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QC (in Berlin 7/29-??? w/ COVID

this is nuts. i still feel kinda high from the magnesium. this is maybe the best my body has persistently felt for all of lockdown

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i thought i was having an existential crisis and it might turn out i have a magnesium deficiency twitter.com/utotranslucenc…

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how much of what molecule did you take anyways out of curiosity

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QC (in Berlin 7/29-??? w/ COVID

250mg magnesium oxide

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that's.... surprising magnesium oxide is notorious for being, to be blunt, nearly useless; it is almost as bioavailable as a rock

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QC (in Berlin 7/29-??? w/ COVID

yeah i wasn't optimistic about it but like jeez the effect has been weirdly strong could be psychosomatic which would be extremely funny to me 😅

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QC (in Berlin 7/29-??? w/ COVID

the effects started like 5-10m after i took it and idk how that compares to how fast the magnesium can even be absorbed? maybe i am just insanely deficient

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sounds deeply unlikely, it takes way longer than that could be coincidence, or could be effects on digestion (magnesium oxide is primarily used as an *antacid* or laxative, AFAIK)

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Ok, wild speculation - QC, how do you know when you're having an existential crisis? Is it possibly related to bad feels in your middle somewhere? Folks are saying MgO has antacid effects... Is it possible that you often have physical stomach discomfort that reads as bad feels?

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One experiment you could try: Do Tums (or similar) have the same effect? (calcium-based antacids)

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QC (in Berlin 7/29-??? w/ COVID

i used to take tums semiregularly (i ran out of recently and haven't replenished) and definitely not, nowhere close. but tums isn't a laxative yeah?

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