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Old 09-26-2007, 08:35 PM #1
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I hope this link came through.This is the Magnesium I take. I also take a better calcium supplement now too. I beleive I am getting enough mag & calcium.

If you have too much mag does it cause twitching Mrs. D or not enough magnesium?
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Hope I'm not cutting in here. Just wanted to mention what helps with my twitching.

I take a supplement that contains calcium citrate and magnesium glycinate. I divide it into two doses, with the larger dose at bedtime, for a total of 1000mg calcium/500mg magnesium daily. It doesn't completely clear up the twitching, but it does keep the muscles from cramping, which helps a lot.

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Don't know if this will help or not, but I take SloMag and Klonopin before bedtime...

I think mine has improved some, since I had my thyroid surgery.

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Default I will look into slowmag
Cathie do you take the klonopin for twitching? Also is slowmag better than normal mag.
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Lightbulb Aussie...
your magnesium supplement is mostly oxide form. This is not appreciably absorbed from the GI tract. I'd suggest using another that is only a chelate,
with NO oxide.

If magnesium is over balanced by calcium you can have twitching. This may be happening to you...too much calcium in relation to mag.

I'd quit both, and see what happens. Then start a new mag and then later add the calcium. If you do one at a time, you can see the effects more clearly.
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Twitching (fasciculations) can also be spasms.
Uncontrolled spasmodic episodes can be controlled
by the use of Baclofen.
Many spinal cord injury patients (who also suffer from all types
of neuropathies) are Rx'd Baclofen as an anti-spasmodic.
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Default Consider them both dropped..
from my vitamin regime. I'll do anything to stop the twitching. I will be going to see neuro a month erlier than expected. My appointment was for December but I called them and basically told them that I really need to come sooner(a bit of pleading too).So she is seeing me end October. I need to last until then without these muscle meds,as I know my GP won't give me anything.
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Thank goodness for MrsD... I don't know what we would do without her and a few others in the know on this board. I take Klonopin mainly for pain, though it also helps me rest better at night. I just noticed the twitching was better.

I don't know if SloMag is better or not, but it seems to me that MrsD had posted something about using that, so this is what I got...

Hope you can get this under control. It nearly drove me crazy...

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