Low magnesium and vitamin D/ UPDATE

Hi everyone!

I had been feeling extra crappy through December because of my gastritis diagnosis. Every time the gastritis flared up - my fibro pains flared up. :( So, I went in the beginning of January for a follow up for the gastritis and told my Dr. that I had been having pain in between my shoulder blades. (new for me) She is very thorough which I really appreciate so she did am ECG in office and everything was fine. I got a call two days later that it had been abnormal citing prolong QT. So, of course I was freaking OUT. I called the cardiologist office and tried to get ANY answers that might calm my nerves but they couldn't give me any info until I see the cardiologist. My Dr.'s office finally called me back (I had left a message) and she told me NOT to be concerned. So, I've really been trying not to be but it's hard.:( My cardiologist apt. is on Friday morning. In the meantime, my legs have been hurting...my arms have been hurting. This same time last year I had really bad arm and leg pain too. So, I call the Dr. again and tell her that I think my magnesium might be low. So, they draw blood to have both vitamin D and mag levels checked and sure enough - both are low. So, I'm really hoping that my abnormal ECG is a result of my low magnesium levels and stomach issues. I feel like since I've had this Fibro (year and half now) it's ALWAYS something. I was perfectly healthy before all this. :( It's scary. I have 3 kids that need me...and of course my husband. I just want to feel healthy, know what I mean?

Thanks, Michael. I appreciate your support. I am taking supplements to get my levels back up. They want to check mag levels again in two weeks and vitamin D in 2 months. I can tell when these levels go down especially the magnesium. My legs start twitching, I start feeling anxious, can't sleep, ect... and I know that stress really depletes the magnesium in the body. And, I have been very stressed out this Fall. I'm hoping that everything will be okay with my apt. on Friday and I can take a breath of relief and move on from that worry in the back of my mind.

Lj, YES...fish oil! I keep meaning to pick some up! Thanks for the reminder.:) I'm hoping as my vitamin D goes up - my symptoms get better.

Makeupmama ,

Be sure to get a good grade of fish oil, some of the cheap ones cause gastric issues

Just a thought, lj

Once I started taking magnesium malate and vitamin D3, I have never stopped. These are important and even most healthy people have deficiencies in these.

Just because you buy things in a health food store doesn't necessarily mean they are of good quality. We just had a discussion about herbal supplements and how some that have been tested had things in them not listed on the label...even things like nuts that people have allergies too. That's dangerous. And one of the businesses that had problems was a well-known health food store. So, buyer beware. (I bumped the thread up for you to read.)

I take krill oil. Fish oil gave me diarrhea. Before I started taking krill oil, I researched various brands and decided on one I think is the best. It passed the Consumer Labs tests. They check products, unannounced, to see if what is said on the label is accurate. It got high marks and I can't get them in a health food store. I order them from the manufacturer on line.

Sherrine

YaY for you, glad your EKG came back good. Now that's one less thing to worry about.

Makeup mama - as a retired nurse I remember those EKG done in Dr's offices that are not done in cardio offices. They are usually not right because the equipment is not the best or they just don't do enough of them. That happen to me last year. My Dr. Did one in her office and it was showing something plus I was having some shortness of breathe walking. So she got all excited and wanted me to go to ER because of this EKG which showed very little. So I decided not to go because I was in no stress and it would cost me thousands of dollars. My heart was fine when I did get it checked out. So you just have to way it out.

So glad your heart was good. These things can make your fibro flare .