Posted by Larry Hoover on May 24, 2006, at 16:46:12
In reply to Re: Magnesium Citrate for Sleep?, posted by LOOPS on May 24, 2006, at 10:31:46
> Hi Larry -
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> thanks for the input. Unfortunately my medical insurance doesn't cover trips to my doctor, and here in Chile going to the doctor is an expensive business. Also, she doesn't seem to know much about supplements etc. - last time I saw her I was telling HER about magnesium. I doubt she would end up referring me - probably just tell me to stop taking the magnesium and offer me meds for the depression/anxiety.Maybe you can just ask for the specific tests to be run? One possible explanation for your developing hypermagnesemia symptoms, those from significant excess of magnesium in your blood, is a failure to regulate. That could be a milder inborn error in e.g. the hypothyroid, or a secondary disturbance something like insulin resistance in the periphery. ParaThyroid Hormone (PTH) is supposed to keep your kidneys properly responsive, and the kidneys are supposed to use vitamin D as they see fit. You're not getting a response fast enough to save you from magnesium poisoning symptoms. That just plain should not happen.
So, take enough magnesium to make it wrong, a little bit (don't make yourself too sick to manage things), and get a blood sample. Test for magnesium, calcium, phosphate and potassium, blood pH, and PTH concentration. If they do vitamin D, get that too. Urinalysis, the standard tests. Urine magnesium, and calcium, if not part of the standard tests. Urine protein might be really important, but it's usually part of the standard testing. Just make sure those are included.
> I do take cod liver oil and get out in the sun most days. Should I try cal/mag in a 2:1 then? Or just ditch them both? Or ditch the cod liver oil?
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> I'm really confused.
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> Thanks
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> LoopsYou want to find out what is wrong, so you want to mess it all up at least on the day you get your blood drawn. Until then, go with your intuition, about what feels okay.
It is also possible you're just very sensitive to magnesium. I'd like to rule out the other options, though. I hope you understand what I mean.
Lar
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