Posted by johnj on April 4, 2003, at 9:43:17
In reply to Re: Magnesium--HELP anyone » johnj, posted by beardedlady on April 4, 2003, at 5:37:22
>Last Friday I went to tai chi, then spent Saturday and Sunday outside working. I felt so good on Monday so I lifted weights on at 6 pm and had a bad night sleeping. I wonder what weightlifting does to the brain chemistry?
<Why does that have to be attributed to anything? It's one night! We all have an unexplained bad night of sleep now and again. Everyone does!>
Because this has been my pattern for almost 2 years, of which I have stated many times. I excercise, feel ok, but sleep like crap. This time was unique in that I had several days where I physically exerted myself, but slept fine, actually felt like it used to when I would work out and sleep better not worse. This coincided with starting magnesium.
>Any idea on what type of doctor could help me with this? We have a university med center close by with an alternative medicine division too.
> Took 600 mg on Tuesday and felt pretty good on Wednesday and went to Yoga, but Thursday was ok. I wonder if the Mg I took tipped the balance back somehow.<Why? What do you mean tipped the balance back? Couldn't it just have been working all this time? And couldn't exercise be the real reason you're feeling better? Or couldn't they be working in concert?>
See my first response, as in excercise tipping the balance back to before I started Mg. Meaning does the excercise deplete Mg much quicker? They couldn't have been working in concert because the physical exertion didn't start until after I felt better taking Mg.
>Or maybe all that excercise had a cumulative effect? I will not work out at all for a few days and see what happens.
<Well of course it does!>
No, it may not always, if a person's body is recovering. Usually the cumulative effect of excercise is good. My point was what is going on with me that seems to make excercise detrimental to me now?
> Could it be that cortisol is released when I work out and I am not coming down? I have heard working out raises cortisol and then I have heard working out combats depression and anxiety.
<I believe cortisol is a stress hormone. You don't usually release it while exercising (I don't think you do anyway) unless you're stressed out about something.>
Is not excercise a stress on the human body too? Like I said I have seen conflicting information regarding this. I am trying to figure out, from someone like Larry who knows this in more detail, if this is possible in the sense is my body just not combating the cortisol release and what acutally combats this?
>Man, is this confusing. I did realize I get my RDA of calcium pretty much in the morning with yogurt, bran, oatmeal and calcium orange juice. I am a little afraid of cutting my milk. Do you see any concerns? I was a big milk drinker, about 2 gallons a week. Again, I read calcium is calming, but Eby's article paints it in a different light. MORE confusion.
<Every body is different. Don't expect Eby's exact vitamin cocktail to work for you. It sounds like you are getting exactly the results you want, so why don't you give it a little bit of time before you adjust anything?>
I know we are all different and that is why I am asking certain questions. I know this is trial and error, I have been at it for 10 years. The thing I am most confused about is that Eby's website pretty much says Mg and high doses is not a problem and calcium actually caused depression. I have read, just like we all hear about warm milk, it is not all that bad and calcium even relaxes ones nerves. That is why I am more confused right now.
I really didn't appreciate the scolding tone and the use of "!" after every response. I didn't feel your response was supportive. Maybe I am ultrasensitive right now and I apologize if that wasn't your intention since this has been a very defeating week, but I am just trying to make sense of what has happened afterr my brief, but almost perfect 9 days. Something right was happening and then I excercised, maybe too much, and right back down. Maybe I just need a break from the board. Maybe searching for something that is impossible is just a waste of my time. I am just tired of trying. Maybe it is time to just accept depression is the natural state of my brain.
beardy : )>
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