Posted by tealady on October 2, 2004, at 9:42:51
In reply to Calcium is the culprit!, posted by Jasmineneroli on October 1, 2004, at 23:58:44
> In reference to a prevous thread I started questioning calcium's role in headaches & depression, I just wanted to post a follow-up.
HI Jas,
..gee that month has flown
> After over a month off the calcium containing supplement, off the Ester C (calcium ascorbate) and pantothenic acid (calcium pantothate). I took the calcium supplement again today.
> Result: Previous month - no headache or an occasional mild headache (which I attributed to the jaw-clenching and neck stiffness from Celexa), & no depression. 3 days ago halved my Celexa dose, less jaw clenching, no headache at all.
> Today, within 1 1/2 hours of taking the supplement I had a raging headache that pain killers did not touch and a "draggy/low" feeling.
> Still have the headache 12 hours later, draggy feeling lifted.
> I'm now sure Calcium (carbonate & ascorbate) causes this for me. I'm just not going to take it at all.
> Thanks for listening.
> Jas
Thanks for the update..you were right after all about it being too much calcium.
Good to see you dropped the calcium.
Did you drop all 3?
Probably if you need to get B5, calcium panthonate wouldn't hurt..but I can't see any need for you to take calcium carbonate ...
And if you ever want VitC , just try ordinary ascorbic acid...although that's something usually not needed in larger amounts daily either.
Most people do get enough calcium in their diets, especially if they have some dairy and don't need any supps in calcium.
Too much calcium in supps can lead to kidney stones for many.That said, I need to take a daily calcium/magn at night..but then I've other problems too which leads me to need to fight just to maintain BMD...oh, and I like to reduce my thyroid hormone levels at night too.
Jan
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