Posted by JLx on July 26, 2007, at 19:32:24
In reply to Re: Magnesium » JLx, posted by saturn on July 26, 2007, at 18:56:32
Hmm...sounds like maybe you don't need it then.
You could try taking it with calcium and see if that had a more lasting effect. Calcium is found to be calming by some people, although I'm sure not one of them.
For your purpose perhaps one of the magnesium chelates with a calming amino acid would be helpful (magnesium taurate, magnesium chelate).
I think magnesium orotate is a type of magnesium often overlooked. It's said to be especially helpful for the heart, but Larry Hoover speculated once in a discussion we had that the orotic acid itself might be helpful. I bought some mg orotate in bulk as it's not too expensive that way and put it in capsules myself.
Magnesium is not for everyone. My sister finds it so stimulating that if she takes an Epsom Salt (magnesium sulfate) bath she can't sleep following it!
JL
> >>>I think the question again, is what are you hoping to accomplish?
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> Primarily anxiety relief and secondarily ADHD.
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> >>>>What's your starting point?
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> If I take magnesium oxide (about 250 mg/day) once every few months it works like magic for anxiety and adhd for a day or two...then nothing, and also likely some hypotension.
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> >>> Have you been taking calcium supplements?
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> No.
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> >>>Do you eat a lot of calcium rich foods?
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> No.
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> >>>Do you eat magnesium rich foods?
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> Not regularly. Almonds sometimes (which seems to have the same effect of working short term and then having little if any beneficial effect).
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> Thanks for your response and website reference...Peace...Saturn.
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