![[dr. bob]](/dr-bob-sm.gif)
Dr. Bob is Robert Hsiung, MD,
bob@dr-bob.orgShown: posts 1 to 5 of 5. This is the beginning of the thread.
Posted by bxbx19 on January 28, 2015, at 9:13:33
I've been on klonopin for a long time, and it helps with my anxiety. Depression is nothing too bad but I do find my mood goes down a bit from time to time.
Recently I've looked into vitamins and minerals affecting these things, and have gone away from my multi-vitamin, reading Selenium and some other ingredients can add to these problems.
I also read magnesium, taurate being the best, can really help. I've started taking it in the morning and I really think it's doing something in a good way. It also has done wonders for my atrial fibrillation, but that's another story.
I'm wondering if anybody has tried this and/or other supplements? Also, specifically with the magnesium, I take it first thing in the AM with my klonopin, and I've noticed my mood goes down a bit and anxiety goes up in early afternoon. I do take a second dose of klonopin in the PM, but not until dinner. Should I be splitting up my magnesium and take some in the afternoon? Not sure what the half-life on this is.
Thanks everyone.
Posted by Tomatheus on January 28, 2015, at 19:07:53
In reply to Magnesium + Anxiety + Mood, posted by bxbx19 on January 28, 2015, at 9:13:33
bxbx19,
I just wanted to post real quickly to welcome you to Psycho-Babble. I hope that you'll get some helpful responses to the questions that you posed about magnesium.
Magnesium is something that I did personally try several years back (I think it was magnesium oxide, which I understand isn't the most bioavailable form of magnesium), and I don't remember much about my experience with it other than that it seemed to help a bit with some agitation that I was experiencing, possibly from the lithium carbonate I was taking at the time. Unfortunately, I don't recall whether its effects wore off in less than 24 hours or if I tried dosing the supplement twice a day.
I will say that finding the best dose (and dosing schedule, if it applies) of a supplement for you sometimes takes some experimentation, so it might not be a bad idea to try taking half of your magnesium in the morning and the rest of it in the afternoon, as you were asking about. I can't say for sure that you'll feel any different with divided doses, but it seems doubtful that you'd have anything to lose from trying it.
Good luck with everything,
Tomatheus
Posted by ed_uk2010 on January 29, 2015, at 10:05:03
In reply to Re: Magnesium + Anxiety + Mood » bxbx19, posted by Tomatheus on January 28, 2015, at 19:07:53
Magnesium is generally better absorbed if you take smaller doses two or three times a day rather than taking it all at once. In addition, taking too much at once can sometimes cause diarrhea.
Posted by Hugh on January 29, 2015, at 13:05:42
In reply to Magnesium + Anxiety + Mood, posted by bxbx19 on January 28, 2015, at 9:13:33
I've tried several different types of magnesium. Magnesium L-threonate is the most absorbable.
http://www.lef.org/Magazine/2012/2/Novel-Magnesium-Compound-Reverses-Neurodegeneration/Page-01
Posted by Maria3667 on February 11, 2015, at 16:51:18
In reply to Re: Magnesium + Anxiety + Mood, posted by Hugh on January 29, 2015, at 13:05:42
I feel magnesium (oxide or any other type) works well for mild depression, for a severe depression and/or anxiety it's not strong enough. I've tried dosages of 1250 mg/p/day for months.
Best treatment for depression/anxiety in my opinion is high dose Seroquel (1.000 mg/p/day). That certainly did the trick, but made me sleep for hours & caused weight gain (what doesn't?!)...
Just my 2 cents.
This is the end of the thread.
Psycho-Babble Medication | Extras | FAQ
Dr. Bob is Robert Hsiung, MD,
bob@dr-bob.org
Script revised: February 4, 2008
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/cgi-bin/pb/mget.pl
Copyright 2006-17 Robert Hsiung.
Owned and operated by Dr. Bob LLC and not the University of Chicago.