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Posted 3/26/2014 8:23 PM (GMT 0)
My muscle twitches went away, but now they are back, and they are worse! I only started taking Magnesium Glycinate about 4 weeks ago. I started at 360mg/250mg, and then last week I increased it to 500mg. That's what my LLMD wanted me to take, but I was hesitant. I have done a lot of research on magnesium, and was just afraid to take too much, bc some sites say it can worsen your immune system, some sights say that it can cause more muscle issues......anyway my LLMD said it I take too much Mag, it will just come out in the form of diarrhea, bc my body won't be able to absorb it. But somehow I just don't feel right about taking this stuff. It's just an instinct. However, I do know that it is a fact that Lyme does deplete the muscles of magnesium. So since there is a variety of forms out there, maybe a different one would be better for me. I read that maleate is supposed to be great, and to stay away from citrate. Anyone have any advice? Bc the twitching is driving me nuts!!! And I find it strange that it got worse, and this was after I started taking the magnesium......I am always suspicious of medication side effects - too much of something can indeed be a bad thing!
Posted 3/26/2014 8:49 PM (GMT 0)
I think I read the citrate is one of the better ones absorption wise. There's another but I forget what it was.Yeast also causes twitching so I would try cutting bread and sugar out of your diet for afew weeks and see what happens you may be surprised. I was. My twitching was terrible and it really calmed down when I improved my diet. I slip up allot and it comes back with a vengeance so I know for me at least it's toxicity and not neurological.
Posted 3/26/2014 8:51 PM (GMT 0)
Oh I already haven't been eating bread for weeks and I miss it!!! I've been very strict to the gluten sugar and dairy free so its not that. Thx for the tip though!!
Posted 3/26/2014 9:05 PM (GMT 0)
I take magnesium citrate.

this thread has a lot of information in it about magnesium (sorry Praying, I'm 'stealing' or recycling your information)

https://www.healingwell.com/community/default.aspx?f=30&m=2454088
Posted 3/26/2014 11:47 PM (GMT 0)
I take NutraMedix mag. malate. It's talked about here, www.nutramedix.ec/ns/magnesium At the end, there's a caution about taking magnesium if you have kidney problems.
Posted 3/27/2014 12:52 AM (GMT 0)
My holistic doc recommended I use Ancient Minerals Magnesium flakes and soak in a tub with about 2 cups of the flakes and warm water.  I also used the Ancient Minerals Magnesium cream.  Magnesium can be absorbed transdermally and then it goes directly into the muscles.  I think it helped and it made my skin super soft.  You can order them from AMazon and they come in 2 days.  My twitching is back too! mad    Haven't soaked in a while and will start again!  
Posted 3/27/2014 1:07 AM (GMT 0)
I heard it's Magnesium Malate. It is recommended by my LLMD and is also in the Nutramedix form of Magnesium.
Posted 3/27/2014 1:26 AM (GMT 0)
ok, thanks everyone.

Now here is an interesting thought - my twitches went away once I started the abx. They came back after I started my supplements.

Is it at all possible that by taking magnesium to replace the lost levels from the muscle, that I am actually "feeding" the lyme more magnesium???? Maybe this is why my twitches won't go away....
Just for the heck of it, I am going to do a trial and error and stop taking magnesium altogether. Either I am going to freak out and have so many more twitches, or maybe they will subside! Its an interesting idea, and I am going to give it a try!!
Posted 3/27/2014 1:50 AM (GMT 0)
Yes, it can feed the critters. I read somewhere that some people decided to avoid magnesium, thinking they'd starve them out, but they had problems develop from the lack of magnesium and had to go back on it. They tried it over a fairly long time. It's such an important mineral.

There's a newer form that they say will cross the blood/brain barrier, magnesium L-threonate
I'll wait and see how it does before I'll try it.

products.mercola.com/magnesium-supplement/
Posted 3/27/2014 2:14 AM (GMT 0)
oh, great! so my theory is correct, but yet I am stuck in either circumstance. :/

it stinks that even the blood tests for mag are not reliable!

I did read on an older thread that chelated magnesium is the best. I am so confused!
Posted 3/27/2014 5:11 PM (GMT 0)
It is hard to decide on which one to take. They seem to change their mind every so often as to which is best, so who knows what they'll say a year or 2 from now. I'm going to alternate between malate and magnesium oil.
Posted 3/27/2014 8:11 PM (GMT 0)
Mine is magnesium aspartate with potassium aspartate in it too. It is by Douglas Laboratories. I have no idea if you can purchase this online, I get it from my naturopath, only $10 for 300 caps I believe.

For some reason, this has really worked for me. When I went for a checkup and told him sometimes it feels like my heart just stops (it doesn't really, I've gone to a cardiologist...it's just a weird feeling), he immediately went to his shelf of herbs and said "you need to take this".
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