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! :)

[Red_Star]

I too have Hashimoto's thyroiditis. I like to blame everything on Hashi's as a joke with my mother. Leg fell off. Yep Hashimoto's. LOL  Hypothyroidism is a listed cause of salt cravings as well. There is an indepth article on symptoms (although that isn't a complete list but pretty extensive): "300+ Hypothyroidism Symptoms…Yes REALLY"

[Sunny537]

I've learnt something new about salt cravings being a symptom of magnesium deficiency. :) Would Hashimoto's cause salt cravings or is that less likely? Easy to blame everything on the Hashimoto's but just a thought...

[Red_Star]

Salt cravings is another possible symptom of magnesium deficiency. Magnesium is required to form the synovial fluid that surrounds the joints so that explains the joint issues.  The knee clicking wasn't painful but the  superfast muscle contractions on my knee was!

[Sunny537]

50+ symptoms? Yikes!

Ringing in one ear, itchy spots on soles of feet (not heels) and hiccups, all things I'm prone to getting. And I crave sweets all the time - I've been craving salt lately, too.

Your knee clicking loudly sounds painful! :o I get clicking but in my hips. One of my hips was surgically corrected about 3 years ago (tendonitis) and didn't click for months but now they both do! I just put it down to hypermobility or twisting about too much.

[Red_Star]

I had a severe magnesium deficiency symptoms but didn't wait to be tested. I was suffering with symptoms such as wide spread body pain, full body seizures, hallucinations and severe heart rhythm problems. I connected the dots once I put together my 50 + symptoms along with vitamin D resistance and hypoparathyroidism.

Some of my earliest symptoms of magnesium deficiency include sudden ringing in one ear that shows up randomly and lasts a short while, biting my nails again, craving chocolate, having to crack my hip, an itchy spot of my heel that is very difficult to relieve, hiccups.

But of interest different symptoms can show up after correcting magnesium and going low again! My magnesium levels dropped again and my knee started to click loudly with every step! O_o lol

[Sunny537]

Thanks for this! I thought I was going mad. :)

Trying the oil every other day will work out fine for me as I only have a shower every other day. I have a natural bristle brush too. It's meant for reflexology but it works just as well. :)