Posted by Patient on September 8, 2004, at 10:33:08
In reply to Re: Calcium causing depress./apathy etc.?Larry, Others » Patient, posted by Jasmineneroli on September 7, 2004, at 21:01:24
Hi Jas,
No, I didn't think "others" was demeaning-I was being silly, and I know Larry is very learned in the subjects we ask on this board.
I have no idea about calcium amounts found in vitamin C preparations and have often wondered when they list them as sources of vitamin C. I do know that calcium helps with vitamin C absorption, is it vice versa or maybe a two way street-they both need each other, the usual case with supplements-they are needed in BALANCE.
I was looking into what the Optimist wrote about melatonin and calcium connection. I've only started to dig, but found two sites that may or may not be of any light on the subject:
http://physrev.physiology.org/cgi/content/full/78/3/687
Cellular Mechanisms of Melatonin Action
PHYSIOLOGICAL REVIEWS Vol. 78 No. 3 July 1998, pp. 687-721
Copyright ©1998 by the American Physiological Society by JIRI VANECEKhttp://www.emfguru.org/Research/emf-emr/EMR-Reduces-Melatonin.htm
EMR Reduces Melatonin in Animals and People by Dr. Neil CherryI have read that magnesium acts as a calcium channel blocker-I suppose this is the antagonist effect?
If this is true, then I would think it better to take calcium at bedtime only. Does your calcium supplement include vitamin D? It is also important that it include this vitamin to help with assimilation-which is why I highly recommend a combo of calcium, magnesium, and vit. D taken together.
Yes, the experiment of stopping the calcium then restarting would be something that I would try, just to see, to try and pinpoint the problem. Let us know what happens.
As for the worrying thoughts and Celexa-as a supplementation to Celexa to combat or counter these thoughts is through cognitive therapy. I don't go to a cognitive therapist myself, but a friend sent me the book "Feeling Good". I was amazed after reading the first few pages of how one's thinking patterns are really what drive our emotions-worry, depression, etc. It is an eye opening book, and one I tended to avoid reading for it hit home too much, but so glad I've started. It's allowing me to stop and change the way I think of what I perceive, change my thinking habits. Just another suggestion.
Take care, Lisa
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