A celebration and a question about magnesium
#181762 - 05/28/05 08:50 AM
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This morning I almost cried when I had my first well-formed and complete stool in the three weeks following the antibiotic treatment.
I believe it had something to do with taking Natural Calm, a magnesium citrate supplement, before bed the last few nights. The dosage I've taken is about 800mg. It has also dramatically improved my sleep, which has been really poor lately.
Of course I'm very happy about this. At the same time, my goal is to get back to regularity without using laxatives that are habit-forming. Is the dosage of magnesium that I'm taking considered to be a laxative by Heather? Will it damage my intestine's natural motility (what's left of it :>)?
Chris
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I don't think Heather supports magnesium as a stool softener, but my doctor absolutely does. He says that your body doesn't absorb magnesium well at all, which is why it is useful in the form of a stool softener/laxative. According to him, it won't do any harm.
I am very happy for you, Chris. Congrats!
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Elizabeth
all those years it wasn't IBS - it was celiac!
send me an email: liz@dopple.net
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my therapist, formerly a nurse, is all for Natural Calm. i'm envious of your success! i couldn't take it, due to it causing me lots of gurgling and gas, that, in turn, kept me awake for a long time. i did think it helped me to stay asleep, once i got there.
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