Posted by Larry Hoover on October 21, 2003, at 14:47:51
Dinah said:
> No, I haven't. But I will. Magnesium supplements sound like a low risk alternative to the barbiturates, corticosteroids, and anti-cholinergics I was given yesterday.Rather than an alternative, you may want to consider magnesium as an augmentative. It might be enough to start tipping your health balance back the right way.
> Do I need to take anything with it for it to work or be absorbed or anything?
>And, rianny asked:
> Thx a lot for this info. Maybe I should try taking Magnesium, but do you know which form of Magnesium it's talking about?Magnesium does work best if you're not already deficient in vitamin D (not really a vitamin....it's a steroid hormone). So, a D supplement might be a good idea.
Any magnesium salt will do, except magesium oxide. Stay away from that, as it's poorly absorbed.
If the dose of magnesium salts you try causes diarrhea, you need to back down until you find a dose that's tolerated. Over time, you can increase the dose again, gradually.
It may seem bizarre, but there is no medical test for magnesium deficiency that is definitive. The only real test of magnesium deficiency is called magnesium loading. They give you magnesium, and if your symptoms remit, then it is reasonable that they were due to magnesium deficiency. It's a functional definition, but it's all we have.
You might want to take a look at:
http://www.mgwater.com/
http://www.coldcure.com/html/dep.html#synapses
http://www.home.eznet.net/~webtent/mg.htmlI'm sure you're both going to have more questions, so please, fire away.
Lar
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