Fibromyalgia Support Group

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bluesun 03/02/2012

Hey everyone! How are you?
Sorry I've been MIA for so long! got really busy with life and was caught up searching for ways to love life again. Well I'm back now! Did anyone miss me? ;)

I started taking 267 mg of magnesium citrate in the evenings about a week ago. I noticed since then I have been really gassy. It's embarrassing! Anyone else take this stuff? How does it affect you?

deleted_user 03/02/2012

I did! Hahaha! Glad your back. I take random breaks myself. I haven't had any issues while taking Magnesium at all. You might want to Google it and see if any sort of side effects come up. :)

redsilverfox 03/02/2012

Maybe take a different form of Magnesium there are others, so ask your druggist or where ever you bought it from.

deleted_user 03/03/2012

Magnesium citrate is the stuff that doctors give to patients before a colonoscopy, to clean out the entire colon. That's why you've been gassy :-) .
Try a non-citrate magnesium, in tablet form.

bluesun 03/03/2012

Here's where I got the info from: http://www.fmnetnews.com/latest-news/magnesium-treats-fibromyalgia-pain
I made sure not to get the laxative solution. Got the pill form. What kind of magnesium forms do you guys take?

deleted_user 03/03/2012

Magnesium citrate is one of the worst forms to take for that same reason. I take a magnesium aspartate. It's Country Life Magnesium-Potassium Aspartate. It has a combo of magnesium chelates, the aspartate form being the most. It has magnesium aspartate, oxide, citrate, taurinate, alpha-ketoglutarate.

Also, it has the ideal ratio of magnesium to potassium and has excellent bioavailability. I get mine at Vitacost.com. It's about $10 for 180 tablets.

I've used this supplement even before fibro. It works great for menstrual cramps and most PMS symptoms too.

deleted_user 03/03/2012

I take Spring Valley Mag with Chelated zinc. I take 500 mlgs in the AM with a Activa. Its the Sterated kind that helps me. I get it at Walmart. Its never made me gassy.

bluesun 03/07/2012

thanks! I'll try one and if that don't work, i'll try the other.

deleted_user 03/07/2012

I missed ya Blue!

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