Have you tried Magnesium supplements?

[bonehead]

MAIN SYMPTOMS OF LOW MAGNESIUM
* tension (muscle & emotional)
* tightness - inability to relax
* hypersensitive - high strung - on edge

EFFECT ON MUSCLES & NERVES
* headaches, migraines
* tight sore aching knotted muscles
* chest pain * backache, shoulder girdle ache
* cramps, twitches, spasm,
* inability to sit still, fidgety, restless
* restless leg syndrome, cold hands & feet
* anxiety, agitated, nervy, ready to explode
* panic attacks
* irritable, apprehensive, aggressive
* poor attention span & concentration, ADD
* noise sensitivity - TV too loud, lawn mower hurts ears

EFFECT ON SLEEP
* body jumps on point of going to sleep
* legs restless & jumping
* leg & anal cramps
* body rocking
* grinding teeth
* hiccups
* lump in throat feeling
* poor breathing, sleep apnea
* wake stiff & sore
* feet feel puffy, swollen, sore to walk on on rising
* can feel every crumb on sheet

EFFECT ON HEART & BLOOD VESSELS
* abnormal heart rhythms, palpitations, racing pulse
* high blood pressure
* poor circulation, purple hands & feet
* tingling, prickly feelings
* crawling sensation on skin
* light headed, dizzy
* numbness
* muscles seize up in cold due to constriction
* skin sensitivity - sore to touch
* can feel every pebble through shoes

[str8trippin]

I've been taking a Magnesium supplement for a while now and it hasn't done much of anything that I can tell. Once I'm out of the one I've been taking I may try another kind and I can only hope that maybe it will be somewhat more effective. Other vitamin deficiencies can cause these kinds of symptoms as well...my doctor recommended a Vitamin B complex and D3. I take them, along with the Magnesium, as well as Fish Oil and Acidophilus on a daily basis.

[bonehead]

I have tried 3 magnesium supplements so far...

Slow-Mag (mg chloride plus calcium) - excellent relief of my anxiety symptoms (freaky head sensations, panic, foggy headed, etc).

Cardio Research Mg Taurate - no noticeable effects.

Natural Calm Mg Citrate powder - no noticeable effects except loose stools.

I have also taken (and still do several days per week) GNC multi-mineral - similar effects as the Slow-Mag.

So, for me, the mg seems to work only if taken with the calcium.

?

[str8trippin]

I'll have to try the Slo-Mag...I've heard a few people talk about it.

[lalouba_jane]

Is Slow-Mag something I'd be able to get in the UK?

[bonehead]

not sure, but Amazon can fix you up

[lalouba_jane]

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B000GG6ETY/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?qid=1375897032&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SX110_SY190

These, bonehead?

[nf1234]

I have tried 3 magnesium supplements so far...

Slow-Mag (mg chloride plus calcium) - excellent relief of my anxiety symptoms (freaky head sensations, panic, foggy headed, etc).

Cardio Research Mg Taurate - no noticeable effects.

Natural Calm Mg Citrate powder - no noticeable effects except loose stools.

I have also taken (and still do several days per week) GNC multi-mineral - similar effects as the Slow-Mag.

So, for me, the mg seems to work only if taken with the calcium.

?

I wonder if its actually the calcium that is giving you relief. Have you tried taking calcium alone?

[bonehead]

I have not. Likely I am low on all my minerals because my diet was pretty bad for many years. However, I'm pretty sure I got plenty of calcium in my dairy-rich diet. And the symptoms I had were those of a magnesium (as well as Vit B) deficiency, not those of a calcium deficiency.

[Jane2013]

My boyfriend if taking 5-htp and b50 supplement the 5-htp are 100mg and 25mg of that is magnesium would anyone recommend to up the magnesium dosage to a little higher?

[DodgingRain]

I took then for quite a while, didn't make any difference.

[bonehead]

yes, those are the ones