Posted by KaraS on August 11, 2004, at 0:31:41
In reply to Re: what I'm planning on trying » KaraS, posted by Simus on August 10, 2004, at 0:23:09
> > What do you think magnesium has done for you? And what are the better forms?
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> This goes back a few years, so I have to stretch my memory a little... I bought one of Maureen Solomon's books on natural healing, and almost everything that I had a problem with she recommended magnesium for. I had NEVER taken a magnesium supplement up to that point, and I was probably in my late 30's at the time. So you have to consider that there may have been a serious magnesium deficiency in my body. I had allergies to the point of weekly shots, two inhalents and a nasal spray and over-the-counter pills. My lungs wheezed when I breathed. I had chronic bronchitis and sinus infections. All of that turned around when I started taking magnesium. The first day I noticed that my lungs were clearer and it was easier to breathe. Soon I was off of all meds, and I no longer went in for the shots. Last winter when I was so sick from the psychiatric meds, I got real lax on the supplements. Then in the spring, the allergies returned for the first time in years. I am back on magnesium now (with vit C and quercetin) and off of the allergy meds. I'm thinking there were noticable mental benefits too, for instance with anxiety. It has been so long ago and I have been through so much since then with the drugs - I am so sorry that I just don't remember. That didn't stand out as much as the other results though. As far as the best form of magnesium... There are several forms, and I don't know why and what is best for what. I have a magnesium chelate that seems to work well, but then others may too...
>WOW, I can see why you think so highly of magnesium. As you said above, you must have had a serious deficiency. MSM is supposed to be good for allergies too I think. I don't take enough of it though.
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> I think the licorice I have is in a gelatin capsule and can't be broken or cut. I believe I bought it originally to raise my low blood pressure, but then I went on a med that raised my blood pressure as a side effect so I just set the licorice aside. There is a story behind every supplement I own, and I have a whole cupboard full of them. I wish I had a whole brain full of memories as to why I bought them in the first place... But I shouldn't complain. My memory has improved greatly and is still improving. (I had a real hard time with memory loss on Lexapro.) Oh, wasn't it you that I told my "Flowers for Algernon" story to? That seems so long ago now...I also have a cupboard full of different supplements. Maybe I'll go into business and sell them off someday.
It was me that you told your "Flowers of Algernon" story to. That does seem like a long time ago - before we became partners in crime.
> Oh, another side effect of Lexapro... Hormones all over the map... I thought it was making me menopausal at 43. My periods are just now straightening out, and I have been off of it for 7 months.
That's horrible. I've never heard of anyone having such a terrible time on any antidepressant. Lucky you, eh? Do you think your adrenal problems surfaced because of the drug or because your doctor took you off of it immediately without slowly tapering you?
> How are you doing after stopping the Perika?
I'm feeling better but still a bit headachey and out of it. I also tried to decrease on the Effexor the other night which ended up giving me some surprising symptoms. Combine these two things with the fact that I had to get up this morning around the time that I usually go to bed and you have one very un-sharp employee (to say the least). I felt so slow and dumb today. It's so frustrating when you try to make the machinery do something it's not willing or able to do. As soon as I get this depression under control, I'm going to get my energy and my mind back. (Remind me to tell you about two good books on this subject and an interesting web site to check out.)
> Ohhhhhh... That was a name I had never heard of and I just assumed it was herbal.
Selegiline does sound like it should be herbal, doesn't it? I almost forget that it isn't because it's a medicine that the holistic community really embraces (and they embrace so few of them).
> > > > Oh, where is that selfish Larry when you need him? (LOL)
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> > > Sipping martinis in front of the fireplace (it's chilly in the Alps).
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> > Then why were you all spending so much time in the hottub?
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> Did he tell you EVERYTHING???Yes he did including all about your menage a tois after the excitement of the all-night biomedical talk! Well at least I understand now why he's been giving you such preferential treatment.
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> Can't lose hope, or all will be lost...Which really isn't all that much to lose in my case. Oh, I know, it's the depression talking.
> Here's hoping that we make it until Larry returns...
>> Simus
I'll drink to that!
-K
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