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Posted 12/5/2014 4:55 PM (GMT 0)
Been having pain... every where, heavy legs... ome minute I want to sit down, next minute I'm moving furniture! Been researching how lyme thrives off magnesium! Do any of you take supplements? Also being tested for "Addison's disease" in a month... That would not be cool to have since my daughter's name is Addison!
Posted 12/5/2014 5:02 PM (GMT 0)
Yes lyme greatly lowers the magnesium level in your body.  A lof of the aches and pains and headaches from lyme are caused by this low magnesium level.  I have been greatly helped by taking magnesium including the elimination of heart palps.  BUT, make sure it is a good brand and quality of magnesium.  My dr. swears this makes a difference.  I take magnesium asparate with potassium and if I don't take it, I notice a difference immediately. 

 

Posted 12/5/2014 5:06 PM (GMT 0)
Thanks :-) just started yesterday... i feel like it already made a difference!
Posted 12/5/2014 6:24 PM (GMT 0)
Magnesium is awesome. the best thing is that if you take too much, your body will tell you by making you run or fly to the bathroom so you can't overdose.

I like magnesium citrate and magnesium l-threonate. magnesium oxide is very poorly absorbed by the body and unfortunately, it is the most widely used because it is so cheap to manufacture.
Posted 12/5/2014 6:32 PM (GMT 0)
Any magnesium that ends in "ate" is what you want - absorbs. Read the fine print.

I like Mag glycinate be KAL

Anything other is just a laxative.
Posted 12/5/2014 7:44 PM (GMT 0)
Thanks guys!
Posted 12/6/2014 2:46 AM (GMT 0)
What about milk of magnesia? I've heard that if you don't take it in big enough doses to make you fly to the bathroom, it's more readily absorbable than other forms, esp. if you mix it with apple cider vinegar. I mix it with lemon juice, bc acv is giving me migraines.

Margaret
Posted 12/6/2014 3:00 AM (GMT 0)
Apparently magnesium glycinate doesn't cause diarrhea - only in a lot higher doses.
Posted 12/6/2014 3:51 AM (GMT 0)
Ok! Good! No need to add more to the issues ;-)
Posted 12/6/2014 3:59 AM (GMT 0)
I read a laboratory backed comparison study on mag types a while ago - about the absorbancy.

Mag malate was # 2

Mag glycinate was #1, not to be confused with mag glucanate.

And you are least likely run to the "can". If you do need to walk a little faster, well, you know your limit for mag intake per that time frame.
Posted 12/6/2014 4:14 AM (GMT 0)
What about citrate? I know that makes people run, but I think it's ok in small doses?

All the Phillips Milk of Magnesia label says is, "magnesium."

I mix it with lemon water and baking soda. It's pretty yucky, ha ha!

Margaret
Posted 12/6/2014 4:26 AM (GMT 0)
What about Magnesium Chloride? I take Slow Mag, which is Magnesium Chloride and Calcium. It has really helped what were near constant migraines. Just want to make sure what I'm taking is ok.
Posted 12/6/2014 5:16 AM (GMT 0)
I remember that type on the study I read. Its popular and widely available at pharmacies and grocery stores.

Its better than mag oxide, but any mag that ends in "ate" is proven to absorb better. Proven in studies.

Maybe in your case you need the calcium too. We are all different. But some modern food is fortified with added calcium, never fortified with magnesium. So we are naturally, in modern times, out of balance. Magnesium tests are very unreliable to.

For all over muscle pain, neck pain headaches and brain fog the "ates" work better for most people.
Posted 12/6/2014 6:46 PM (GMT 0)
Well this thread convinced me to pull the trigger on some magnesium (malate) for the first time, it sounds like a wonder supplement! Maybe I shouldn't get my hopes up too high though. I also bought some CoQ10 which I heard helps with brain fog and depersonalization.

I have heard that magnesium might actually help protect biofilms and therefore be counter-productive to healing from lyme. Have you all heard that? Magnesium still worth it or no? I think I'll take it if it works until I see my first LLMD (a month from today!) and then see what they have to say.
Posted 12/7/2014 12:40 AM (GMT 0)
well, even if you dont take magnesium, Lyme is still going to suck your magnesium levels dry, it has to to live.

With out supplement mag, I cant move with out some degree of stiffness and possibly pain later from the stiffness.
Posted 12/7/2014 1:35 AM (GMT 0)
I heard that they do feed off it....but so do we, unfortunately...i heard in a lecture from dr. Klinghardt that if magnesnium is given in another way than oral, spirochetes dont benefit(i.e epsomsalt bath, patches)
Posted 12/9/2014 9:28 PM (GMT 0)
I notice a big difference with my muscle aches and anxiety. It is very calming and good for sleep.
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