Love it. I have been running B12 experiments with myself (indications are that it does help my symptoms, via the "forget to take it, symptoms worsen, remember to take it" route) but it's hard to introduce the control aspect without a third party... *makes note to discuss experiment protocols with proto-scientist aka 13yo son*
I've been having a muscle spasm problem myself; mine manifests most often on the left inner thigh (adductors, I think?). My ARNP (who practices up in Bothell, and has given me excellent advice over about three years now about ways to combine supplements and Rx meds) suggested that I start taking a magnesium supplement. I chose Natural Calm, which provides 325 mg of magnesium citrate per dose, dissolved in water. I took it in this form (one dose per day) for several months, and it helped some. As fate would have it, when I went to restock they were out of my preferred flavor (cherry), so I looked at tablet options, and decided to try "KAL Triple Source", which delivers 500 mg of magnesium as a combination of magnesium oxide, malate and citrate; along with 5mg of Vitamin B-6 to aid absorption. I noticed that about one week after I'd switched to the tablet form (one tablet per day, with a meal or glass of water), the muscle spasms had dropped down to almost nothing (frequency going from multiple times per day sans supplement to 1-2x per week with tablet supplement, usually when I was somewhat dehydrated). I've stayed with higher dose, multiple-source forms since. When I ran out and didn't restock for several days, the muscle spasms came back, again predominantly in the same location and several times a day. I went back on a daily 1-tablet dose of a different multi-source magnesium supplement (400 mg with 50 mg of B-6) and they dropped off again.
Not sure how useful this information will be, as I take several Rx and supplements daily (details available via private email, on request), but figured it was worth mentioning, since the only thing that did vary over time was the amount and type of magnesium supplementation.
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Bless your demented, geeky little heart. And I wish you significant results next time.
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Spell checking the title may also be in order...
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...I use an unholy hybrid.
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But still I do like actually testing things like this.
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*makes note to discuss experiment protocols with proto-scientist aka 13yo son*
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I've been having a muscle spasm problem myself; mine manifests most often on the left inner thigh (adductors, I think?). My ARNP (who practices up in Bothell, and has given me excellent advice over about three years now about ways to combine supplements and Rx meds) suggested that I start taking a magnesium supplement. I chose Natural Calm, which provides 325 mg of magnesium citrate per dose, dissolved in water. I took it in this form (one dose per day) for several months, and it helped some. As fate would have it, when I went to restock they were out of my preferred flavor (cherry), so I looked at tablet options, and decided to try "KAL Triple Source", which delivers 500 mg of magnesium as a combination of magnesium oxide, malate and citrate; along with 5mg of Vitamin B-6 to aid absorption. I noticed that about one week after I'd switched to the tablet form (one tablet per day, with a meal or glass of water), the muscle spasms had dropped down to almost nothing (frequency going from multiple times per day sans supplement to 1-2x per week with tablet supplement, usually when I was somewhat dehydrated). I've stayed with higher dose, multiple-source forms since. When I ran out and didn't restock for several days, the muscle spasms came back, again predominantly in the same location and several times a day. I went back on a daily 1-tablet dose of a different multi-source magnesium supplement (400 mg with 50 mg of B-6) and they dropped off again.
Not sure how useful this information will be, as I take several Rx and supplements daily (details available via private email, on request), but figured it was worth mentioning, since the only thing that did vary over time was the amount and type of magnesium supplementation.