July 18, 2017
Do YOU Need More Magnesium?By E. L. on June 2, 2010
Magnesium is often overlooked when we talk about nutrient deficiencies. Many common symptoms can be explained by not having enough magnesium in your diet. Dr. Dean discusses a wide variety of complaints that just might be remedied with the proper daily dose of magnesium. I have personally suffered from insomnia in the past. The two things that I changed to naturally solve the problem were, increasing my magnesium intake and meditating more regularly. These two changes worked for me. I was very happy to find a natural solution instead of taking pills from a doctor.
I have personally long been aware of the importance of magnesium, since if I don’t take magnesium supplements, I suffer from psychomotor seizures characterized by 1) hearing of loud bangs or clicks that no-one else hears 2) experiencing my head being lit up inside perhaps together with a bang 3) seeing “fire” coming out of a wall. These symptoms can be accompanied by jerking of the legs and generally occur in the stage preceding sleep. Also I have had a period with acute and constant pains in the head. All these symptoms disappeared immediately on magnesium supplementation with two strong pills a day, and do not recur as long as I continue to take these pills. However, when I attempted also to supplement with calcium, the pains recurred, so I had to stop taking calcium supplements. These two minerals work together, and I assume I was getting too much calcium in relation to magnesium in my diet. Without magnesium I also suffer from leg cramps or tics.The only thing I lacked in this book was a more comprehensive treatment of the importance of magnesium supplementation for sufferers of epilepsy (as mentioned above), there being only a small paragraph on this topic.
ona Main Stewart 5 years ago
In reply to an earlier post
Thanks for your comments and suggestions. But I think the phenomena I described do actually have to do with the psychomotor attacks. Though, when I was young I did experience a few hypnogogic hallcinations. They were quite diferent. I don’t actually need magnesium shots at the moment since I no longer experience seizures of any kind as long as I take my magnesium pills. If I’m not getting enough I am warned of this by experiencing cramps in my legs at night or elsewhere in my body during the day. Also, I’m afraid the GPs in this country, Denmark, are not knowledgeable enough to even consider giving me magnesium injections. And alternative therapists, who are knowledgeable, are not allowed to do so.
Anna 5 years ago
Thank you for the thorough and honest review. It sounds like what you describe before falling asleep is what the allopathic community describes as “hypnogogic hallucinations”, a symptom of narcolepsy. You may want to talk to your local doctor or naturopath about getting magnesium shots. I have seizures too and I have to get magnesium shots in the rump to keep them at bay. Fresh squeezed carrot juice also does wonders.