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Posted 11/2/2016 1:09 AM (GMT 0)
What dosage of magnesium are people taking?
Posted 11/2/2016 1:35 AM (GMT 0)
What I'm taking was advised to help my osteoporosis, and is chelated calcium magnesium so not exactly what you're asking about.
There is info from previous threads on Magnesium through our search bar.

Post Edited (julymorning) : 11/1/2016 8:11:55 PM (GMT-6)

Posted 11/2/2016 1:57 AM (GMT 0)
For the pill/tablet magnesiums that end in "ate" , about 400mg.

Any more than that usually advised to split into more doses. You figure your maximum by the urgency to go #2.
Posted 11/2/2016 10:18 AM (GMT 0)
I say go low and slow. DS had horrible herxing every time I have him mag, especially in capsule form. We are thus using mag oil and epsom salt foot baths for now.
Posted 11/2/2016 4:18 PM (GMT 0)
I use two types of magnesium - mag orotate for my muscles and mag oxide for my bowels as they each help in different ways. I'll assume you are interested in the help for the muscles and not the bowels. LOL!

I take 200 mgs of mag orotate daily, and I limit it to that more because of the overall cost of all my supplements/herbs than because of my needs. If I'm having a bad day with lots of leg or arm pain, then I'll take second dose of 200 mgs for a day or 3, then lower the dose back down to avoid raising the cost of my treatment overall.

Depending on what type of magnesium a person uses, it can most definitely cause loose stools/diarrhea, which means the dose has either been raised too quickly or the person is just taking too much for their body to absorb.

I have found this article to be very helpful in what types of magnesium to use:
www.globalhealingcenter.com/natural-health/types-of-magnesium/
Posted 11/2/2016 7:12 PM (GMT 0)
Pre-lyme - a Dr. who specializes in Females health (including hormones) - told me to take magnesium glycinate if I didn't want the 'help' with the bowels.
It is apparently not supposed to affect the bowels like other magnesiums.

At that time I was taking 600-800 daily.

This was when I didn't know what was causing my muscle fasciculations...
It didn't work in my case...but I didn't get diarrhea on that amount.

I didn't stay on that dose for more than a few weeks...as that is a fairly high amount to take IMO
Posted 11/2/2016 10:25 PM (GMT 0)
I take mag glycinate also. But, it does still affect my bowels when I get to the max dose... so I stay at my max dose, which varies. I cannot do other types at all, like nature Calm or the like. I am very affected by taking the supplement. I'm not home to look, but it varies from 2 to 4 caps one time per day. My doc recommended 3 caps 2 times per day, but I've never been able to tolerate that dose...
Posted 11/3/2016 12:01 AM (GMT 0)

3HumpedCamel said...
I take mag glycinate also. But, it does still affect my bowels when I get to the max dose... so I stay at my max dose, which varies. I cannot do other types at all, like nature Calm or the like. I am very affected by taking the supplement. I'm not home to look, but it varies from 2 to 4 caps one time per day. My doc recommended 3 caps 2 times per day, but I've never been able to tolerate that dose...

Good to know that some people still react to it.

I may have at some point....but the amount I was taking was enough IMO - if it was going to work...it should have.
Posted 11/3/2016 1:41 AM (GMT 0)
I love magnesium. I take a big heaping teaspoon of magnesium powder and mix it with my vitamin C-Salt powder and I also do a spray of magnesium oil on arms and legs each day.
Posted 11/3/2016 2:28 AM (GMT 0)
Mag theonate is the only to cross bbb...i take 800mg mag choride in iv push ...other wise as mag citrate a few caps
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