Posted by raybakes on October 3, 2004, at 14:38:46
In reply to Re: Very IRRITABLE!!! Help!, posted by Jasmineneroli on October 2, 2004, at 18:07:27
> Hey Bubblehead:
> The sound sensitivity and irritability sounds exactly my GAD anxiety. On my worst days I can't even stand the sound of certain voices. Especially female singers above the alto range. Sarah McClachlan (spelling?) for instance makes me want to commit murder!!!!!!!
> This may well be the anxiety part of the Effexor withdrawal.
> BUT, I've been investigating calcium excess (and as a result, magnesium deficiency) as causes for my condition (& headaches)......and it definitely is worth trying more mag and less calcium. I'm just starting to increase my magnesium as of today (see my thread re-calcium)!
> Now I read Jlx's notes on sound sensitivity being
> a symptom of magnesium deficiency, I'm even more convinced that magnesium deficiency may be causing or contributing to my problems!
> I'd like to have someone to compare notes with, so if you are going to try the magnesium route, & dropping or lowering calcium, let me know :).
> I'm starting today with 325mg Mag. citrate - up from 250mg per day - and NO calcium, except from food (I'm a big cheese eater!).
Hope I don't complicate things too much, or go off at a tangent, but have you looked into glutamate metabolism and it's reuptake into the glial cells? Glutamate allows calcium into cells via the NMDA receptor, as do breakdown products of tryptophan (increased during inflammation or infection). Alcohol, increases calcium entry, and mercury too.
Ray
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