Magnesium Supplements as Treatements for ADD

And here is some brief info listed below.
CindyP

> CALCIUM and MAGNESIUM
>
> Aside from being a major constituent of bones and teeth, calcium is crucial
> for nerve conduction, muscle contraction,heartbeat, blood coagluation and
> the production of energy and maintenance of immune function. Calcium needs
> magnesium to be metabolized along with sufficient amounts of Vitamin D.
> Calcium at bedtime helps promote a restful sleep.
>
> Magnesium is a vital catalyst in enzyme activity, especially the activity
> of those enzymes involved in energy production. It assists in calcium and
> potassium uptake. A deficiency in magnesium interferes with the
> transmission of nerve and muscle impulses, causing irritability and
> nervousness. Supplementing the diet with magnesium can help prevent
> depression, dizziness, sound and light sensitivies, muscle weakness and
> twitching, PMS (premenstrual syndrome) and aids in maintaining the body’s
> proper pH balance.
>
> A deficiency in magnesium include confusion, insomnia, irritablity, poor
> digestion, rapid heartbeat, seizures and tantrums. Magnesium deficiency are
> at the root of many cardiovascular problems. Magnesium deficiency may be a
> major cause of fatal cardiac arrhythmia, hypertension and sudden cardiac
> arrest, as well as, asthma, chronic fatigue chronic pain syndromes,
> depression, and irritable bowel syndrome.
>
>
> REFERENCES
>
> Balch, James F., M.D. and Balch, Phyllis, C.N.C.–—PRESCRIPTION FOR
> NUTRITIONAL HEALING (2nd edition)

another quote from someone who uses mag.

“http://www.kirkmanlaboratory.com has Magnesium Sulfate
Cream (topical epson salt preparation)- I put this on
when I am too tired to give them a 20 minute bath in
epson salt. Also, I rub it on during the day if they
get antsiety :) - works great, but is $17 (I think)
but worth it.”

Loves,
S

Sharon and Dan
Thanks for this I will try it too and see if it helps. Irritability is definitely a factor with my son, up tight, lots of things stress him out. I don’t know what they have in here in Australia but I will ask tomorrow at the chemist and the epsom salts in the bath sounds like fun for the kids too, are there any possible skin reactions? I think I’ll start with a small dose, and maybe one for me, phew!

I’m interested to here any other imput too.

Thanks very much
Janette

Epsom salt baths have really calmed my child - w/in 10 mins of putting salts in the bath! Utterly amazing…..try it you might like it too :) :) :)

Do you have MILK OF MAGNESIA there!? It’s a blue bottle w/ chalky white liquid inside!?

Loves :)
S

____The following link has some good info about ES baths:
____a.. Why Use Epsom Salts
____ b.. What are Epsom salts and how do they work
____ c.. How to give Epsom salts
____ d.. Phenolic foods, additives, and enzymes
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____http://www.enzymestuff.com/epsomsalts.htm.
____

Hi Sharon,
Thanks for this information the website didn’t come up unfortunately, is it an old link?
We can get Epsom salts here and yes milk of magnesia for upset tummies. And as well as all that it’s good for plants with yellowing leaves, what a versatile mineral!

Thanks again, Janette
PS Have you been on to this website for long you sound as though you have. It’s a great one I’m in Australia and have just discovered it, so visual and accessable and the information is excellent!

Dear Sharon, Janette, et al,

I appeciate your comments. On Monday morning we started a little informal test. We gave our son the standard dose of a Calcium-Magnesium supplement, just to see if it would have any effect. We had been sporadically giving him the supplement, since he’s 6-4 and growing fast.

The preliminary results were very encouraging, but I don’t want to proclaim any kind of victory. He made a special point of mentioning to me in the evening that he felt dramatically more attentive in school, even though he hadn’t had enough sleep the night before. He mentioned several classes in which he was able to pay much closer attention to what was going on.

Prior to the “experiment” I really hadn’t given him much information about my expectations, so I don’t think he’s making this up.

My son has a fairly severe case of Aspergers Syndrome, and we have spent many $10’s of thousands of dollars on therapies for him. The therapies have been very successful in many ways, and he could no longer be diagnosed with AS, but the lingering issues of attention and executive control have had us stumped.

I will be looking into the literature to see if I can get any more hard facts.

Sharon: Do you have any references that might be useful. You can e-mail us at [email protected] if you like. I will share anything I find out.

Thanks again,

Dan

Hi again,
We all my children and I took magnesium today and they had an Epsom Salts bath last night. My ds seems a lot less edgy and up tight irritable easily provoked today also generally happier and more able to comply with less grouchiness but we are off colouring too so it may be both things I will let you know if it stays this way. I too am feeling less irritable though still tired.

Hope it works well for you too, I am considering using other therapies and that would mean heading down the $ trail (whew!) but I’m trying some stuff at home first, we do homeschooling so we can learn in our own style and I can take the pressure off of him when appropriate also he learns differently the school program style I really believe that he’s very intuitive.

Thanks again
Love Janette