Posted by JLx on September 23, 2005, at 9:26:03
In reply to Re: Magnesium taurate, posted by maddy4 on September 23, 2005, at 9:16:27
> this thread is so interesting b/c i was just looking into starting to take mag. glysinate for anxiety/panic attacks but then found another message board where several people had INCREASED anxiety from it so it made me decide against - but now reading this i am confused b.c it seems to be HELPING all of you w/ anxiety! thoughts?
You won't know until you try. And if you do and it doesn't feel good, there's no harm done. A poor response should reverse itself very shortly.
I think one explanation for increased anxiety following magnesium supplementation may be because of the importance of the magnesium/calcium ratio.
If you have too much calcium and not enough magnesium you won't even get the calcium you think you are because it needs magnesium to be utilized. So sometimes I think what may happen is that the extra magnesium potentiates the calcium and it's the calcium that increases anxiety/depression.
If someone is ordinarily supplementing with calcium and/or eating a high calcium diet, I would recommend cutting out or down calcium at the same time as taking magnesium, especially if anxiety increases. Iow, it may be only a temporary thing and magnesium in the long run may alleviate anxiety.
OR people may just react differently to it. My sister finds magnesium stimulating and calcium calming. I'm just the opposite.
JL
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