zhenka11230 Posted January 7, 2014 Report Share Posted January 7, 2014 My depression/anxiety got really bad after being better for a while. After 7 month of no Amps I realized it wasn't withdrawal. In fact nothing made sense anymore. I had to start from scratch. I took amps to clear my head. It worked a little to stabilize me. I then decided to empty out all the assumptions and start research in another direction. I soon hit a gem: http://george-eby-research.com/html/depression-anxiety.html The guy cured his anxiety with 600-800 mg magnesium daily. Day three of doing the same my anxiety/depression was gone. I still feel a little off but that's probably real withdrawals now b/c I started/stopped amps again. Here is the kicker, Amps deplete magnesium. I think I know whats going on now. Two years ago I developed anxiety due to magnesium depletion which progressively got worse and that's when I started taking Amps. Amps cured me for a while and ultimately caused an even bigger depletion resulting in cognitive problems/numbness/suicidal depression. Magnesium stopped my emotional problems/sleep/heart problems almost the same day. Guys it is entirely possible I am not the only one here with that problem. Neurological problems are heavily correlated with low Magnesium (including ADHD). Now here is a subtlety that kept me from figuring it out sooner. I did take magnesium supplement a few times but I only took 100-200 mg a day. It was only after I took 600+ that I noticed problems resolving. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zhenka11230 Posted January 7, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2014 Other clues that leads to magnesium deficiency: 1. I ate a lot of cheese daily since being a kid. Calcium interferes with magnesium absorption. Not eating milk products correlated with feeling better for me but I attributed it to placebo since I couldn't figure out why. 2. Didn't eat any magnesium rich foods. 3. Smoking/caffeine/amps/stress quickly deplete it. 4. I had a few occurrences of restless legs/muscle twitches/muscle cramps/high blood pressure/tachycardia/insomnia/night waking with sugar cravings. All of these are associated with magnesium deficiency. 5. My anxiety/depression followed a stressful situation but otherwise was sudden and inexplicable by life situation alone. I knew something was physically wrong. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matilda Posted April 6, 2014 Report Share Posted April 6, 2014 Hi Z -- Did your good experience continue with magnesium supplementation? Interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinybuddha Posted April 7, 2014 Report Share Posted April 7, 2014 Is there a particular brand of Mag supplement that you found that worked best? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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