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One night I took a lot of Natural Calm magnesium powder, since I saw it was relaxing all my tight muscles, including the ones in my neck that had been taut FOREVER since Lyme started.
Then I started getting sick on magnesium and couldn't keep it down.
This week I tried a small amount of Seriphos, a capsule with a mix of mg, ca, k, and l-serine, and woke up sick too.
I thought magnesium was supposed to be good for us, since we're supposed to be so depleted of it, and I did have a great response the first nite.
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I cannot take Magnesium orally because it bothers my stomach so much. Nausea. I use Magnesium Sulfate injections (prescription) and Magnesium oil.
I am unable to take anything with Magnesium in it, like a multivitamin. So I would not tolerate the Seriphos either.
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You might need to find a brand you can tolerate and go up slowly. I can't take the calm, it makes me sick to my stomach. I ended up with source naturals magnesium malate.
You can also try magnesium oil spray. Spray it on your body, wait 20 minutes and then shower it off. That won't affect your stomach.
Warning, if you are really magnesium dificient, you will itch in the beginning using the spray until you get your levels up.
If that happens, just spray your feet and do the same thing, sit and relax for 20 minutes and then wash off.
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Does an epsom salt bath have this effect too?
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I couldn't tolerate natural calm either, had sudden burning upper gi symptoms. Same, but less so, with oral. I can tolerate mg lotion by ancient minerals. Makes it easy to control the amount i use.
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I took magnesium on an empty stomache...and it was one of the biggest regrets in my life.
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Just want to mention in case anyone trys the magnesium lotion, I don't put it on my face, hands or feet as it can cause a burning sensation there.
I put it on my thighs and lower ab.where there is some fat. I even rinse it off my hands after.
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Thanks for the discussion - I didn't realize there were so many issues with taking magnesium.
Now I remember - fibro patients were taking SuperMalic, which is mg and malic acid. I took that too, way back when, and did fine.
But a couple years ago, that product was gone, so I tried Magnesium Malate and got sick on it and gave up on the concept at the time.
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I like KAL brand magnesium glycinate. I'm also going to add MagTab SR.
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Robin, I had suggested to you that you could contact an expert about this, Carolyn Dean MD, who wrote The Magnesium Miracle.
Lymetoo told me recently that this author also has a website. (Thanks Tutu!) http://drcarolyndean.com/
I haven't had time yet to look around on her site. She says, "I cannot answer personal health questions by email. However, please send general questions that I may be able to answer in my blog. But first, google my name with the condition you are inquiring about and see if I�ve already addressed it somewhere on the web."
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