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Chelated Magnesium for Grinding/Gurning

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I've done a bit of research regarding using magnesium supplements to reduce or stop grinding/gurning/bruxism. It seems to be scattered advice so I thought I'd pool together what I've found out here and ask a few questions while I'm at it.

There seem to be at least 3 different types of magnesium:

  • Magnesium Oxide
  • Magnesium Citrate
  • Chelated Magnesium

I had no trouble finding magnesium oxide, it was in supermarkets, big health shops like boots/superdrug, sports nutrition shops, and those small supplement shops with creepy old women behind the counter. As I understand it your body has a very hard time absorbing this stuff at all, and it's mostly useless.

Magnesium citrate is supposed to be more easily absorbed by the body, but theres some conflicting info on it, some people say its fine to use, other people say it causes the shits! I managed to find this only once in my city, in a small supplement shop.

Chelated Magnesium is the good stuff. Absorbed easily, does the job very well supposedly. I had to order this online, but there were plenty of places selling it, eBay included.

Best time to dose seems to be shortly before and during your roll, but it's fairly quickly used up by your system, so more than 4-6 hours before might be a waste. Lots of people seem to say 30 mins before dropping the roll is a good time. More can be taken during your roll when needed with no negative effects.

People seem to suggest taking at least 500mg, up to 1000mg or even as high as 3000mg (presumably over the course of a roll?). The recommended daily value seems to be 400mg (of the chelated stuff) according to the label on the side of my bottle.

Vitamin C is supposed to help make magnesium easier to absorb, it's good to take it anyway before a roll to reduce neurotoxicity. I take 400-600mg beforehand, some people seem to take up to 1000mg.

The stuff I got was Swanson Ultra Albion Chelated Magnesium capsules. They're only 100mg each despite being huge capsules, almost an inch long! They do float though, I tried swallowing one and it was fairly easy with a drink.

As well as jaw tension, I also seem to have trouble with sucking or licking my lips excessively, or sucking them into my mouth and biting down on them with my front teeth... :? I'm not sure how much it'll help with that.

I'm trying it out on Friday night, so I'll report back with my experience. Normally this is quite a big problem for me, for a few days after my roll my jaw is sore and my lips are all red and inflamed, it makes me look ridiculous!

Questions/comments/advice?
 
I bought those swanson ones too! I tried taking two (2 x 100mg) earlier in the week to make sure my stomach could handle it and it was a no go. If I were to take four before a roll that would have been a horrible night!
 
Before my last 2 rolls I took some mature multivitamins(no Im not old thats just all there are at my house:P) They have magnesium in them as well, just don't know what kind of magnesium. It seem to help with the clenching a lot. I don't if they ACTUALLY help or if it was just a placebo effect. I do know that I took the same amount of beans each time but they were two different strengths.
 
You forgot about Magnesium Chloride 0x00


It is taken transdermally, so there can't be any stomach problems (diahrrea, gas) !

you can apply it right where your problem is too

your temples, jaw muscles or neck, back, etc.
 
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It does sound interesting, have you tried it sdripper?

I just got back from last night, in the end I only took 100mg of the chelated stuff, and I also tried the trick of gently pressing your tongue against your gums just behind your top front teeth. My gurning was definitely a lot better, my jaw is still a bit sore today but my lips are fine, despite taking 250mg compared to last time when I took 220mg (MDMA), and really fucked my mouth over!

Who knows whether it had anything to do with the magnesium, it was probably just because I made a big conscious effort to not do it.
 
It does sound interesting, have you tried it sdripper?

I just got back from last night, in the end I only took 100mg of the chelated stuff, and I also tried the trick of gently pressing your tongue against your gums just behind your top front teeth. My gurning was definitely a lot better, my jaw is still a bit sore today but my lips are fine, despite taking 250mg compared to last time when I took 220mg (MDMA), and really fucked my mouth over!

Who knows whether it had anything to do with the magnesium, it was probably just because I made a big conscious effort to not do it.

I just got a bottle of the stuff in the mail a few days ago.

aven't had a chance to try it on muh gurnnin mouth wot wot, but io 'spec it'll work magic ~~


What I have tried is using it everyday on my aching , magnesium depleted body and it's fucking awesome so far in that regard ;) You can feel it kick in within 10 minutes, and the pain relief and tightness melts away like...magic
 
As I just said elsewhere I recently used a pair of plastic teeth sheilds which I had bought years ago with an oxidising gel to whiten my teeth. When I bought them I had to put them in boiling water first and then fit them to the exact shape of my teeth so they're pretty snug. Of course they didn't do anything for the sore jaw the following day but they protected my mouth and lips wonderfully.
 
Don’t forget that Magnesium can act as a laxative (Epsom Salts for instance). It works on the jaw by relaxing the muscle - take too much and it can relax other muscles also! One or two pills is fine but if you start taking too much then it can have negative effects – yeah you wont be chewing your face off but you’ll spend the night on the toilet.
 
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