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Posted 10/19/2011 3:49 AM (GMT 0)
I stopped taking my fish oil a while ago after finding out that my heart is looking good. STUPID, I know...why stop something that's working?? I just opted to have one less thing to remember.

Then today I was watching dr oz (love that show!) and he mentioned fish oil being good for your mood, which reminded me of a book I read (part of) about omega 3's being used to cure psychiatric illness. This is when I realized that I've bee a lot more depressed and restless and in general moody since I stopped the fish oil. So there's my tip...fish oil works!

And my question...I also stopped taking my magnesium. I've noticed a direct correlation between twitching and not taking it, but with all the symptoms I have ghat one isn't really all that bothersome so I didn't really care. I've heard mixed things about taking magnesium...I've heard most Americans are deficient in it, and obviously it's a good thing to supplement for a deficiency but I've also heard it's bad for Lyme treatment. Who is and isn't taking magnesium as part of their protocol?
Posted 10/19/2011 7:37 AM (GMT 0)
I think it is the Marshall protocol that says you shouldn't take magnesium as a Lyme patient.

This idea that you should starve the Borellia of the things it likes best is just a little hard on the patient! My doctor highly recommends using magnesium. I find it not only helps with the twitching and muscle cramping, but controls anxiety and keeps things moving for elimination of toxins.

The product called Natural Calm provides the Mg in a very absorbable form, but pretty much any Mg supplement is going to have some benefits.

I think you are absolutely right about the fish oil, as well. I forgot to put it in my pill organizer this week and can definitely feel a difference. Thanks for the reminder!
Posted 10/19/2011 3:22 PM (GMT 0)
I have heard through many sources that magnesium is one of the most important supplements we can take...lyme or not. I take two mag supplements every night at bedtime. And, I take two fish oil pills with breakfast every morning. Remember that fish oil and Vit D pills must be taken with FAT, otherwise you will not absorb them. You can even just eat a small handful of almonds...but take them with some sort of fat.
Posted 10/19/2011 3:58 PM (GMT 0)
One day when I went to buy my Omega 3, the store was out as well! So I bought the OMega 3 - 6 - 9. I actually feel a difference in taking that rather than just the Omega 3 oil.

As others have said - magnesium is a pretty important nutrient to include in your treatment! Please don't quit taking it, unless your doc has told you to quit. It is essential in all kinds of body processes.

ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/magnesium

"Early signs of magnesium deficiency include loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting, fatigue, and weakness. As magnesium deficiency worsens, numbness, tingling, muscle contractions and cramps, seizures (sudden changes in behaviors caused by excessive electrical activity in the brain), personality changes, abnormal heart rhythms, and coronary spasms can occur [1,3-4]. Severe magnesium deficiency can result in low levels of calcium in the blood (hypocalcemia). Magnesium deficiency is also associated with low levels of potassium in the blood (hypokalemia)"

Hope this helps a bit!! smilewinkgrin
Posted 10/19/2011 4:04 PM (GMT 0)
"Remember that fish oil and Vit D pills must be taken with FAT, otherwise you will not absorb them"

very informative thread here. 

And I did not know that fish oil and vit d needs fat to absorb!  Maybe I can just take them along with my abx then because I always have to take them with fat as well.

And back on magnesium I go!  So glad I read this because somewhere I also read that we should not take mag because lyme likes it so I quit. 

But I tend to agree that my body needs it. 

I wonder if the mag helps with any newly developed tics?!?  Have no idea where that is coming from!  All of a sudden my head feels like it is jerking.  its weird! 

 

Posted 10/19/2011 4:16 PM (GMT 0)
I know I'm vit. D deficient (was at 15 before taking pills but had to stop cause I was on so many other meds I just couldn't take taking anymore). I'm wondering how my K is doing (as that's what's been giving me the signal to pass out). Note to self: get Mg level checked also. Also, due to the Ca build-up in one of my nails I know I'm lacking Zn.

What vit/minerals should be checked but aren't in the common blood work up or what is in the common blood work up (I know K and Fe)?

*Common blood work up: K, Fe, Proteins, blood cell count
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