I was reading on the ADD forum today some great info. on Magnesium / Cal. to reduce the tolerane of the ADD medications. I lost were I read it and have been searching for it for a half hour lol.
Can someone please direct me as to where I can locate this thread. I did type some things into search but came up with nada!
Thanks so much ! It is 3:15 am so maybe I am just so tired I can not figure out where it was I read it this afternoon. I am having a duh moment lol.
Thanks Bunches!:eek: :faint:
dgessler
08-14-07, 01:57 PM
I beleive you're talking about this thread:
http://www.addforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=41234&page=2
I've tried taking some magnesium oxide with the adderall, and it's worked pretty well. I would definitely try it. You can pick up a bottle of magnesium oxide for as cheap as $3-$4.
dgessler
11-14-07, 02:25 PM
So are you saying what PeterMac said is completely false?
Read this post please:
http://www.addforums.com/forums/showpost.php?p=449191&postcount=25
And the rest of the thread if you want to:
http://www.addforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=41234&page=2
Alkaline environments are good, but magnesium oxide is bunk and a scam. Do not use magnesium oxide. I repeat: don't use magnesium oxide. The bioavailability is horrible. I even recall a study mentioning increased oxidative stress due to it -- duh. Oxide?
If you don't want an acidic magnesium chelate, there are other options -- magnesium chloride, magnesium taurate, magnesium glycinate. I just eat lots of veggies with my citrate.
It's true that it's not good to take antacids on a regular basis, but not because of aspirin. There's a good amount of literature on this.
Insoluble vegetable fiber: antacidic.
Taurine and glycine of course have their own effects, and I would keep the doses low-moderate or mix with other forms to avoid these. Taurine may be more sedating than an ADDer taking a stimulant would like, and glycine, while thought of as a inhibitory agent, can actually potentiate NMDA transmission at certain doses -- which is the opposite of what you're trying to achieve by supplementing Mg.