Posted by JLx on November 29, 2003, at 18:52:43
In reply to Re: My first post.........JLX......, posted by TeeJay on November 29, 2003, at 15:36:40
> > Have you taken Dr. Amen's Brain Checklist? It might be helpful. (Don't be dissuaded by the ADD label, as it's just a good way of correlating symptoms with suggestions for possible solutions, imo.) http://www.brainplace.com/bp/checklist/
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> ADD Combined Type Not Probable
> ADD Inattentive Type Highly Probable
> Cingulate System Hyperactivity Probable
> Limbic System Hyperactivity Highly Probable
> Basal Ganglia Hyperactivity Highly Probable
> Temporal Lobe System May be possible
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> Seems too many probabilities there IMO....perhaps that helps your thesis that my problems are not so much mental in origin as mental in symptology, ie my whole mental functioning is just out of sync? Just thinking outloud here.I was just going by you presenting your physical symptoms as being primary.
I had ADD Inattentive Type, Cingulate System Hyperactivity, Limbic System Hyperactivity, and Basal Ganglia Hyperactivity all come up on that test as highly probable. This further convinced me -- in addition to experience -- that I need a broad approach of synergistic solutions. Maybe you do too.
> Thats gonna be a tough thing to do as most of my favourite foods are dairy!! I had been considering the 4 day fast mentioned on some sites to see if it relieves my symptoms, but that doesnt seem like a pleasant idea, specially as I have now acquired a rampant appetite after not having one for 20 years due to smoking. I'll stick that on the "maybe" list ;-)I hear ya. Sometimes I can't believe I'm living without cheese and all the rest of the stuff I love to eat. It helps a lot though. That's the worst of it. ;)
> Wow, that does sound rather like me doesnt it!! I'd often considered hypoglycemia but imagined the symptoms to change much more quickly than mine do, but this article suggests this may well not be the case. VERY interesting.There's lots of good stuff on that Alternative Mental Health site.
> Yes its from Solgar and in the UK its packaged as MAgnesium Chelate but I queried the company as to which amino it was chelated too and they confirmed it was glycine.....the US packaging is identical but states it is Mag Gly which is why I questioned it. 12 months ago my regimen consisted of taking these 400mg Mag Gly tablets like they were candy along with equal quantities of Niacinimide with little if any change.
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> Oh, I can take 6 of those 400mg tabs a day without any effect to my bowels, even taken 6 in a day with 2 gramms vit c and still no change.Hmm....that seems quite remarkable. This might be a question for Larry Hoover...why this amount of magnesium DOESN'T cause diarrhea. About Vit. C, I recall reading somewhere that the amount you can tolerate indicates the body's need/lack of need for it, but I don't know how accurate that might be.
> Dont know, but also have some Calcium tabs (500mg) which i've taken when stressed as they are supposed to be calming.........yep, you've guessed it, another one which doesnt affect me. Also tried it for a month with methionine as per Pfeiffer with no effect either.
I don't recall where now, but I was reading something recently that said that calcium can be tricky in that an excess can paradoxically cause a deficiency. Perhaps magnesium is the same way and in effect, these minerals are not affecting your body at all then as you take them.
> Bowel tolerance?? See above, they'd have to sell tablets the size of baseballs to make me cr*p ;-)
Sounds like you are severely "out of whack"! ;)
> Plenty to think about there JL, thanks for taking the time to reply in such a lengthy manner.......between you and tealady, i'm beginning to feel better already :-)
It helps me a lot to just know there are things I haven't tried yet. :)
JL
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