jasminky, scroll up to post #102...that is your post.

My reply to you about your child appears right after post 102.

I thought I was imagining my heart skipping beats O_o

Or could it be due to damage from my chest tics? :-S

By the way, approximately how long should it take for magnesium citrate to start taking effect on tics (if the tics are due to a deficiency)?

If you are REALLY low, you will see results quickly. But borderline people
show improvements more slowly.

IV administration is used in hospitals for hypertension in pregnancy (eclampsia) and for heart issues. It is VERY fast acting then.

My husband feels his muscles improve the next day. And I can have leg
cramping go away in one day too.

I basically take back what I said about taurine, cause recently I've had to take vicodin for my wisdom teeth extraction, so that basically interacted a bit with my anti-depressant, and made me a little bit twitchy. I usually take Inderal PRN for things like this, as I had minor myoclonus for awhile before, but I had run out of that. So I had some taurine, and what do u know, I took some and it ended up working and helping me out.

But I also wonder if they have taurine in liquid form, such that you could add it to a bath, much like maybe epsom salts or baking soda. Just like they have glucosamine, MSM, and magnesium sulfonate creams. I figured they would, because I read somewhere about someone making their own home remedies with redbull and aspirin to rub on their muscles, supposedly the taurine helping stop muscle twitching, aspirin helps with the pain.

http://www.springboard4health.com/st...L-taurine.html

Using taurine this way looks very expensive to me.
And I suspect most of it stays in the skin area.

Taurine is so easily absorbed orally, I don't see any real reason to use
a more expensive method...unless someone cannot swallow, etc.

I see 100 caps of Taurine by NOW for $3.90. 500mg each. at iherb.com

Wow! That's cheap!

I never knew there were so many types of magnesium supplements. I have read the threads and know the benefits of magnesium, but the Citrate definitely is hard on the intestines. I believe it is what is used to clean out our intestines prior to a colonoscopy !

Frankly, I am writing on behalf of my German Shepherd 4-yr old female (Kai) with acute IBD and constant watery diarrhea. There are several reasons that the nutritionist I have been working with has recommended a cal/mag citrate supplement, but it is way too disturbing to Kai's intestinal motility. I have done some reading on Mag Glycinate, that supposedly does not disrupt bowel function like Citrate. Then there is Gluconate and many others.

Can anyone tell me the best form of Mag that will provide all the benefits WITHOUT the diarrhea side effects? Then someone said in one of the threads that you should NOT take calcium and magnesium in the same supplement at the same time...but rather take them separately and at different times. HELP !

Searching in Scottsdale

Most of the time the diarrhea is dose dependent.

For anyone (animal included) having fast transit anyway due to
something in the diet, the mag might just make it worse.

Have you tried a gluten free diet for your dog? Some dogs can have food intolerances, just like people!

I don't totally believe the business of separating the calcium and magnesium. In our food they occur together.

Any of the chelates should work. But dosing would have to be trial and error. Avoid the oxide form. It is mostly useless and will make diarrhea worse.

I would start with very small amounts of mag...and increase slowly to a therapeutic dose. Not all mag supplements are 100% absorbed. Finding the right amount for your dog's needs will take some time, I think. Glycinate is good, but in too high a dose will also cause loose stools.

My dog Kai has severe IBD, which itself produces constant watery diarrhea. In addition to (or probably one of the causes of) her IBD is that Kai is an anxious dog and gets stressed easily. She has some OCD's as well. Magnesium would be of great benefit to her I know.

I have had a hair analysis done on Kai and am working with a nutritionist. We tried a Cal/Mag citrate supplement (100mg of each), but it seemed to make Kai's diarrhea even worse, so I stopped it. The nutritionist seems to think that the citrate is the way to go...possibly because the mag is greatly available. But, I don't want to tip the scales in the wrong direction if there is another choice.

Subsequent to that, I tried to do some research on line and it seemed that some types of Mag are less disruptive to the intestines than others. It seemed that possibly the Glycinate in particular and possibly the Gluconate had a lesser tendancy to elicit diarrhea.

I understand/know that we probably have to play around with dosages as well, but Kai (German Shepherd) is down to 50 pounds, so we do not have much room to experiment. She needs the benefits of Mag but not any additional distress to her bowels.

So, what have you found about Mags that might be more "gentle?"

Thanks !