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Posted 2/8/2012 10:07 PM (GMT 0)
I know it's been a while since I've been on here.  I just thought I'd throw an update out there...

I started on the Paleo diet and made it through 8 days and did my sauna machine every day for 30 minutes.  By the end of the week, my feet were vibrating like crazy!  Nonstop, middle of the night and all day long!  My hubby wanted to go out of town for Superbowl.  I was reading "Detox or Die" and she was saying how detoxing depletes your minerals and how important it is to supplement just before and after the sauna.  So, I stopped by the drugstore and bought magnesium and have been downing it like candy.  After one day, the vibrating was GONE!!!!  The parathesias have improved SOOOO much since taking this magnesium.  I was taking another brand everyday at bedtime, but this new brand (BrandOx) has been unbelievable! 

Then, as you will see, I saw a naturopath yesterday and she told me to take magnesium to bowel tolerance.  Well, I haven't gone in two days, so I guess I haven't taken it to tolerance yet!

Anyway, I see a new doctor on 2/22/12.  He looks at the WHOLE BODY picture instead of just lyme although one of his specialties is lyme.  I'm really really excited to see him. 

Hope you are all doing well.

Posted 2/8/2012 10:08 PM (GMT 0)
Actually, I think the brand was MagOX....Not sure on that and don't have it with me.
Posted 2/8/2012 10:38 PM (GMT 0)
I'm glad to hear you're doing so much better with the magnesium - that's great news! I'm curious - in that book, does it say to just supplement with magnesium or other minerals too? To this day I have so much trouble figuring out what's a vitamin or a mineral or whatever else!

Good luck with the new doctor - keep us posted!
Posted 2/8/2012 11:10 PM (GMT 0)
Other symptoms and signs of magnesium deficiency and discuss laboratory testing for this common condition. Continuing with the symptoms of magnesium deficiency, the central nervous system is markedly affected. Symptoms include insomnia, anxiety, hyperactivity and restlessness with constant movement, panic attacks, agoraphobia, and premenstrual irritability. Magnesium deficiency symptoms involving the peripheral nervous system include numbness, tingling, and other abnormal sensations, such as zips, zaps and vibratory sensations.



Just found the above on a magnesium defiency symptoms google. Explains my symptoms PERFECTLY!!!!
Posted 2/9/2012 12:39 AM (GMT 0)
Hi Carrie, haven't talked to you in a long time.
We need to get together.
Who did you see for the BioSet. I have that done too with Anna at I.M. in Milpitis. Is there someone in the Tri-Valley area using BioSet?

I'm having my son treated there now for molds, allergies, and severe miasim issues. He tested positive for Tick bourne illness' also. Will know if he has active infection next week.

BioSet is a great non-invasive diagnostic tool, but the treatments don't seem to last that long. I think it's because my immune system is so weak. It can't hold the treatment.

They do a great job at heavy metal detoxing!! Give it a try. And what you've said about the magnesium is right. I take up to 1500 mg daily. You're doctor should be testing that frequently.

I'm glad you've got that sauna. I've been wanting one for a few years.

What's the Paleo diet? haven't heard of it.

Lisa
Posted 2/9/2012 2:09 AM (GMT 0)
Carrie-

Are you doing an Infrared Sauna?
Posted 2/9/2012 2:29 AM (GMT 0)
It's great to hear your progress.

I'm getting some muscle twitching in my arm and was wondering if maybe I need more magnesium.
Posted 2/9/2012 3:47 AM (GMT 0)
Hey- that sounds great! I'd heard magnesium could help with twitching!
Posted 2/9/2012 3:56 PM (GMT 0)
Luper: I saw Anna at IM too! That's weird! ha ha I am going back today for my first treatment. I am going to address the heavy metals issue with another doctor that I am seeing at the end of the month.

I am using an infrared sauna. I haven't used it since last Friday but I just restarted on my juicing and diet today, so I'll hop back in it starting Saturday.
Posted 2/9/2012 4:12 PM (GMT 0)
I need to look in to Magnesium. I went to a holistic store the other day called Nature's Pavillion. I bought some Liver Detox Tea $18..It tastes Nasty, but it has so much stuff in it and I just kind of hold my breath and drink it. I also bought Solgar probiodics ..the 2 together with a box of gluten free only sweetened with cane juice peanut butter puffs for an ocassional snack/cheat......3 things $42 ..I wanted to buy more though. Cats claw, and many more suppliments, but I wanted to start slow and wait to talk to my dr. However, I'm interested in the Magnesium you're talking about as my legs and arms have the worse pain and issues. How much do you take?

I'll go buy it! Thanks for sharing this!
Posted 2/9/2012 4:13 PM (GMT 0)
BTW--I'm doing the Superfoods diet and I believe it's alot like the Paleo diet. Day 6..I have noticed my legs giving me a little less trouble with the decrease in sugar. (the only sugar I have is some fruit and a yogurt sweetened with organic agave)
Posted 2/9/2012 10:26 PM (GMT 0)
I take up to 1500mg of magnesium daily.

Make sure you get a good brand that's not full of crap. And if you get on with Calcium in it, the mag needs to be double the calcium. Most brands double the calcium to mag which does no good for you. The calcium uses up all the mag for the absorption process.

You can also get the real cheap liquid mag citrate at any store. But this kind will give you the runs easier.
I use Douglas Laboratories - Mag2: Cal1. I've also found Natures Bounty Mag 500mg, OTC I think at Whole Foods, but not sure.

Carrie, what other doc are you seeing for heaving metals???

Lisa in Livermore
Posted 2/9/2012 10:36 PM (GMT 0)
I also take 1500 mgs of magnesium, although I wouldn't suggest that anyone start out taking that amount! You'll not get very far from the bathroom if you do! shocked Start off with just one tablet on day one, and see how you do. Day two, add another tablet, see how things go, and so on until you reach what is known as 'bowel tolerance'. You'll know when you've reached 'bowel tolerance' because you will either get really gassy or have diarrhea. Once you've reached that level, back down one tablet.

I split my dose up into two separate doses, 750 mgs in the am, and 750 mgs just before bed.
Posted 2/10/2012 2:24 AM (GMT 0)
Oh my gosh I just recently upped my magnesium at my LLMD's suggestion for continued constipation and have been feeling great. I too realized that my stabbing joint pains are GONE. I am been improving anyway so I didn't know if it was just that or the magnesium or change in my diet and drinking tons of water or a combination but boy does it feel great.
Posted 2/10/2012 2:24 AM (GMT 0)
Oh my gosh I just recently upped my magnesium at my LLMD's suggestion for continued constipation and have been feeling great. I too realized that my stabbing joint pains are GONE. I am been improving anyway so I didn't know if it was just that or the magnesium or change in my diet and drinking tons of water or a combination but boy does it feel great.
Posted 2/10/2012 2:24 AM (GMT 0)
Oh my gosh I just recently upped my magnesium at my LLMD's suggestion for continued constipation and have been feeling great. I too realized that my stabbing joint pains are GONE. I am been improving anyway so I didn't know if it was just that or the magnesium or change in my diet and drinking tons of water or a combination but boy does it feel great.
Posted 2/10/2012 2:41 AM (GMT 0)
Are y'all taking a multivitamin as well??
Posted 2/10/2012 3:11 AM (GMT 0)
SleeplessNJ - I love Nature's Pavillion! I just recently started going back there - I'd completely forgotten the place existed!

I'm taking a multivitamin/multimineral - like Carrie pointed out it's important to replenish minerals with all that detoxing!

I also wanted to point out that different forms of magnesium seem to work better for different people - I've found that magnesium malate is the gentlest on my digestive system.
Posted 2/10/2012 3:24 AM (GMT 0)
Borderlyme-- are you in NJ too, or is this just a chain? I love it too! I went there for the first time the other day and it was awesome and overwhelming! LOL. I wished I had an LLMD w/me or better yet one of you guys!!
Posted 2/10/2012 3:54 AM (GMT 0)
I don't think it's a chain - I'm in NJ. The last time I went there I was so tempted to buy literally everything in the supplements section! (Then I realized that there's no room leftover in my pill organizer!) I'm a total tea junkie so the tea section is awesome - I try a new one every time I go there - dandilion root is my current favorite :)
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