or tooth grinding or clamping the jaw, responds to magnesium.
Here is a link I found a while back:
http://www.is.wayne.edu/mnissani/bruxnet/ploctran.htm
I have started a new magnesium thread on our Vitamin/mineral board
here. It gives links to foods high in magnesium for children, or the magnesium
cream made by Kirkman labs.
Some posters on the OBT forum at autism used the cream effectively for
children. Supplements are problematic for small kids...it is safer to use food
to obtain it.
This is a dosing chart for those interested:
Quote:
Requirements for magnesium increase as we grow and age. The official U.S. and Canadian recommendations for daily intake are as follows:
Infants 0–6 months, 30 mg
7–12 months, 75 mg
Children 1–3 years, 80 mg
4–8 years, 130 mg
Males 9–13 years, 240 mg
14–18 years, 410 mg
19–30 years, 400 mg
31 years and older, 420 mg
Females 9–13 years, 240 mg
14–18 years, 360 mg
19–30 years, 310 mg
31 years and older, 320 mg
Pregnant women 18 years and younger, 400 mg
19–30 years, 350 mg
31–50 years, 360 mg
Nursing women 18 years and younger, 360 mg
19–30 years, 310 mg
31–50 years, 320 mg
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