Comments on: My discovery of why our MAGNESIUM levels are a huge problem! (mine was)

By: Mart Nyikos

Mart Nyikos — Tue, 01 May 2012 18:12:52 +0000

My doctor tests minerals(magnesium) thru a lymphocyte test. Will this give me as accurate a reading as a red blood cell test?

(Mart, sounds interesting. Can you do some internet research one this and come back and teach us here?.)

By: Nate

Nate — Tue, 01 May 2012 15:57:31 +0000

The biggest deficiency in the Western world today is Iodine!!! Take Lugol’s Solution 2% or potassium iodide and watch your THYROID problems and entire health increase exponentially!!! It’s just incredible how quickly fibromyaglia pain, brain fog, and a host of other ailments just disappear over a relatively short time!!!! I’m 57yrs old and suffered from all of the above and now i feel like a real person again…thank the Good Lord!!!

By: girl

girl — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 21:29:30 +0000

Before my Hashimoto’s diagnosis, I was experiencing “latent tetany” of magnesium deficiency — even though I was already taking a magnesium supplement!! My endo prescribed the specific formulation “MagTabSR” – a time release formula that’s very easy on the stomach and very easy to absorb. It worked for me and helped with a lot of low mg symptoms I was having.

By: Sue

Sue — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 01:06:18 +0000

Just discovered the greatest magnesium supplement from Jigsaw. It doesn’t cause digestive side effects and is extremely absorbable and affordable. My son has Multiple Chemical Sensitivity and absorption problems and we’ve tried them all including prescription magnesium. Soaking feet in the transdermal is great too but harder to do on a daily basis.

By: alicia

alicia — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 12:23:55 +0000

There are so many kinds of Magnesium supplements listed in the above comments its overwhelming to try to understand what is the best type to use. can someone help narrow it down? I soak in epsoms daily, but someone mentioned that mag isnt right?
I feel confused.
Help!

By: Mumzy23

Mumzy23 — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 16:13:25 +0000

Try time released Magnesium. Improved muscle function, stops irregular heart beat, and keeps you regular (10 years of IBS diagnosis)without the runs to the bathroom. Finally found a Dr. to put me on Thyroid (always in low normal range) after 10 years of suffering and CFS diagnosis, so very sad I lost a decade of my life. Since on Thyroid, Magnesium w/SRT, Adrenal, and Low dose Naltrexone I feel better than I can even remember and have lost 20 pounds without change in diet or exercise level. It is wonderful to find a Doctor (Dr. Shahrzad Orona in Tempe, Arizona) who doesn’t suggest you have a mental health issue and I even knew how the system worked since I am a RN.

By: Gary

Gary — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 18:14:19 +0000

im 36 my mg. has been very low for about six months (between .5 – .9).im always in pain,and depressed. my dr. has me on magox,calcium,vit.d,and potasium. i cant work icant hardly get out of bed . if it wasnt for my kids id probably kill myself. i get mg ivs 1 or twice a week but it dosnt help. whats my problem?

(From Janie: Gary, sounds like you need your doc to test your thyroid. http://www.stopthethyroidmadness.com/recommended-labwork )

By: Jerzy

Jerzy — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 13:57:53 +0000

My Magnesium RBC was 3.0! I was soooo sick for 3 months prior to that and no doctor could help me. Now after two months of oral Mg supplementation it’s going up a little bit and I am feeling much better. Had to stop wheat and gluten too. Amongst other things, I found that sustained high norepinephrine levels (arising from various illnesses, stress, physical exertion, sleep deprivation, and so on…) can make your intracellular Mg spiral down.

By: jared

jared — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 15:30:36 +0000

When you said your Magnesium RBC was low, how low was it? I just got my results back and they were 4.4. The range is 4.2-6.8. Def on the low end. I am always fatigued and have burning, bloodshot eyes 24/7. Help. Thanks

(From Janie: the bottom of the range, lower than yours. For feedback about your fatigue, go here: http://www.stopthethyroidmadness.com/talk-to-others )

By: Lisa

Lisa — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 04:16:49 +0000

Every time I told my Endo I was having heart palps while trying to raise my dose of NT she wanted to switch me right away to Synthroid. I refused and started on Magnesium the palps disappeared and thanks to this site especially and others I am on my way to a full recovery from Graves treated with RAI. I am fully insured yet have to argue to get Vitamin levels tested, adrenals, ferritin, etc. it should be criminal the way that thyroid disease patients are treated.I find it astonishing that technology and modern medicine is advancing so quickly yet the field of Endocrinology seems stagnant.
Why do I always seem to know more than my DR???