Posted by Jasmineneroli on October 2, 2004, at 17:50:33
In reply to Re: Calcium is the culprit!, posted by Optimist on October 2, 2004, at 13:29:57
I appreciate your responses.
Yes, I am taking magnesium. I was taking 200mg at bedtime in the Amino Acid Chelate form. But after reading some links provided by posters here, that showed it might not be the best form, I switched to Magnesium Citrate (250mg nightly). It is difficult, where I live, to find many different forms of magnesium, besides Oxide, in stores. It's even hard to find it alone, without calcium - Health food store personnel are constantly telling me I shouldn't take Mag. alone!
I now plan to increase my magnesium citrate dosage, slowly up to 500mg per day. Then I'll creep up to another 100mg per day of another form of magnesium (maybe the chelate??). I want to be careful, though, because both citrate & chelate give me slight diahrrea/soft stools.
Raybakes was kind enough to give me some links on neuro excitotoxicity. Where excess glutamate = excess calcium. Glutamate is an antagonist of GABA, and excess calcium causes headaches/depression. I'm sure both are totally relevant causes in my anxiety attacks (GAD), headaches and occasional depression. I would LOVE to be med free! If I can put my brain back in balance with magnesium and then cautiously add a BIT of calcium, I would be deliriously happy! I would love get back the person I was before hormones and life-events interfered!
JLX: Thanks for the book excerpt..I agree with the amounts suggested.
JAN: Yes, I will go back on reg. Vit C. and B5.
OPTIMIST: Good luck with your Dad, it's absolutely worth trying. But I know how stubborn the older male population can be :) :)!
*I'll check back in and report on my upped magnesium doseage.
Thanks, you guys!
Jas
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