{"id":190392,"date":"2025-09-29T17:48:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T17:48:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/190392\/"},"modified":"2025-09-29T17:48:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T17:48:11","slug":"i-sleep-great-now-that-i-spray-salt-lab-magnesium-on-my-feet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/190392\/","title":{"rendered":"I Sleep Great Now That I Spray Salt Lab Magnesium on My Feet"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I have been a terrible sleeper<\/a> ever since I had kids. My 8-year-old<\/a> asked me if I stay awake all night because I always respond when either of them shouts for me.<\/p>\n

I have tried a lot of things to improve my sleep quality, and Salt Lab\u2019s magnesium-oil spray is the only thing that has worked. I don\u2019t like any of the Benadryl-type pills or melatonin because they make me feel drugged and drowsy and miserable the next day. And even the sleep that I do get on those meds is unpleasant and filled with bad dreams, and I feel as though I\u2019m awake but helplessly locked in sleep. I\u2019ve also tried all the sleepy-time teas and kava and natural supplements, and those are, across the board, utterly useless. The ritual of them is fleetingly soothing, but that passes quickly. I\u2019ve tried to read before sleeping, but, like most, end up scrolling and infusing my eyes and brain with blue light and horrifying information instead.<\/p>\n

I even tried the drastic measure of putting my phone<\/a> to charge in a different room, but all that resulted in was me waking up at 1 a.m. and going on the hunt for my phone in the dark, without my glasses on, and inevitably stepping on a piece of LEGO. Then it\u2019s all just a lost cause; might as well give up and stay awake until 5 a.m., when I\u2019ll finally fall asleep just in time for my alarm to ring at 6 a.m.<\/p>\n

But for the past year, I\u2019ve been spraying two to four spritzes of this magnesium oil on the soles of my feet (apparently, topical treatments are most effective when sprayed somewhere you have a lot of sweat glands, where your skin is the most porous), and something\u2019s actually shifted. Ever since starting this spray, I manage to fall asleep (usually within 20 minutes) and stay asleep.<\/p>\n


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I have tried magnesium in pill form, but this topical spray seems to have more of an effect on me. Is it partly a placebo effect because it\u2019s a little expensive and the bottle looks like something you\u2019d find in a business-class lounge for Emirates? Am I placeboing my way to a night of good sleep?<\/p>\n

I\u2019m not a doctor, so I turned to Dr. Anisha Abraham, M.D., M.P.H., and the author of the book Raising Global Teens. \u201cMagnesium taken orally may have some benefit for sleep and relaxation. I have patients that find it very useful at night,\u201d she told me. \u201cI have minimal experience with spraying magnesium oil for sleep. While it may be beneficial, unfortunately, high-quality scientific evidence supporting magnesium as a sleep remedy is limited.\u201d<\/p>\n

Given all the other absolutely not scientifically backed methods I have been willing to try, I\u2019m standing by this one, which at least doesn\u2019t cause harm and seems to have clear anecdotal support: I spray it on the feet of anyone who spends the night, and they\u2019ve all reported some of the best sleep of their lives (and this is usually on a folding mattress on the floor).<\/p>\n

The only other thing that works for me is a day of walking at least 20,000 steps, but if I commit to that, I\u2019d have to spend all my waking hours walking in order to spend my sleeping hours sleeping.<\/p>\n

I still respond to my children immediately because this spray doesn\u2019t put me into a drugged state but at least I don\u2019t then stay awake for three more hours after I respond to their calls.<\/p>\n

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