Posted by Larry Hoover on May 27, 2003, at 10:44:30
In reply to Re: Mg for Anxiety? symptoms » Larry Hoover, posted by Squiggles on May 27, 2003, at 9:14:16
> Hi Larry,
>
> You sound like you are a doctor,I am not a doctor. I am a scientist geek.
> so please
> excuse me if i seem presumptuous, but i did
> check a "mainstream" site on magnesium because
> i was very curious why my dr. gave me a magnesium
> test. I thought that perhaps, consistent with
> the symptoms of hypomagnesium in your research
> he may have been testing for the withdrawal
> syndrome. I think it is more likely though,
> that what he was doing was testing for kidney
> or diabetes. You see, i am taking lithium and
> i was also given a diabetes test -- so that may
> have been the reason he chose the magnesium
> test, rather than the CNS symptoms, which were
> due to clonazepam withdrawal.I don't know what magnesium test you were given, but there are five different tests used in diagnosing magnesium deficiency. Moreover, the real "test" is called magnesium loading, which is nothing more than "give 'em magnesium, and see if they feel better".
> You can just look at this as footnote. I am
> sticking to my 1-a-day vitamin because he did not
> find hypomagnesia.
>
> Tx.
>
> SquigglesThat doesn't mean you don't have magnesium deficiency. Your body is compartmentalized, and blood magnesium can be in the normal range (which itself is questioned by some, as the normal range is probably too broad), while specific organs are deficient. You've mentioned "palpitations" so many times. That's an obvious clue, ya know?
Lar
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