Posted by JLx on September 29, 2004, at 16:13:52
In reply to Re: Very IRRITABLE!!! Help! » JLx, posted by Bubblehead on September 29, 2004, at 15:19:09
> This is really fascinating to me. You see I go to a naturalist and this is something he has me taking 3X daily for my hypogycemia. The stuff he has me on is called MgB. Here is the run down of what's in it:
> Magnesium (oxide) 300mg
> Vit B1 (thiamin HCI) 15mg
> Vit B2 (Ribolflavin) 10mg
> Vit B3 (Niacin) 15mg
> Vit B5 (Pantthenate) 10mg
> Vit B6 (Pyrodoxine HCI) 10mg
> Vit B12(Cyanocobalamin) 12mcg
> Folic Acid 400mcg
>
> I'm going to look into this more. I thought it was all the same. I'm not the most intelligent, I just do what the doctor says, duh.See this post by Larry Hoover re magnesium oxide and the likelihood of a calcium vs magnesium deficiency: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20030306/msgs/207021.html
I suspect some doctors just don't know the ins and outs of absorption rates of the different kinds of magnesium.
> I'm confused (told you I wasn't smart.) I take this mg oxide plus I'm a "big" milk drinker. Is that a bad mix?If you're getting say, 1000 mg of calcium from your diet, and 900 mg of magnesium from mg oxide, but the mg oxide is only absorbed at 4% of the volume you're only actually getting 36 mg of magnesium, for a 25:1, calcium to magnesium ratio (if my math's right! ;)). Most advice you see is to take calcium to magnesium at 2:1 or 1:1.
> > Taurine or any of the other calming amino acids, such as GABA and glycine may also help, but I'd definitely try the magnesium first.
> I'm so desperate, I want to try everything. But I don't want to mix the wrong things.Niacinamide is just another form of the niacin you are already taking. Magnesium, in another more absorbable form, is also something you're already taking so mixing those two would be nothing new.
> > Welcome to the alt med board! :)
>
> Thanks! And Thanks for the Book tip too!Here's an excerpt from Dr. Dean's book, "The Miracle of Magnesium", http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=0345445880&view=excerpt
About one of her examples she says,
"In her case it had been made even worse by too much calcium, however, so simple magnesium supplementation wouldn't be enough for Mary. Her diet and lifestyle needed a complete overhaul. I gave Mary a list of magnesium-rich foods that she needed to start eating, which included nuts, beans, greens, and seeds such as sunflower and pumpkin. ... After a week of enthusiastically eating a lot more magnesium-rich foods, Mary felt somewhat better. ... After her second visit I recommended that she begin taking magnesium supplements. Starting with a dosage of 200 mg a day, we added another 200 mg every two days to build slowly to 600 mg. I cautioned her that it could take months to eliminate magnesium deficiency symptoms and that not all her symptoms would necessarily respond. Within two months, however, Mary was singing the praises of magnesium. Her palpitations and panic attacks had disappeared. Her cravings for sweets were fewer, she was able to control her blood sugar with diet alone, and tests for blood sugar were normal. Her leg cramps were gone, and with them her insomnia. At three months we added calcium along with magnesium so that she would not develop an imbalance of the two."
When I first started taking magnesium I cut out calcium altogether, as I had concluded I was probably overloaded. (I drank milk and ate a lot of cheese) I felt better right away, but everybody's different. You won't know until you try it.
JL
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