also having my usual occasional irregular heartbeats, which seem to occur when my Magnesium is low. I take mag citrate daily, but it can easily give me diarrhea. So I've ordered mag malate, which seems to have good reviews. But I'm also wondering about the magnesium lotion. Some say it doesn't really get absorbed, while others say it definitely helps.

Have any of you tried the lotion?
Have any of you found that you really need higher doses of a certain type of magnesium??
I've been thinking that my arms and legs ache really badly. But now I'm thinking it might be mild cramps.
Anyhow.....just curious about your response to increased magnesium.

But.....that's the one thing I don't like about my doc. He doesn't seem to think low magnesium is ever a problem. One of these visits, I'm just going to have to slap him.

I wish I could say it worked for me - I tried the lotion - spray and bath crystals. I take Magnesium Malate and Citrate and cant tell any difference

Sleep medications screwed me up even more long term so now I meditate and stretch before bed...and protein snack and those do help a bit

Thanks everyone. I was thinking the magnesium lotion was probably too good to be true.
AndreM.....do you get diarrhea from the Malate? I just can't take as much citrate as I'd like because of that. The malate form should arrive in the mail tomorrow, so I'm anxious to try that.
If that doesn't help.....I'll try the glycinate.

I wish I could continue on the xanax every night, but that's not a good idea. I got a very low dose of Flexeril that I want to try. I might rotate through the xanax, tylenol and flexeril at night when my legs are really hurting.

Are we having fun yet?
Thanks!

Hmmm....thanks Tom. I was just guessing that it was a bad idea........not my doctors. I still have to have a follow-up visit and ask him what he thinks of my using it all the time. I don't think it helped my pain a lot.....but it sure gave me more energy (by adding 1-3 hours to my usual sleep time). But.....having more energy lets me do lots more things........so it may be indirectly making my pain worse! It's a real balancing act, isn't it?
Thanks for your reply Tom.