Posted by Larry Hoover on January 2, 2004, at 7:40:45
In reply to Re: --Magnesium supplements, other questions-- » Larry Hoover, posted by socialdeviantjeff on January 2, 2004, at 3:09:49
> Thanks, Mr. Hoover. I pasted your reply into Word and will go over it when my brain is more clear. Lots of fog tonight. I worded one thing wrong. I don't know if I have an overactive parathyroid per se. I went to the emergency room for syncope and was diagnosed with-get this, depression. The blood panels showed the only abnormal thing was a level of calcium very above the norm.
I don't mean to worry you.....well, actually I do. Hypercalcemia can be life-threatening. If nothing else, few things in your body work right. Depression can be the but one of many symptoms directly related to hypercalcemia. See:
http://www.wrongdiagnosis.com/sym/hypercalcemia.htm
Sorry, there are lots of pop-ups there, but it has good links to the various possible diagnoses.Hypercalcemia can be idiopathic (just a fluke of your biochemistry), or it can be a symptom of some rather nasty disorders. It *can* just be a sign of severe magnesium deficiency, but you are ill-advised to try and sort this out on your own. I note your resistance to getting on SSI, but you must do whatever you have got to do to get a definitive diagnosis. I don't know what the rules are in Utah, but I thought there were facilities that could not turn anyone away (based on TV show plots, I know, but I don't understand the richest country in the world failing to provide medical care to all its citizens <rant mode off>).
When that hospital came back with a blood result of "very above the norm" calcium concentration, they should not have diagnosed depression. Depression is caused by untreated calcium above the norm. Ya know? It's time to be a very squeaky wheel, dude. Very squeaky.
Lar
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