vitamin deficiency?

[beerman]

Every morning I am tight tight tight. I can barely walk, feet, legs, back, neck, shoulders, arms etc. I spend 30 minutes stretching and then I feel pretty normal and can go about my day. I don't think this is normal for a 37 year old though. Could I have some vitamin deficiency that is causing my muscles to clench up at night?

[beerman]

Ok, I'm googling all around and I see that vitamin D and/or magnesium could help me. Are there particular brands that I should stick with or are they all as good?

[anonymouse1]

Low calcium will do that (and always take calcium and magnesium together, in a 2/1 ratio).

Also, you can try the amino acids GABA and Inositol--you can get them at a health food store. They make some folks a bit sleepy, so try them out on an empty stomach before you go to sleep (i.e., 2 hours after you've eaten anything). Some folks get a bit of stomach upset for the first week or so. Try maybe 1000 mg of Inositol, 500 mg of GABA. You want plain old inositol, not inositol hexanicotinate.

Check out the book "The Edge Effect"--there's a set of self-diagnostic tests that can help with this stuff (yes-no questions).

[freeradical]

Cats always stretch in the morning; people should too.

Thirty minutes does sound a bit excessive though.

[Paul F.]

We can learn a lot from cats...


Well... I don't think we should emulate that whole washing with your tongue business, or eating mice....
But a lot of OTHER stuff we can learn...

[jesse]

I take magnesium supplements due to a deficiency and have found that they all work pretty much the same, another option is taking a warm bath with a couple of cups of Epsom Salts dissolved in the water, you will absorb the magnesium through your skin.

[Filliam H. Muffman]

I am not sure if it is the same, but I seem to be much more susceptible to cramping up when I eat a lot of carbs (junk food like chips and doughnuts) and do not get enough potassium (bananas). I noticed it went away when I reduced carbs and increased protien on low carb diet. After a couple of days I am able to start exercising without as much warming up.

[OWC Jamie]

Taking any meds that can be related to causitive effects like these ?
Sounds a bit extreme for any age, let alone 37.

[Dennis S]

Calcium and magnesium are the 2 obvious ones. If you buy magnesium, don't get Magnesium Oxide. It's cheap, but doesn't absorb well.

[threeprong]

My diagnosis is potassium deficiency.

Eat a banana.