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Originally Posted by BlackSheep79
Yeah my pdoc said I could come down from 400 to 300 on the Seroquel in two weeks, I said slower than that, so we are doing that for a month. They told me to call if I have sleep problems or changes in my thinking. Right now I'm dealing with severe headaches and stomach problems, and body aches. Slight sleep issues. I've never came off of Lamictal before, but I heard its hell. I actually started magnesium and zinc about a month ago. I read somewhere that it theoretically helps with BP, so I thought why not, it can't hurt. I'm on 250 mg of magnesium. What are you on?
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I'm taking 200mg (50%dv) of doctors best chelated magnesium and am getting about 30% dv from a mercola multivitamin, the rest I get from diet (brown rice, oats, Chia seeds, fish, nuts, vegetables). An important bit of information regarding magnesium aipllents is that the cheap stuff, such as oxides and stearates, have a very low bioavailability. Some can be as low as 4%, leaving 96% of the supplement to serve as little more than a laxative/stool softener.
I haven't found a way around the gastrointestinal distress that almost always accompanies withdrawal, but l-theanine, ashwaganda, and l-taurine provided some relief from the body aches I had withdrawing from Temazepam. I have also found tgat managing my Omega 6 to Omega 3 intake ratio so that it is as close to 1:1 has helped my overall wellness. Just taking a fish oil supplement isn't anywhere near enough to do that effectively. It requires radically altering diet and then using a quality fish oil which is not rancid - good fish oil dies not taste ot smell fishy, and the cheap Ester oils that dominate the market have a lower bioavailability than the triglyceride form, which leaves most of the supplement to oxidize, produce free radicals, cause cellular damage, and as a result increase the overall levels of inflammation. Nordic naturals is the only brand I find worth taking, but the stuff is expensive, so I make sure to eat lots of Salmon, mackerel, herring, and sardines, with a little shrimp here and there, while avoiding beef, pork, chicken, and other sources of onega 6 fats.