Magnesium for me

Pat Shields · 02-21-2012, 09:42 AM

(THE POLL ALLOWS MORE THAN ONE CHOICE.)

For at least a couple of years now I have taken 500 mg - 750 mg magnesium before I shut off for the day. I don't do it because of any nervous system benefits or because of some deficiency. I take it because it makes me "regular". I have plenty of fiber in my diet in the form of fresh and raw vegetables and fruits and whole grains, but without the magnesium I can be stopped up for days and I become very uncomfortable. I buy whatever is the lowest price on the shelf, and it is usually magnesium oxide combined with magnesium stearate.

The reason I am posting is to ask: Many benefits have been associated with magnesium intake, such as blood pressure reduction, immune system functioning, muscle function, and the like. Maybe I noticed something years ago when I started experimenting with supplements to help me feel better after Paxil, after reading what others have taken and deciding to try this or that. But this go-around I have not noticed any difference, any added benefit. Except for the quotidian relief from that particular bloated and pressure feeling, I have noticed no other effect whatsoever from taking magnesium.

¿Why do the rest of you take magnesium, and do you notice any other difference? Has it helped you at all? And what type do you take?

texgirl · 02-21-2012, 01:51 PM

I use a magnesium citrate product called Natural Calm. I take a teaspoon of powder in water every night before bed, about 175mg. I've taken it for a few years and really feel that it helps with muscle tension and relaxation. I would take more (the suggested dosage is 350mg per day) but am leery of overdoing the laxative effect.

eileen · 02-21-2012, 02:22 PM

Hi Pat, I tried to vote that I don't take it but it keeps coming back and saying I already voted. I wish I could take it but it's a real laxative for me.

JessG · 02-21-2012, 04:18 PM

I take 300-400mg of Magnesium Glycinate a night to help me sleep and for my muscle jerks (nocturnal myoclonus.) It definitely helps me not to be constipated and lately I think it is helping TOO much. Loose stool and what not (TMI?). I had my magnesium levels tested recently and and after taking Magnesium nightly for over a year, they are on the high side of normal. This could explain the loose stools. Problem is when I take less than 300mg the jerks seem to be worse so I don't know what to do really. Probably keep taking it. So yeah it has helped me a lot.

Songbird · 02-22-2012, 10:23 PM

I don't take magnesium daily any more. A couple of years ago I started getting strange heart rhythms and I found that taking magnesium supplements corrected the problem. Since then I take it sporadically, probably a couple of times a week I guess. I used to take magnesium citrate, but these days I use magnesium orotate, 300-400mg. I've personally never noticed any relaxing effect or anything like that. Also, my daughter was having trouble getting to sleep because of restless legs and the magnesium has helped her with that.

stillhere · 02-23-2012, 03:55 PM

im taking magnesium malate....anyone know the difference for malate??????

Hikingsd · 04-09-2012, 12:35 AM

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Originally Posted by stillhere

im taking magnesium malate....anyone know the difference for malate??????

Magnesium Malate = Malic acid and magnesium

View Poll Results: This is about your taking of magnesium.
I take magnesium, and I am sure it helps me.	7	25.93%
I take magnesium but am not sure if it helps me.	10	37.04%
I have researched magnesium on the 'Net and elsewhere.	6	22.22%
I take less than 500 mg per day.	10	37.04%
I take 500 mg or more per day.	2	7.41%
I don't take magnesium.	8	29.63%
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02-21-2012, 09:42 AM	#1
Pat Shields Ms. Pee Pee!! Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Ft. Leonard Wood/Lebanon, Missouri area Posts: 8,394	Magnesium for me (THE POLL ALLOWS MORE THAN ONE CHOICE.) For at least a couple of years now I have taken 500 mg - 750 mg magnesium before I shut off for the day. I don't do it because of any nervous system benefits or because of some deficiency. I take it because it makes me "regular". I have plenty of fiber in my diet in the form of fresh and raw vegetables and fruits and whole grains, but without the magnesium I can be stopped up for days and I become very uncomfortable. I buy whatever is the lowest price on the shelf, and it is usually magnesium oxide combined with magnesium stearate. The reason I am posting is to ask: Many benefits have been associated with magnesium intake, such as blood pressure reduction, immune system functioning, muscle function, and the like. Maybe I noticed something years ago when I started experimenting with supplements to help me feel better after Paxil, after reading what others have taken and deciding to try this or that. But this go-around I have not noticed any difference, any added benefit. Except for the quotidian relief from that particular bloated and pressure feeling, I have noticed no other effect whatsoever from taking magnesium. ¿Why do the rest of you take magnesium, and do you notice any other difference? Has it helped you at all? And what type do you take? __________________ Patricia When nothing seems to help, I go and look at a stone-cutter hammering away at his rock perhaps a hundred times without as much as a crack showing in it. Yet at the hundred and first blow it would split in two, and I know it was not that blow that did it, but all that had gone before together. -Jacob A. Riis, journalist and social reformer (1849-1914)

02-21-2012, 01:51 PM	#2
texgirl Regina Benzodictius Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 6,087	Re: Magnesium for me I use a magnesium citrate product called Natural Calm. I take a teaspoon of powder in water every night before bed, about 175mg. I've taken it for a few years and really feel that it helps with muscle tension and relaxation. I would take more (the suggested dosage is 350mg per day) but am leery of overdoing the laxative effect. __________________ Adverse reaction to Lexapro led to Paxil, 10 months use, 2005. One month taper. Benzos (Xanax, then Klonopin), 2-1/2 years use, 2005-2007. 8 month taper. Completely free from psychiatry since 8/5/07 Face. Accept. Float. Let Time Pass. — Dr. Claire Weekes *We either make ourselves miserable or we make ourselves happy. The amount of work is the same.* — Carlos Castañeda

02-21-2012, 02:22 PM	#3
eileen Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Canada Posts: 10,524	Re: Magnesium for me Hi Pat, I tried to vote that I don't take it but it keeps coming back and saying I already voted. I wish I could take it but it's a real laxative for me. __________________ June 13/07-reducing by .05mg. every four weeks to present. October 29/08-Paxil Free 2006-Cut Trazodone from 150mg to 100mg. Sept 07/09- Trazodone 75mg. 4/10 Weaning Benzo. 12/11 Benzo Free! Started this journey of horror with AD's in 1994, Put on Paxil 30 mg in Feb/1995 I will survive!

02-21-2012, 04:18 PM	#4
JessG Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 1,406	Re: Magnesium for me I take 300-400mg of Magnesium Glycinate a night to help me sleep and for my muscle jerks (nocturnal myoclonus.) It definitely helps me not to be constipated and lately I think it is helping TOO much. Loose stool and what not (TMI?). I had my magnesium levels tested recently and and after taking Magnesium nightly for over a year, they are on the high side of normal. This could explain the loose stools. Problem is when I take less than 300mg the jerks seem to be worse so I don't know what to do really. Probably keep taking it. So yeah it has helped me a lot. __________________ Paxil since Mar.1998 5% or less drops every 3-6 weeks 2009: 20mg to 14mg 2010: 14mg to 10.5mg 2011: 10.5 to 7.6mg 2012: 7.5 to 6.8mg 02/09/13: 6.7mg 04/06/13: 6.6mg "For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope." Jeremiah 29:11

02-22-2012, 10:23 PM	#5
Songbird Queen of the appendage vocabulary Join Date: May 2007 Location: New Zealand Posts: 11,324	Re: Magnesium for me I don't take magnesium daily any more. A couple of years ago I started getting strange heart rhythms and I found that taking magnesium supplements corrected the problem. Since then I take it sporadically, probably a couple of times a week I guess. I used to take magnesium citrate, but these days I use magnesium orotate, 300-400mg. I've personally never noticed any relaxing effect or anything like that. Also, my daughter was having trouble getting to sleep because of restless legs and the magnesium has helped her with that. __________________ Jul 01-Feb 02 Aropax Feb-Dec 03 Citalopram Jul 04 Aropax Jan 07-Feb 08 20mg > 5mg Apr 4.5mg 5mg Jun 10mg Jul 20mg Oct Loxamine Dec 17.5mg 15mg 2009 24 Jan 12.5mg 16 Feb 10mg 10 May 9mg 30 May 8mg 5 July 7.5mg 2 Aug 7.25mg 1 Sep 7mg 9 Oct 6.75mg 8 Nov 6.5mg 18 Dec 6.3mg 2010 30 Aug 6.15mg 28 Nov 6 mg 2011 20 Feb 5.9mg 11 Apr 5.8mg 29 May 5.7mg 24 Jun 5.6mg 17 Sep 5.5mg 2 Nov 5.4mg 26 Dec 5.3mg 2012 19 Feb 5.2mg 14 Oct 5.1mg 6 Dec 5mg 25 Jan 4.9mg

02-23-2012, 03:55 PM	#6
stillhere Join Date: Dec 2011 Posts: 10	Re: Magnesium for me im taking magnesium malate....anyone know the difference for malate?????? __________________ Currently on 20 mg Prozac Pristiq for one month 2003-2011 Paxil 40 mg weaned off Paxil in three weeks 30mg 1st week 20mg 2nd week 10 mg last week Taking 50 mg of Pristiq at the same time of this wean Felt like absolute hell.

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