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After reading these posts, I am going to try an experiment. I started 3mg LDN last November and had good results for a few months. Now my walking and my leg/back stiffness from sitting/sleeping is way worse than it was when I started LDN. I am going to stop taking it for a while and see if I have im...

Thanks Merlyn. I thought you said it did help your spasticity?

Merlyn

Which oil are you using? I'm glad it helps you.

Merlyn, What are you using to get your good results? Do you make your own? I did send you a PM a few days ago. Medical marijuana is now legal in my state but it is so new that it will be about 2 more years before we have all the rules and have growers/dispensaries. In the meantime, I am curious what...

no probs :D ok sounds good for the am, and the later mag can be in the afternoon or evening, a few mins before a meal or a snack (on the one hand you don't want it getting too mixed up with / chemically bound up with other stuff for this one, but on the other you do want to make sure it gets down i...

NHE wrote:
It sounds like your hamstring and/or calf muscles might be really tight. Some targeted stretching exercises could be helpful.

Yes, I definitely need to exercise more regularly. I got a recumbent bike for Christmas that I need to use more often.

THX1138 wrote:

When standing up from sitting or lying down, do your muscles also suddenly tense up

Great, short video an magnesium:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUWL1o2hSrs

I don't think they tense up, they take a while to loosen up, though.

Thanks Jimmylegs!

I do take vitamin d3 in the morning after breakfast so I will take the magnesium then.

When do you take your second dose and is it taken with food?

I saw my neurologist last Friday for my 6 month follow-up. She said I could take Baclofen for my stiff legs, but it could possibly weaken my legs too much that they would be like a rag doll. I do not want that to happen! She never heard of magnesium supplements being beneficial for ms leg stiffness,...

hi again lynn :) re the multi, i was going to say it's probably marginally better than nothing. but looking at product details, maybe not really :S one a day: http://labeling.bayercare.com/omr/online/oad-essential.pdf i particularly dislike their form of vit E. this is the one i take, for compariso...

Just a short post. I am back home from hospital after hysterectomy. I was bleeding and had complicated hematoma so they had to open me again. I feel better after the second surgery and 2 transfusions. I started taking alpha lipoic acid yesterday. Erika Erika, I had a hysterectomy last August. My su...

I'm wondering if anyone has any information on the prevalence of spasticity in people with ms cross-referenced with dates. I have a hunch that the availability and popularity of high dose "vitamin" D supplements may coincide with higher rates ofspasticity :?: THX Interesting...I wonder if...

Jimmylegs- the multivitamin I take is One A Day Essential (small red caplets I can swallow easier than big horse pills!) Sometimes I buy store brand if I can't find name brand. JL and Dr. Dean- My Vitamin D history: January 2011=23ng/mL Dr. put me on high dose (50,000 I think) for a few days then OT...

Thanks Jimmylegs! I bookmarked the list of magnesium rich foods. I do eat some of them already, but probably not enough. I take 2000iu vitamin d3 at breakfast because I am low in that. When I start supplementing magnesium, do I take it with the vitamin D? I vaguely remember reading one of your posts...

Jimmylegs, I had my magnesium level checked back in 2012 and it was "normal" at 2.0 mg/dL with a reference range of 1.8-2.5. Is this really a good level and is it a serum level or a rbc level? I have an appointment next Friday with my neuro and plan to ask about magnesium supplements among...