No problem - I'm really grateful that you have taken so much time to help and advise me. I haven't started taking the SlowMag yet as the pharmacist had to order them in and although they were probably there yesterday I couldn't get there before they closed. I don't know where in the world you are, but here in GB I am able to order the Solgar brand Chelated Magnesium online - judging from the times you are replying I am guessing you are in USA /Canada/Aus/NZ and not everything you can get is available here - a problem I've come across before. Thanks again - I will report back when there is anything to report for others who may be considering Magnesium Many Thanks again
I'm sorry to have to take back my last post, but no, magnesium chloride is a salt and not a chelate, so my original advice stands that, if by some chance you don't like the Slow Mag, you might still like to try a chelated magnesium product such as magnesium glycinate, which is the Solgar brand that I take. I apologize for the confusion.
I just looked over the Slow Mag website. Slow Mag is magnesium chloride, which is a chelate, which is good. I thought it was magnesium oxide.
If your doctor has seen good success with his patients' using Slow Mag, then try that first. But if you don't like it for whatever reason, then I think it's still worth giving chelated magnesium a try.
You can look for the posts by dwimble on this site. He is the person who keyed me in to the inflammation theory of RLS. I don't use near all of the supplements that he recommends, but I do use magnesium faithfully.
I realised a while back that bread did me no favours generally, apart from being a quick fix for hunger pangs, and now rarely eat any. Gluten is of course present in many other things. Thanks for the tip. I will check that out.
I don't take that particular formulation of magnesium, but I take chelated magnesium, and it definitely helps. I happen to use Solgar brand Chelated Magnesium. The other thing that has greatly helped my RLS is adjusting my diet to reduce systemic inflammation. Eating gluten-free has been the key. Google restless legs + systemic inflammation, and see what pops up.