Builder93 said:
theeyetest said:
Builder93 said:
Magnesium. You are probably deficienct. Take magnesium glycinate and citrate with zinc and vitamin d.
Blood test showed no deficiencies and was completely normal.
I don't think that means much in my experience. My blood test showed the same thing and I had the same experience. Magnesium helped tremendously.
TL;DR - I highly recommend supplementing with Magnesium as the poster above has recommended.
Accurate Magnesium levels are hard to test for through blood work only about 1% of your Magnesium is stored in your blood. It's in your bones, cells, and tissues.
Your symptoms such as constant muscle spasms/twitching were the same ones I had a couple of years ago. At that time I was also under a ton of stress which wreaks havoc on your body.
I didn't give it too much thought since it was only annoying. One night I woke up with my heart racing for the first time ever and I was having a panic attack. The next day at my desk I had another one. I went out and bought a blood pressure monitor and my blood pressure was 160/110. I made an appointment to see a cardiologist. But before I could get into see him I had a couple more of those episodes and finally had an Afib attack where I ended up in the ER.
I wasn't even 40 at that time and am not overweight. I went through all of the tests at the cardiologist and passed them all (except for being put on a statin due to my terrible LDL and triglyceride levels). I even got a catscan done through a Neurologist and he said everything looked good because by this time I had also developed vertigo so I had no idea what was going on with my body. All the tests came back showing no issues but my life was a wreck. Some days the room would spin and I couldn't get out of bed for hours. For a good 2-3 weeks the only time I got out of bed was to work at my desk at the house because I was afraid of having a panic attack or a vertigo attack. Having two little kids made it even harder.
Once a quarter I see a chiropractor who also does holistic type of medicine stuff and I told him what had been going on. He did some of his testing procedures and said I was deficient in Magnesium. I started taking Magnesium that day and have never had a vertigo attack or Afib episode since. I also didn't have a panic attack but that was also due to stress which got better over time with me learning how to let go of things (which I still struggle with). When I start getting muscle cramps, muscle spasms, or twitches I up my Magnesium dosage until it goes away.
I wanted to share this because your situation sounded very similar to mine so I hope that you do try out Magnesium and that it works wonders for you as well. I recommend Magnesium to all of my family and friends because the "statistics" show that over 80% of Americans are deficient in Magnesium.
