Eiren said...
Bee pollen, that has amino's too? Awesome, I currently take about a teaspoon a day of that.
Don't think I can get Megahydrate here. My online discount supps place doesn't have it, at least.
Curious, what exactly is "relatively large amounts" of Mag? Cit or Mal or ?? Just trying to get a feel for what others are doing. Sometimes I feel like I take too many pills. Other days I wonder if I'm taking enough to be effective.
I believe we are allowed to mention vendors but not link to them. I mention them all of the time. Maybe it is just very understanding moderators on this Lyme forum at HW and I love them all. They do a tireless job that I could not do. I do however make time to work one on one with people and freely share what has helped myself and others.
Large amounts of magnesium today would be about
2000 mg daily not including Magnesium Threonate. At one time I was tolerating 5000mg before adding Magnesium Threonate. You should not be able to tolerate this much magnesium with the exception of Threonate. You have to build tolerance to it over time or stay near the toilet. I would recommend both until you know for sure.
I recently added the Magnesium Threonate. It lists as 2000mg from which it nets 144mg (so now that would be about
4000mg total daily).
My brain glitched a little on day one of Threonate and it felt like long term Gabapentin, searching my memory banks for words and names that I should have easily recalled. So it does something up there which I could feel, I just wasnt sure that was a positive.
I am happy to report that I am sticking with it and any negative effect became less and less after continued use. Currently I think it is enhancing my brain power but in all fairness this could be placebo. I have only been on it for two weeks so time may tell.
Modified Citrus Pectin was 4 grams daily taken with about
the same amount of Monolauren. I am sorry I dont recognize what you mean by "Mal", maybe its the Threonate messing with me. I will keep detailed notes as I continue to experiment with this supplement.
I still am of the belief that the majority of supplements are a waste of money. But the others are downright amazing. The key is knowing your goal as well as your source, share and interact with others, and keep detailed notes adding most of them individually over time. A week apart is better than all at once unless the all at once has proven to help many others.
I too have been guilty of stacking too much at once at times wanting to be well again overnight thus beginning several supplements at the same time.
Because of this I may have blamed Magnesium for what were side effects of Woodland Essences CSA and MYCO. As one wise person once said this will be a marathon not a sprint. I stopped the W.E. products as I was not getting desired results. Your mileage may vary.
If you dont keep detailed notes and review them from time to time you risk being less equipped to help others and less prone to epiphanies and revelations.