Hi,

I am geeky enough to be bugged about not knowing why she is checking for magnesium.

I just found that low magnesium can be a symptom of Addison's Disease ( When the adrenal glands are not producing enough hormones.) . . . So she was looking to find out why you have low energy.

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/e...cle/000378.htm


Some of us here take magnesium -- At the moment, I can't remember why exactly -- today was a difficult day for my brain.

Mari

AWESOME info!!!

I'm so grateful she's at least interested enough in my case to check into it! Thanks Mari!

Oh I forgot to say that magnesium is in a powdery stuff I take some nights called CALM. It has magnesium and is supposed to help you sleep but I can't take it every night or I get loose bowels (sorry if that's TMI) And I think it is supposed to help with restless leg syndrome. I don't have RLS, just going by what someone else told me.

Yeah, was getting the same results from the CALM. Then I found out on the board that I was taking it wrong. You have to use warm water like the instructions say. The warm water changes it to a form of Magnesium that is absorbable. The kind used with cold water mostly goes through the body -- waste of money unless you are taking it for that reason.

M

oh no Mari, warm? say it ain't so! eeewww! :stomping my feet like a 2 year old: I don't know if I could drink it warm. Thanks for letting me know what I've been doing wrong!

Butterfly,

I used to do it warm and then let it sit until it was room temperature.

Or you could use a little warm water so that it is properly dissolved and only a little later use cool water.

Mari

Hi Butterfly... real glad you found such a great NP!

The B12 tests need to be done before giving supplementation, because giving you the shot first could mask a deficiency. they need to know if you are deficient or not, because if you are they need to figure out why. depending on why, treatment may be temporary or permanent, and how supplementation is given may vary as well (eg sublingual & IV vs. tablets). I am a little surprised she isn't checking folate along with B12, they often go together. Also, homocysteine levels... the test she ordered is usually a followup which can explain high homocysteine levels but if negative will not tell whether levels are high or not. However the B12 check is really important.

Magnesium would be fatigue and stress related. Low magnesium can explain fatigue, muscle aches, tension and cramping.

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