cb4
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Magnesium citrate gives me some weird reactions. Whenever I take it, I get awful muscle twitches, especially at night. About two years ago I took some and not only had twitches but after a few days I got kidney stones! At the time I thought that perhaps the magnesium pulled so much calcium out of my soft tissue that my kidneys could not keep up.
A few weeks ago I decided to try it again. Mostly in the winter I have a lot of muscle tension because I work outside in the cold. So I decided to take it. I worked my way up gradually to 350 mg and sure enough had twitches initially, but they subsided. But now, my kidneys are sore, so I think I am heading back to where I was two years ago. So far the pain is dull and not the sharp type caused by large stones so I decided to stop the magnesium.
Does anyone agree with me that perhaps the magnesium is displacing the calcium in my tissues and my kidneys cannot keep up? I have not had a very high calcium diet in the last few years, in fact my diet has pretty much been a stress inducing paleo type with some sprouted grain bread as a carb. Probably not the most bone friendly diet - low mg and ca, high phosphorus and sodium.
Any thoughts?
A few weeks ago I decided to try it again. Mostly in the winter I have a lot of muscle tension because I work outside in the cold. So I decided to take it. I worked my way up gradually to 350 mg and sure enough had twitches initially, but they subsided. But now, my kidneys are sore, so I think I am heading back to where I was two years ago. So far the pain is dull and not the sharp type caused by large stones so I decided to stop the magnesium.
Does anyone agree with me that perhaps the magnesium is displacing the calcium in my tissues and my kidneys cannot keep up? I have not had a very high calcium diet in the last few years, in fact my diet has pretty much been a stress inducing paleo type with some sprouted grain bread as a carb. Probably not the most bone friendly diet - low mg and ca, high phosphorus and sodium.
Any thoughts?