Posted by Optimist on September 7, 2004, at 12:31:17
In reply to Re: Calcium causing depress./apathy etc.?Larry, Others, posted by Mistermindmasta on September 7, 2004, at 0:21:43
I've experienced the same... calcium supplementation coinciding with or worsening depression.
One of the mechanisms of this may be the increase in melatonin that calcium supplementation causes. High melatonin may cause low serotonin which is similar to what people experience in winter depressions. They don't get enough light, melatonin increases, and depression results. Certain people are more suseptable than others.
Calcium isn't entirely bad though. I wouldn't go over 1000 mg per day. It's important to make sure magnesium is in a 1:1 or 1:2 ratio to calcium. Magnesium acts as an antagonist to calcium among other things.
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