Posted by LOOPS on February 15, 2006, at 6:48:25
In reply to Re: HELP!! MAGNESIUM REVERSE EFFECTS, posted by nolvas on February 14, 2006, at 20:16:30
thanks guys - I really needed to hear some kind words.
Well yesterday saw a complete turnaround, which is not unusual for me - I often seem to reach complete despair then if I'm lucky something snaps and I feel better for awhile.
So yesterday I was constantly on the brink of tears - I even had to fight to hold them back during a tennis lesson. You may know what I mean - that awful pain inside that never seems to completely go away was really jamming me up. My DH then appeared with a huge bunch of flowers, which actually made me want to cry even more!
He was so worried he did what he usually does when I get very bad - he cooked me a huge curry. That was sweet.
I found some Holy Basil (the one thing I had not taken in awhile) and felt really quite a lot better within half an hour. I mixed it with 50mg 5htp (100mg deals with anxiety but makes depression worse generally for me). Anyway I was wondering if the 5htp raises cortisol; holy basil reduces cortisol and anything that does this usually makes me feel MUCH better.
Also, I didn't take any zopiclone last night. This morning I feel tired but better than usual - I'm convinced that stuff makes me depressed. So for sleep, apart from eating too much curry, I took 100mg 5htp, 30mg zinc (I had been forgetting to take enough of this recently), 500mg C,100mg B1 (seems to help sleep) and the usual melatonin 1mg, 200mg Mg glycinate and 350mg coral calcium. I actually managed to sleep for 6 hours, so it is possible.
I can only think the zopiclone was really having some weird effects (I don't have a problem with either occasional benzos or zolpidem) during the day.
Also I recently reduced my dose of fish oil due to cost - but now I'm thinking that was a bad idea. I'm going back to 2g EPA. If anything it makes the other things I take much more effective.
Zinc can be sedative right? I think we have a lot of copper in our water here (along with arsenic - great) so am I right in thinking I can take up to 50mg per day?? I have problems with racing thoughts at night.
Waffle waffle- needed that.
Loops
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