3AM Drops by be.u · The Declared Dose
The Number on the Front Is the Number That Works.
150 mg of elemental magnesium, the kind your body actually uses, carried by glycine and printed right on the front. One full cap line at bedtime. A half line if 3am finds you awake.
- Every lot lab-tested
- No horse pills
- No sea-water taste
- No morning fog
Fill to the line
2Take at bedtime
3The half line if 3am wakes you
4Let it build for 3 weeks
The front of the bottle, and the number that counts
A typical bisglycinate
"400 mg"
on the front
about 56 mg
of magnesium
3AM Drops
150 mg
on the front
150 mg
elemental, declared
Same shelf, same form of magnesium. One number is the molecule, the other is the mineral.
The Label Math
Here is the math nobody prints.
The 14% Trap
Magnesium bisglycinate is about 14% magnesium by weight; the other 86% is glycine, the amino acid the mineral rides in on. So "1,000 mg magnesium bisglycinate" holds about 141 mg of magnesium. A "400 mg" gummy works out to about 56 mg. A "2,000 mg" nootropic magnesium declares 145 mg on its own panel. A big elemental number on a "buffered" bisglycinate got there by adding magnesium oxide, the cheap form the same brands tell you to avoid.
The front of the bottle, and the number that counts
"1,000 mg"bisglycinate, on the front
141 mgof magnesium
"400 mg"gummy, on the front
about 56 mgof magnesium
"2,000 mg"nootropic, on the front
145 mgon its own panel
150 mg3AM Drops, on the front
150 mgelemental, declared
The number on the front is the weight of the molecule. The number that works is the elemental magnesium, and it lives in small print on the back, if it is printed at all.
Which means the story you have been telling yourself is probably wrong. If you have "tried EVERYTHING. All the magnesium types, melatonin, Ashwaghanda, sleepy teas," the magnesium on that list never had a chance. You fall asleep because you are exhausted, then at 3am you are tired but wired. You took a fraction of the number, at a dose no study ever used, and it did what a fraction does: it helped you fall asleep, but it didn't keep you asleep.
The Declared Dose
3AM Drops prints the elemental magnesium on the front: 150 mg per bedtime dose, from magnesium bisglycinate, with the compound named on the panel where the rules put it. Here is the honest version of the science: in a 2025 placebo-controlled study of 155 adults reporting poor sleep, 250 mg of elemental magnesium from bisglycinate improved sleep-quality scores. Modestly. Our bedtime line is 150 mg, and we will not pretend otherwise; take the half line at 3am and the night adds up to 225 mg, every milligram of it real. That is still nearly three times what a "400 mg" gummy actually delivers, and the label never lies to get there.
The glycine is not a passenger: just under a gram per bedtime dose, and glycine has its own sleep research (a 2007 study, 3 g before bed, better self-rated sleep and faster sleep onset). We say "the same glycine," not "the same dose," because ours is smaller. Vitamin B6 rounds out the formula, the pairing a 2018 study used alongside magnesium in adults under heavy stress.
And because it is a measured liquid, not a capsule the size of a horse pill, the dose is a line on the cap you can read in the dark. Full line plus half line stays under the 350 mg daily supplement limit set by the National Institutes of Health. No magnesium oxide, no "buffered" forms, no proprietary blend, and a lot number on every bottle that matches a published assay.
The 9 PM Bet, and the second dose that ends it
Every sleep aid you have ever tried was a bet placed at 9 PM, six hours before the problem happens. Melatonin peaks in about an hour and has a half-life of about 45 minutes; by 2am, less than 2% of the peak is left. The industry knows. That is why sleeping pills grew a second layer: a timed-release guess, made at bedtime, about what your body will need at 3am. No published study has ever tested that second layer against the night itself.
The night has two halves. Their answer is a guess. Ours is a dose.
First half · falling asleep
The 9 PM bet
everything is swallowed here, six hours early
a second layer
a timed-release guess inside the tablet
Second half · the 3 AM wake-up
The second dose
taken at the minute you actually need it
75 mg, the half line
measured in the dark, no glass, no light
A tablet's second layer is a timer. The half line is a switch, and it sits on the nightstand.
A liquid does not need to guess. The full cap line at bedtime is the declared dose. The half line is the second dose: 75 mg, measured, taken at 3:07, with the whole night staying under the 350 mg supplemental limit.
Only 150 mg. And that is the real number.
Why 3AM Drops
What changes when the number is real
"It helps me fall asleep, but it doesn't keep me asleep."
A real dose at bedtime and a real half dose for the second half of the night: 150 mg elemental printed on the front, plus 75 mg on the half line for 3am, instead of the 56 mg hiding behind a "400 mg" label. The wake-up stops feeling like your body's betrayal and starts looking like arithmetic.
"The tablets are huge. Almost impossible to swallow."
One measured dose, ten seconds, no choking, no size-00 capsules, nothing to cut in half. The ritual you keep doing on night 30 because it never once made you gag.
"So salty it's like swallowing sea water."
Sugar-free, naturally flavored, made to be finished rather than endured.
"I have to take 2 to get the 300 mg daily."
The label does the math for you. Elemental milligrams on the front, compound in parentheses on the panel, one dose equals one number. No arithmetic at 11pm, no "did I take enough" at 3am.
"Look into glycine. When I take it, I am able to fall back asleep quickly after waking up at night."
The glycine comes along, just under a gram in every bedtime dose, the amino acid with its own sleep research. The second active, not the delivery vehicle.
Check Your Bottle
The same math, applied to the shelf.
Elemental figures come from each product's Supplement Facts panel, or are calculated at 14.1% when only the compound weight is printed. Check your own bottle; it takes ten seconds.
| What the front says | Elemental magnesium per serving | Form | The catch |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3AM Drops: 150 mg elemental magnesium | 150 mg at bedtime + 75 mg on the half line | Measured liquid, cap with a fill line and a half line | Only 150 mg. And that is the real number. |
| A "400 mg magnesium bisglycinate" gummy | About 56 mg (calculated) | 2 gummies | The front number is the molecule, not the mineral |
| A "2,000 mg" nootropic magnesium | 145 mg, on its own panel | 3 capsules | Two grams on the front, 145 mg that count |
| A "200 mg" magnesium gummy | 22 mg, on its own panel | 2 gummies | Nine to one between the front and the panel |
| A "420 mg" extra-strength capsule | 420 mg | 2 size-00 capsules | "Almost impossible to swallow" in the top review |
| An ionic liquid magnesium | 400 mg, as chloride | 4 mL, diluted | "Like swallowing sea water" in 231 reviews |
| A sleep patch with magnesium | 3 mg | 1 patch | One percent of a useful dose |
Go get the bottle in your drawer. Turn it around, find the Supplement Facts panel, and look for the word "elemental." If it is not there, multiply the front number by 0.14. That is what you have been taking.
Bedtime, 3am, Week Three
How it works, night by night
Bedtime
One full cap line
One full cap line, 150 mg, straight or in a splash of water. The fill line is the whole instruction.
3am
The half line, in the dark
If your eyes snap open at 3:15, wide awake, take the half line: 75 mg, a teaspoon's worth. Bottle on the nightstand, no light, no glass required. Then let the glycine do its part.
Weeks 2 and 3
Magnesium builds
Most people who stay consistent past week three are the ones who notice the difference, which is why the trial runs 90 nights and not 30.
One night, two doses
10 PMFull dose · 150 mg
3 AMThe half line · 75 mg, only if you wake
MorningNothing to sleep off
A measured dose you can see in the cap Half the line, taken in the dark
If the wake-up is your bladder and not your brain, no supplement fixes that. The FAQ tells you how to tell the difference.
Start Your 90 Nights
Choose your supply
This first run is 250 bottles. Each one carries a lot number that matches the assay published on this page. When the run sells out, the next lot ships when its own assay is back, about six to eight weeks later. If 3am is not a problem you want to keep for another two months, the 3-pack is here today.
The 90-Night Trial
Sleep on it for 90 nights.
If you're not sleeping through the night better, email us and we refund every penny, and you keep the bottle. No forms, no return shipping, no hoops.
Ninety nights, not thirty, because magnesium builds and because we would rather you finish the bottle than watch the calendar.
Before You Buy
The questions that decide it
I've tried magnesium glycinate for the 3am wake-ups. It did nothing, or it gave me nightmares.
Check the old bottle. If the front says "400 mg" or "500 mg" and the panel does not say "elemental," you took about 14% of that number, 56 to 70 mg, a fraction of any studied dose. That is the usual reason "it did nothing." The nightmares are real for a small minority, usually at full dose on an empty stomach; the 3AM Protocol starts you at a half dose, with food, for three nights.
Why only 150 mg when the study used 250?
Because 150 mg is what fits in a bottle without lying on the front. Magnesium bisglycinate dissolves at 10 to 15 mg of elemental magnesium per mL, so a real 150 mg is already a 10 mL line; brands printing "400 mg" or "500 mg" on a tiny dropper are printing the weight of the molecule, or a number that physically cannot fit. Take the half line at 3am and your night adds up to 225 mg, every milligram measured and real.
Why a second dose instead of one stronger dose at bedtime?
Because the wake-up happens around six hours after bedtime, and what you swallow at 9 PM is not at its peak at 3am; melatonin, for example, has a published half-life of about 45 minutes. The industry's answer is a second layer inside the tablet, a guess made six hours early. Ours is a second dose you take only if the night asks for it, measured on the half line, with the whole night staying under the 350 mg supplemental limit.
Sounds too good to be true for a $45 bottle.
If you "rolled my eyes every time someone in here said magnesium changed their life," good. It is not a medicine. It does not replace hormones or medication, and it does not work for everyone. The research behind it is modest, not miraculous. What it does is give you a real, honestly labeled dose, in a form you can take at 3am, with 90 nights to find out. If it is not your answer, you keep the bottle and your money.
Will it upset my stomach?
Bisglycinate is the form chosen because it does not pull water into the gut the way citrate and oxide do. The "serious diarrhea the next morning" reviews belong to citrate powders. No citrate, no oxide in 3AM Drops.
I take blood pressure, thyroid, or osteoporosis medication. Is it safe?
Ask your pharmacist; we are not your doctor. The known interactions are about timing: keep magnesium two hours away from osteoporosis medication and certain antibiotics, and mention it if you take a diuretic. A night dose usually spaces itself from morning medications. If you have kidney disease, talk to your doctor before any magnesium supplement.
Isn't this just menopause? Won't I have to live with it?
One woman in our research put it this way: "It is so pronounced, I sometimes wonder if I'm losing my mind." You are not, and you are not exaggerating. Waking at 3am wired is one of the most common complaints in the years around menopause, and being told to try yoga and drink less wine is not an answer. Magnesium does not change your hormones; that is a conversation for your doctor. It gives the part of your nervous system that acts as the brake the mineral it runs on, at a real dose, alongside whatever your doctor prescribes.
Will a liquid before bed make me get up to pee?
One dose is a sip, not a glass. If you already get up twice a night to pee, some of those wake-ups are the bladder, not the brain. The tell: waking with the urge is the bladder; eyes snapping open with a racing mind and no urge is the wake-up this dose was made for.
Why $45 when the drugstore bottle is $17?
Count real milligrams. A bottle holds thirty 150 mg bedtime doses plus about ten 75 mg half doses: 5,250 mg of elemental magnesium, about $0.009 per milligram. A $20 bottle of "400 mg" gummies delivers about 1,680 mg a month, about $0.012 per milligram, and never gets past 56 mg a night. The cheaper bottle costs more per milligram that counts.
What if it doesn't work for me?
That is what the 90-Night Trial is for. Email us, we refund every penny, you keep the bottle.
On the Label
Specifications
| Serving | One full cap line (10 mL) at bedtime, 30 servings per bottle, plus about ten optional half-line second doses (5 mL) |
|---|---|
| Elemental magnesium per serving | 150 mg (from magnesium bisglycinate, about 1,060 mg); half-line second dose: 75 mg |
| Glycine per serving | About 0.9 g per bedtime serving (from the bisglycinate chelate) |
| Vitamin B6 | Included; exact amount printed on the Supplement Facts panel |
| Excludes | Magnesium oxide, "buffered" magnesium, proprietary blends, added sugar |
| Sweetener and flavor | Natural, sugar-free |
| Testing | Every lot assayed for elemental magnesium by an independent laboratory (ICP-OES), plus heavy metals and microbiology; lot number on the bottle, assay published on this page |
| Research behind the dose | 2025 placebo-controlled study, 155 adults reporting poor sleep, 250 mg elemental magnesium from bisglycinate (modest improvement in sleep-quality scores; the bedtime dose here is 150 mg, printed on the front); 2007 glycine study, 3 g before bed (better self-rated sleep, faster onset by polysomnography) |
| Use | One full line at bedtime; optional half line if you wake; never more than one full plus one half dose in a night (225 mg, under the 350 mg supplemental limit); two hours apart from osteoporosis medication or antibiotics; kidney disease: consult your doctor first |
| Storage | Room temperature, cap closed |
These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. Results vary. Best results with consistent nightly use over 2 to 3 weeks.
Take Half at 3am
Take half at 3am. Sleep on it for 90 nights.
Keep the bottle either way: if you're not sleeping through the night better after 90 nights, email us and we refund every penny. No forms, no return shipping, no hoops.
150 mg at bedtime. 75 mg at 3am, if the night asks. Declared on the front, every lot tested.
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3AM Drops, in plain terms
- Product
- 3AM Drops is a liquid magnesium supplement made by be.u, in a 350 mL bottle with a measuring cap. The full cap line provides 150 mg of elemental magnesium from magnesium bisglycinate, with about 0.9 g of glycine from the chelate and vitamin B6; the half line is a 75 mg second dose for the 3 AM wake-up. 30 bedtime doses per bottle plus about ten half doses. Sugar-free and naturally flavored. Contains no magnesium oxide, no buffered magnesium and no proprietary blends.
- How to use
- Take one full cap line (150 mg) at bedtime. An optional half line (75 mg) may be taken on waking. Do not take more than one full plus one half dose in a night (225 mg, under the 350 mg supplemental limit). Keep it two hours apart from osteoporosis medication or antibiotics. If you have kidney disease, talk to your doctor before taking any magnesium supplement.
- Testing
- Every lot is tested by an independent laboratory for elemental magnesium (ICP-OES), heavy metals and microbiology. Each bottle carries a lot number and the certificate of analysis for that lot is published on this page.
- Price
- $45 for one bottle (30 doses). $115 for three bottles. $199 for six bottles. One-time purchase, no subscription. Prices in US dollars.
- Shipping
- Ships to addresses in the United States. Orders are processed within 1 to 2 business days. Free US shipping on orders over $70; orders under $70 ship at the carrier rate shown at checkout.
- Guarantee
- The 90-Night Trial. If you are not sleeping through the night better within 90 nights of delivery, email contact@storebeu.com for a full refund. No return is required and you keep the bottle. One refund per household.
- Availability
- In stock.
- Brand
- be.u is a wellness brand that sells at storebeu.com. Contact: contact@storebeu.com.
These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.