May 27, 2021
Hey Jeff, 5/26/2021Thank you very much for your advice the other week. I thought I’d give you a quick update on my D3/Magnesium experiments
After your email I stopped taking D3 and started taking magnesium citrate 400mg. Within about 30 minutes of the first pills I felt much better, they dizziness went away and felt much better. A few hours later this feeling came back, and taking another 400mg magnesium corrected it again. Pretty obvious that was the issue
I took about 800mg of magnesium a day for a few days then went back on about 50,000 of D3. I noticed I was feeling a lightheaded again after doing some pretty light exercise. I took a Epsom salt bath with like 4 cups of salts and had a really good sleep. I stopped taking D3 again.
The Lef slow release magnesium arrived by mail about this time.
I started taking 750mg of the lef slow release magnesium 2-3x a day. I began sleeping through the night for the first time in years (used to get up to pee, I had begun to think that was just normal). I still felt a bit tired when I wake up each day like I’m recovering from being sick. But I felt my energy was pretty good, and I definitely noticed I was able to have fairly productive days pretty much every day.
Side note: I used to only have 1-2 productive days a week unless something was urgent, I just couldn’t focus. As you can imagine I’ve read every book about productivity, time management and discipline under the sun. If I can continue to be able to work and function well, that’s already a miracle to me
As things were going quite well I took 50,000 IUs of D3 one day, (along with the magnesium, zinc, boron and K2 that I’ve been taking every day). I felt very good and I think happier. About 2:30am that night (after the magnesium pills wore off I assume) I woke up with anxiety and couldn’t get back to sleep. I wasn’t really worrying about anything, more I could feel it in my chest. I got up and took some magnesium pills and web back to sleep. I stopped the D3. The next night I woke up at 4am with similar symptoms, wired and tired, I was awake until 6 when I took some more magnesium and was able to sleep in for another couple of hours.
Re-read the email you sent me about your dosages, I think I can take up to 1000mg of the slow release magnesium a day without causing diarrhea, I might also try some magnesium creams and more Epsom salt baths.
Summary: It seems like my magnesium deficiency is pretty severe given my strong reaction to both D3 and Magnesium, it looks like I’ll have to slow down on the D3 until I get my levels back up, I’ll probably try 10,000IUs a day for a while. Given how much better I’m feeling with just magnesium, I wonder if this has caused more issues for me than lacking D3. I guess it’s hard to separate the two.
Also I wanted to ask about vitamins/D3 during pregnancy, my wife and I are about to start IVF. I probably wouldn’t be experimenting with this stuff during pregnancy, but it seems far more risky to do nothing. I thought if we just take smaller doses of D3 (10,000IUs) , K2 (100-200mcg) , Zinc and Magnesium it shouldn’t’ cause any issues. She’s also taking Co-Q-10 to help with some gum issues, I heard you mention that would help.
Thanks so much
Cheers
Nathan L