Posted by Larry Hoover on May 14, 2006, at 12:22:59
In reply to Re: anxiety and adrenal function and wet fingernai » Larry Hoover, posted by Racer on May 12, 2006, at 10:41:05
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> > The sense that you are "primed" could come from something as simple as being magnesium deficient. 90% or more Americans don't get enough magnesium.
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> I take 750mg magnesium along with my 1500mg of calcium, every day. (I have osteopenia, and won't start bisphosphates until either I have a child or find out it really is impossible for me.) Is that enough?It's hard to know if intake amounts to the same thing as uptake, for any individual. How much vitamin D do you take? Uptake is impossible, unless your parathyroid agrees with that idea, and you have the vitamin D to make it happen.
> The past few days, I've also had a weird dizziness going on: it kinda reminds me of the shaky feeling I get when I donate platelets, from the calcium depletion? Could that be related to magnesium deficiency? And, if so, any particular ideas about why, with that level of supplementation, I would still have troubles?
As I said, it is hard to know if intake equals uptake.
> > I betcha there's more than a few outliers here, at Babble.
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> LoL! You got that one right!We should have our own board. Ooops, we already do.
> My GP actually said something, when I asked for a thyroid panel, about "women wanting to think their thyroid is responsible for their weight." Uh? Buddy? You mispronounce my name consistently, and apparently you've also forgotten that I've gained fifty pounds in the past year due to treatment for Anorexia Nervosa. I *know* what's responsible for my weight, and I *know* that my whole metabolism is truly screwed up beyond belief, due to years of self-starvation.Which, unfortunately, may still be the dominant theme. The screwed up part, I mean.
Unless you have a full thyroid panel, it is pointless to do any thyroid hormone testing. You can't interpret the results if you only have a fraction of the required information.
I think you might be better off finding a different doctor.
> (I'd also asked him about gastric motility -- I'd been having a lot of trouble with eating something and then continuing to feel full to overfull for up to eight hours afterwards. He wasn't impressed.) (Remembering that part, I think I will ask my pdoc for a referral to another GP...)
As I said....
Your motility can be influenced by a myriad of factors, and once again, the screwed upness thing is also in play. It is good that you have this depth of communication with your gut. It may yet prove to be the most useful characteristic of your relationship.
> Thanks for your input, Lar -- always thought provoking and educational. You have given me a lot to think about, and I appreciate what I get from the top of your head...You're very welcome. I need reminders, though, to continue producing useful information. I am absent-minded to the nth degree. Interrogate me, 'kay?
Lar
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