Low Magnesium?

[Sunny537]

Hi I have Hashimoto's Thyroiditis and a friend suggested to me to take a magnesium supplement. So I bought a magnesium spray for me to apply to my skin.

I had my magnesium levels checked about a month before I used the spray and these are the results:

Serum magnesium: 0.89 mmol/L (0.70-1.00 mmol/L)

Yet when I used the magnesium spray I had some tingling in my arms soon after using it. The instructions on the bottle say if I experience tingling after applying the spray that meant my levels of magnesium are low! So I don't understand why my magnesium levels are supposedly normal and then I use a spray that tell me I could be deficient in it!

Anyone explain to me why this could be please?

Thanks! :)

[Sunny537]

Lol I thought I was the only person in the world who couldn't swallow tablets. So glad to know I'm not the only one. :)

Good for you in that the pharmacy worker gave you a free zinc taste test. :)

Oddly enough I used a B12 supplement before and within a few minutes felt more energised. I thought it was a placebo effect.

[TheLightSeeker]

Ooops, you can see me? Those darn notebook cameras!!!

Stress, biological or mental and many other factors, impair methylation (among a gazillion other things), so cyanocobalamin (unmethylated form of B12) cannot be utilized by the neurological system ( it is used in inverse proportion to the degree of undermethylation).
So yes, it may be helping you more in areas where methylation is not a factor .
The best way to find out, is by doing a methylocobalamin (very affordable upgrade from cyuanocobalamin) trial.

Buccal delivery, I guess would work better for you in more ways, than anything else, if you go with the zinc lonzenges.
Xylitol sweetening would be a bonus with extra saliva production as well
(to help with dissolving the lonzenges).



Cheers!
Niko

[Red_Star]

Zinc lozengers eh? Sounds easier than supplements. If I can avoid swallowing tablets I will. I didn't know about the zinc taste test until I was telling a guy working in the pharmacy about my symptoms and he gave me a free zinc taste test. Good test. :)

Speaking of B12, I have been having numerous symptoms and really didn't connect it to B12 since I was taking B12 daily although far less than normal as I was running out.  Tonight my mother said my symptoms are likely due to not enough B12. Of course!  I bought B12 and used four good sprays under the tongue and within 10 minutes I felt a difference.  Should be feeling much better in the coming days. I do take cyanocobalamin (Niko shakes head at me lol).  

[Sunny537]

Ok, will do. Thanks. :)

[TheLightSeeker]

10mg zinc seems to be enough at first - you need to watch for a copper/zinc imbalance so it's best to stay with the RDA- however, there will be some loss in the absorption (chewable- goes through digestion).

When you introduce many nutrients in your body at once through multi-vitamin/mineral supplements, you cannot tell what works and what doesn't.
I'm a proponent of one thing at time, taking a wait and see approach.
This way you can tweek and adjust the dosage to your needs, when and if the supplement works, before trying another one.

I would suggest to avoid unmethylated forms of B12 and folate. Stress, certain imbalances and genetics may interfere in certain biochemical processes, leading to potential pooling of the these substances, with negative consequences.
Look for supplements which contain methylocobalamin B12 and methylfolate instead.

[Sunny537]

Ok. :) I've seen some zinc lozenges in my local chemist but I wasn't sure about them (only because I have trouble taking normal tablets/pills/capsules and also I didn't know about what dose to take) so when I next go back there in a couple of days I'll pick some up.

I've picked up some other supplements which contain selenium and some B vitamins. They are both chewable supplements. Zinc is included in one of them and the dose for that is 10mg and the RDA is 100%.