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Low Magnesium?
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! :)
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! :)
Thanks for suggesting the Huperzine A. I'll see if Amazon stock this. :)
I saw a complementary therapist a few months ago and she asked me to do a zinc taste test. She put some zinc solution in tap water, mixed it and asked me to hold it in my mouth for 30 seconds to see if I could taste any zinc. I just tasted plain water and when I told her she said I was low in zinc. I wondered if it was possible to confirm with a blood test or if a zinc taste test is evidence enough then I'll forgo the blood test for zinc.
I spoke to some fellow thyroid patients on a forum - which manages the thyroid illnesses alternatively than with just the thyroxine - and they suggested I get my copper levels checked because they sent me a draft letter to write to my doctor, saying that many thyroid patients have copper deficiency and that it correlates with lipid levels and cardiovascular risk.
I saw a complementary therapist a few months ago and she asked me to do a zinc taste test. She put some zinc solution in tap water, mixed it and asked me to hold it in my mouth for 30 seconds to see if I could taste any zinc. I just tasted plain water and when I told her she said I was low in zinc. I wondered if it was possible to confirm with a blood test or if a zinc taste test is evidence enough then I'll forgo the blood test for zinc.
I spoke to some fellow thyroid patients on a forum - which manages the thyroid illnesses alternatively than with just the thyroxine - and they suggested I get my copper levels checked because they sent me a draft letter to write to my doctor, saying that many thyroid patients have copper deficiency and that it correlates with lipid levels and cardiovascular risk.
Look into Huperzine A, a herbal supplement with no known side effects, when taken as recommended.
Yes thyroid could be the main culprit, but again everything is interlinked.
What makes you suspect these deficiencies?
Yes thyroid could be the main culprit, but again everything is interlinked.
What makes you suspect these deficiencies?
Hi there, thanks for recommending the Smart Nutrition when you searched. A few of the people at my local thyroid support group use one called Genova Diagnostics which post the results to me once I've paid for the test and sent off the samples.
I've changed doctors because I found that my current one wasn't keen on doing tests for copper and zinc, both of which I believe I'm deficient in but never been checked for them.
Off subject, but I can write this as a new thread if necessary, are bladder problems likely with thyroid/autoimmune/adrenal issues? My urologist thinks communication between my bladder and brain are disrupted somewhere, so possibly neurological (just a thought) and I have no thirst instinct. They prescribed me an anticholinergic but this is for Parkinson's and the side effects concern me, mostly the ones mentioning dry mouth!
I've changed doctors because I found that my current one wasn't keen on doing tests for copper and zinc, both of which I believe I'm deficient in but never been checked for them.
Off subject, but I can write this as a new thread if necessary, are bladder problems likely with thyroid/autoimmune/adrenal issues? My urologist thinks communication between my bladder and brain are disrupted somewhere, so possibly neurological (just a thought) and I have no thirst instinct. They prescribed me an anticholinergic but this is for Parkinson's and the side effects concern me, mostly the ones mentioning dry mouth!
Yikes! That is high, but it does not correlate with severity and prognosis.
For actual adrenal testing in UK, I did a fast search and Smart Nutrition,
has pertinent information, but, I'm suggesting it, only for information purposes,
as a reference , since I have no experience with them what-so-ever.
Please do your own research, before you decide for any adrenal testing , to ensure accuracy, reasonable price and professionalism, should you decide to go ahead with it.
To my opinion saliva testing is better, even if NHS may not cover this.
I'm not familiar with insurance codes in the UK
Keep me posted.
Niko
For actual adrenal testing in UK, I did a fast search and Smart Nutrition,
has pertinent information, but, I'm suggesting it, only for information purposes,
as a reference , since I have no experience with them what-so-ever.
Please do your own research, before you decide for any adrenal testing , to ensure accuracy, reasonable price and professionalism, should you decide to go ahead with it.
To my opinion saliva testing is better, even if NHS may not cover this.
I'm not familiar with insurance codes in the UK
Keep me posted.
Niko
Ah, ok. I see. Thanks for explaining. :)
Here are my answers:
Do you experience fatigue? 3
Do you have allergies? 0
Do you have asthma? 0
Do you have recurrent infections? 3
Are you under severe emotional stress? 3
Do you suffer from chronic pain or physical stress? 3
Do you have low blood pressure? 0
Do you have a low pulse rate (<70/min with no exercise)? 2
Do you feel faint when you rise quickly? 2
Do you experience depressed moods? 2
Do you experience joint pain? 2
Do you have muscle pain? 2
Do you have low libido? 2
Do you have hair loss? 2
Do you have anxiety attacks? 2
TOTAL SCORE _28_
Here are my answers:
Do you experience fatigue? 3
Do you have allergies? 0
Do you have asthma? 0
Do you have recurrent infections? 3
Are you under severe emotional stress? 3
Do you suffer from chronic pain or physical stress? 3
Do you have low blood pressure? 0
Do you have a low pulse rate (<70/min with no exercise)? 2
Do you feel faint when you rise quickly? 2
Do you experience depressed moods? 2
Do you experience joint pain? 2
Do you have muscle pain? 2
Do you have low libido? 2
Do you have hair loss? 2
Do you have anxiety attacks? 2
TOTAL SCORE _28_
The score for each yes answer is given.
Unfortunately I did not keep my notes at the time-, I saved this a few years ago- in order to get any kind of feedback from the originator in relation to the weighing of each answer.
So for anything that is present once in a "blue moon", I would say it's a no, which has naturally, a score of zero.
Something occurring on a frequent basis, it would be a yes, which means you put the corresponding score as it shows above next to the question.
I hope it helps.
Niko
Unfortunately I did not keep my notes at the time-, I saved this a few years ago- in order to get any kind of feedback from the originator in relation to the weighing of each answer.
So for anything that is present once in a "blue moon", I would say it's a no, which has naturally, a score of zero.
Something occurring on a frequent basis, it would be a yes, which means you put the corresponding score as it shows above next to the question.
I hope it helps.
Niko
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