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Magnesium is used by the body to cope with stress. I've noticed in the past, that when I've been under a ton of stress, I drink coffee, soda, ruminate a ton, a
by aantix 6y ago
Magnesium is used by the body to cope with stress.
I've noticed in the past, that when I've been under a ton of stress, I drink coffee, soda, ruminate a ton, and things get worse, much worse.
I've started taking magnesium l-threonate the past few months and it's literally made me a better person. Thoughts come and go. The rumination, the "voices" are much less.
One scoop, three times a day during stressful periods (166mg of elemental magnesium).
The only other solution that's had this profound of an affect on me was Lexapro, but it had too many side effects.
I've done years of therapy but nothing ever seemed to stick. But the l-threonate, the diminished anxiety, those affects seem to stick. Better than any therapy session I've had.
I'll give this much more time to see how it plays out. But I have had the thought wondering if my mental anxiousness and depression all of these years was just a mineral deficiency.
Not that I wouldn't have gotten really sad or ruminated, but that it didn't have to be so bad. I was stressed. I needed lots of magnesium. I definitely was not getting it.
- sva_ 6y agoAlthough it is probably not a cure in severe cases as that described in the article, I would also recommend paying attention to one's magnesium intake. However, I found that taking supplements is not necessary. Just find a mineral water that has a high magnesium content (100mg/L +), and it should get you covered as water has a pretty high bioavailability for Mg.
- aantix 6y agoInteresting, I'll have to take a look. I use to take a large dose of Magnesium Glycinate, which did improve my anxiety. And sleep. And I've taken epsom salt baths as well. Which helped me relax and sleep better as well. But none of those have approached the even keeled feeling that the mg l-threonate provides. Maybe it's because l-threonate crosses the blood-brain barrier? Placebo affect? Unsure.
- tcj_phx 6y agoIt's easy enough to make your own magnesium water, using magnesium hydroxide (as the laxative Milk of Magnesia) and carbonated water: http://www.afibbers.org/Wallerwater.pdf http://www.afibbers.org/Wallerwater.pdf Milk of Magnesia is in every grocery store. I buy from Fry's (Kroeger), because their version doesn't have any additives.
- amake 6y agoSorry to reply off-topic, but I wanted to let you know that in response to your request here (which I can no longer reply to): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23677225 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23677225 I’m about to release an update to Orgro with LaTeX support powered by KaTeX. More info here: https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/hsa3ik/orgro_update_inline_and_block_latex_fragments/ https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/hsa3ik/orgro_update_inli... I don’t use LaTeX much, so if you would be willing to test with the kinds of documents you write, or even send me a file to test with, that would be greatly appreciated.
- Trasmatta 6y agoIf you're drinking lots of caffeine I'd also recommend taking l-theanine. It's a compound found in some teas and has a very calming effect that counteracts the anxiety and jitters of caffeine. It's really amazing at allowing me to have the concentration boost of caffeine while avoiding many of the negative side effects. You should do your own research on it first of course, but it's been shown to be very safe.
- aantix 6y agoI have taken l-theanine as well and did like its calming abilities. But it felt like I became acclimated to it quickly - did you experience this? Same for CBD - I felt very calm, like my normal self, but also became acclimated after a while.
- Trasmatta 6y agoI haven't become acclimated to it yet, but I've only used it for a few months now. Maybe it'll lose its effectiveness for me after awhile? I have read that it generally doesn't build up tolerance though. I take it 2:1 l-theanine:caffeine.