PCOS and Magnesium for insulin resistance? - Page 2

andrena · 11-14-2003, 04:23 PM

Maybe I'm not only not taking enough - maybe I'm not taking the right kind! I'll start looking for the 'ionic' kind, I know I'm just taking magnesium oxide.

Emmanuelle · 11-18-2003, 12:18 PM

You know, magnesium deficiency makes alot of sense...atleast in my case. First of all, when I was about 13 I developped a mild scoliosis of the spine which doctors attributed to me growing fast. It was corrected with physiotherapy. I also had teeth braces because my teeth were crooked. I also had some mild benign heart arrythmias which doctors told me were probably caused by anxiety since I also had anxiety. Now if you look in many different nutritional books to see what is recommended for anxiety, magnesium is usually at the top of the list. Also if you do a research under magnesium deficiency, crooked teeth, scoliosis and any other abnormal bone growth is linked to it. Same thing with heart arrythmias. About 2 years ago I decided to get a hair mineral analysis test which is still very controversial...some experts say it's worthless, others say it can tell alot of things. Anyways, I decided to order the one from BodyBalance which is supposedly one of the best. When I got it back, it showed that my calcium levels were very high with low magnesium levels. Since many experts didn't believe in hair analysis, I let it go and didn't think much about it...until now. Also, my grand-father ( my father's father) died of a heart attack when my father was young. My father had heart problems but not as severe as his father and my father also suffered from panic attacks a long time ago. So I find the link to magnesium quite interesting in my case...crooked teeth, mild scoliosis, mild heart arrythmias and now PCOS ( although I don't think I'm IR). I now believe that my father possibly passed on a magnesium deficiency. It's now becoming quite intriguing and I'll have to check this out...do more research and try magnesium on it's own. Remember the study that was done concerning vitamin D for women with PCOS? Well vitamin D is involved in calcium and magnesium metabolism which is why you always find vitamin D combined with cal/mag supplements. The study showed that the vitamin D restored ovulation in half of the women studied...so maybe all of this is linked to vitamin/calcium and magnesium metabolism. Quite interesting...

Ajani · 11-19-2003, 04:48 PM

It definitely is interesting. I've started to take 600mg a day of Magnesium Citrate. Talk about horse pills! LOL! I have bloodwork that I need to get done at some point. I'll give myself some time on the Mag and see what happens to my numbers.

KAT1 · 12-10-2003, 07:21 AM

Hi,

Thank you for your posts which i found most informative. I do not have any evidence as to the following however this is what occurred for me.

When I was intially diagnosed with unusal follicular growth I was magnesium deficient. After using magnesium supplements in the interim as well as including more foods that were magnesium rich i began to feel alot better.

In reference to the calcium and magnesium for me I have expereinced a similar thing ... ie when eating alot of calcium I do not feel well ... I have tracked this back to the periodic table where magnesium is a more superior strong mineral than that of calcium and therefore find it better for me to have one or the other with magnesiumbeing my preferance.

KAT1

Auntlee · 03-31-2004, 01:21 PM

The "do you have this" forum has a looong thread about other things PCOSers have been diagnosed with -- just about everything on the following list was mentioned very frequently in that thread:

Possible symptoms of a magnesium deficiency:

Blood Sugar Disorders
Bruxism
PMS
Difficulty sleeping
Migraines
Asthma
Fibromalgia
Mitral Valve Prolapse
Preclampsia in pregnancy
Heart Problems
Osteoporosis & other bone problems

This list is from the Dr. Atkins' Vita-Nutrient Solution -- Nature's Answer to Drugs book that's my favorite complementary medicine book.

Atkins also says that many people have absorption problems with magnesium, that it's possible to take too much and cause problems -- and that a good solution is to take baths/footsoaks with Epsom salts -- your body will just absorb what it needs without taking in too much.

kbug · 03-31-2004, 08:16 PM

My vitamin bible recommends 500-750mg per day (The Real Vitamin & Mineral Book by S. Lieberman - very well presented and well researched information). I take a 1:1 300mg calcium/magnesium supplement 2x day. Taking as much magnesium as calcium is also supposed to help curb sugar cravings! This is actually why I started taking it. Manganese (15-50mg/day) and Chromium (200-600 mcg/day) are also important for blood sugar regulation.

KBug

~X~ · 03-16-2005, 10:52 PM

For what it's worth in the area of anecdotal evidence, Magnesium is a supplement that I felt immediate results from taking! I felt dramatically better and with more energy!

I take magnesium at bedtime since it's best to take it away from food.

My understanding is that it is best absorbed in a combo formula....that plain magnesium oxide alone is not as effective, for example. It should mix some forms ending in -ide and some ending in -ate.

I do not take calcium except for what is in foods and in my multivitamin.

When I took calcium, I lost the effects of feeling good with magnesium totally.

From what I've read....magnesium is just as important, if not more so, than calcium is, for your bones. Magnesium helps calcium be absorbed.

I don't take a lot of magnesium, just 1 or 2 capsules, of 200-400 mg each, at bedtime.

Helps me sleep better too!

onelittleyogi · 05-09-2006, 02:46 PM

The neurologist I saw for my migraines advised taking magnesium for preventing the headaches. Works nearly as well as drugs to stabilize the blood vessels.

AlyBlu · 05-09-2006, 05:40 PM

Very interesting.

violamarie · 08-11-2006, 10:23 PM

Where do you get Mag in ionic form, as opposed to oxide/hydroxide form?

SurrenderedCyster · 08-15-2006, 11:22 PM

KAT!! I love this site, I am so very grateful, I just posted about the homeopathic doc mentioning the correlation between magnesium deficiency and my irregular heartbeats, this info is fantastic.
What a journey this all is!
God is working....

Thanks ava!!!

Quote:

Originally Posted by ava2002

After reading this and thinking about another post I had read here, I decided that there had to be a connection. The other post was about cysters who had experienced irregular heart beat and had gotten no explanation from doctors. This site mentions that people with a mag defiecincy could experience irregular heart beats, as well. I'm posting a link to the site.

http://www.wholehealthmd.com/refshel...25,890,00.html

SurrenderedCyster · 08-15-2006, 11:28 PM

KAT!! I love this site, I am so very grateful, I just posted about the homeopathic doc mentioning the correlation between magnesium deficiency and my irregular heartbeats, this info is fantastic.
What a journey this all is!
God is working....

Thanks ava!!!

Quote:

Originally Posted by ava2002

After reading this and thinking about another post I had read here, I decided that there had to be a connection. The other post was about cysters who had experienced irregular heart beat and had gotten no explanation from doctors. This site mentions that people with a mag defiecincy could experience irregular heart beats, as well. I'm posting a link to the site.

http://www.wholehealthmd.com/refshel...25,890,00.html

violamarie · 08-15-2006, 11:42 PM

I looked for Magnesium in ionic form today, but all I saw was Magnesium Oxide. Is there a specific brand that has magnesium in the proper form?

SurrenderedCyster · 08-15-2006, 11:55 PM

Now how did I double post 6 minutes apart??? Hmmm whatever

astrosweet · 08-17-2006, 02:11 PM

I've been trying magnesium for the last couple of months to combat various problems which had been developing for about a year: light periods, dizziness, nausea, hot flushes and insomnia, all especially at PMS time. I also came off my BCP in order to have an FSH test, so I couldn't say exactly which did the trick, but all in all I do feel a lot better. (The FSH test was normal, by the way). I have lost a lot of water weight in the process too, which I do definitely attribute to the BCP!

I've been taking a supplement which gives me 250 mg per day - since the RDA is about 300 mg, I figure I should pick the rest up in my diet. I may try going to alternating between one and two tablets per day just to pick up the remaining symptoms. I also take a general multivitamin/mineral (which doesn't have magnesium in) and saw palmetto, which I think I'm also starting to see results with.