My doctor gave me liquid magnesium to help me sleep, in addition to GABBA capsules.
I'm supposed to put 2 teaspoons of the magnesium in a glass and add 2 oz. of water.
I cannot get this down! It tastes and smells so awful that it makes me gag and spit it out. I try to keep it in, but I can't.
Has anyone here taken liquid magnesium? Can you mix it with anything to kill the taste? Help!
Posted by Truthfinder (Member # 8512) on :
Moon, I don't know what product you are taking, but there is a powdered magnesium citrate supplement called Natural Calm that you mix with hot water.
I've got the orange flavored one, and it isn't too terrible. They add stevia for a little flavor enhancement, too.
I happened to pick this up at my health food store, but I'm sure I've seen it at VitaCost or Vitamin Shoppe or one of those mail-order places.
Might be an alterntaive to what you have.
Tracy
Posted by treepatrol (Member # 4117) on :
oops
Posted by sofy (Member # 5721) on :
I take it and yes it tastes terrible but only for a second or 2. I use the plain so its the worst tasting.
I add as little water as possible and swallow it as fast as I can. Then I follow it with a big glass of plain water to get rid of the taste.
If you still have a bad taste in your mouth try a Spry candy made with Xylitol. That will wipe out any lingering taste.
Posted by tickedntx (Member # 5660) on :
I use the Natural Calm, as well, upon recommendation by my doctor as the most absorbable format. You might ask your doctor _why_ he recommends the liquid kind and see if the Natural Calm might net the same effect with a much more tolerable taste.
Posted by 5dana8 (Member # 7935) on :
tickendntx
If I might ask where do you get your natural calm?
Thanks Posted by robi (Member # 5547) on :
i get mine at vitacost.com cheapest I can find.
robi
Posted by 5dana8 (Member # 7935) on :
Thanks robi
I also wanted to add to the moonstone that you may want to ask your LLMD about a natural combo that works for me in addition to my sleep meds:
In addtion to the magnisum: one calcium, one B1 vit....all taken togeather with the mag.
Posted by lymemomtooo (Member # 5396) on :
You need to watch the liquid Mg..The last I had was before a colonoscopy..Nasty throughout the entire trip thru the body..But had to drink a lot more than what you are using..
Posted by moonstone (Member # 9053) on :
Thanks everyone!
One correction - I'm taking ONE teaspoon in 2 oz. water, not 2 teaspoons. Sorry! It was early in the morning when I typed that. I would never get two teaspoons down.
I'm going to try putting it in a shot glass with less water. I'll pretend it's tequila !
I think the problem is that if I don't get it down in one gulp, it's not going to happen.
Oooo, it's nasty!
I'll talk to my LLMD about the other products you all have suggested. I'll finish off this bottle, and then ask for something different.
He gave me the bottle at his office, and said that it would hit my system quickly and help me sleep. It works when can get it down!
Posted by Marnie (Member # 773) on :
Geeze guys...Mg citrate is available at most grocery stores and all drug stores. It costs about $6 per bottle. It comes in a green glass bottle near the laxatives. It is lemon-lime very tart flavored. This will last a LONG time!!!
Normally...an entire bottle is given for a bowel x-ray prep.
DO NOT DO THAT!!! I repeat...do NOT take an entire bottle...not unless you want to have the herx from H...
1 ml = 52mg.
Get an insulin syringe...minus the needle! Some pharmacists will charge you 25 cents...others will give it to you for free.
A lot of times parents have to measure out this really small quanity for infants/young children.
2ml (2 syringes full) = 104mg of magnesium. That is like a lot of spit...in other words, isn't a huge amt. to hold in your mouth.
Now...to be on the safe side...pour a little into a custard cup and draw it into the syringe from there. Then when you are done, wash the syringe out.
In other words...try not to contaminate the bottle although it is HIGHLY UNLIKELY any pathogen would survive in that bottle!!!
Store it in the refrig....once again...just a precaution.
Mg works with B6. Most of B6 is destroyed by stomach acids...hence Valletta's use of sublingual (under the tongue).
You are talking about GABA.
There are 2 major "workhorses" of the brain...glutamate and gaba. Think of glutamate as a green light = rapid firing. Think of gaba as a red light = slow down will ya?
With lyme, the glutamate receptors are not blocked = too much glutamate.
NORMALLY Mg and Zinc block these receptors (also called the NMDA receptors). Since Mg and Zn are low in lyme = problems. GABA tries to go up to compensate.
Now...Ritalin works by increasing cortisol which in turn raises Mg levels in the PLASMA, not RBCs. Along with Mg...need B6 (they work together)...so you can see how increasing plasma Mg will "tame" ADHD/hyperactive kids and why they need B6 too. They aren't Ritalin deficient, they are Mg and or Zn deficient. Their brains are rapid firing.
The question is why.
I know of one possibility. A common drug given to ease labor pains also impacts cortisol levels (lowers). IF that drug crosses the placental barrier what is the longterm effect on the youngster(low cortisol ongoing?). Docs will not give paracervical after paracervical because it stops labor.
Labor is triggered by high cortisol levels. In fact a sign of an impending delivery (miscarriage) IS a high cortisol level. Obviously cortisol (high) causes muscle contractions...calcium influx?
Docs often, in haste, also cut the cords too fast. This is when stem cells are transferred/harvested.
My children did not benefit from the EFAs added to todays formulas. In Europe some formulas also add probiotics. We still don't have a perfect mom's milk match. And we wonder why...
I wish I knew then what I know now!
I will share with you another story because serotonin -> melatonin is also impacted in lyme (due to low Mg levels). One of the nutrients to make serotonin which converts to melatonin (to help us to fall asleep...NREM sleep) is Mg.
Developing babies need lots of Mg-ATP...esp. when their vital organs (brain/heart) are forming. Mom gets nauseated, right?
My daughter was sick nonstop during her pregnancy, so her OB Rx'd Zofran. It is VERY expensive. She had to fight the insurance company to continue to receive it. Zofran BLOCKS serotonin production in the intestine. Now...why was serotonin being overproduced? Perhaps to break down into its component nutrients to give them to the developing fetus.
Okay...so what was the impact? She has now a 2 year old who has significant sleep problems...esp. falling asleep. Since NREM sleep must preceed REM (protein making-healing part of sleep), this is a concern. Do I think Zofran crossed the placental barrier and impacted her system? Well...yea.
Years ago, for the N/V of pregnancy docs gave Bendectin. Little white pills...some here probably remember them. It was taken off the market for who knows why because it NEVER seemed to cause any problems. Know what it was? An antihistamine and a B vitamin. Know what Mg is? An antihistamine.
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