Posted by Larry Hoover on May 27, 2003, at 9:14:00
In reply to Re: Mg for Anxiety? L. Hoover » Larry Hoover, posted by Squiggles on May 27, 2003, at 8:01:28
> Would a one-a-day vitamin do, or is this
> a therapeutic alternative for benzos?
>
> SquigglesNeither, I'm afraid. Magnesium has been proven to potentiate benzos, but I'm not suggesting that you can just "do without". By the time you're into "benzo therapy land", your body may no longer be able to go back to the way it was before. Aging changes us.
You can only get magnesium in the doses I'm suggesting by supplements of magnesium salts. I don't think you can achieve it by diet alone, unless your native water supply is quite high in magnesium (which isn't common).
Lar
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