Feels so good
Sep. 29th, 2017 09:37 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
finding_neoI started taking a powdered magnesium supplement last week, right after my vacation. Perfect timing. It is supposed to be a stress reliever. I first heard about it from my friend Patti who posted about it on Facebook regarding it as a sleep aid because it relaxes your muscles.
I don't need the sleep aid part. I've only ever had one troubled sleeping period and that was over 10 years ago when I had the most stressful job of my life and I was having panic attacks over it. I would go to bed then wake up at 2AM, 3AM, often 5AM and not be able to go back to sleep.
Magnesium has been getting some press on the internet health sites like Dr. Mercola. I had been taking a pill form, but learned it's not easily absorbed that way, so got the powder from trusty iHerb.com. I love iHerb. If you need any supplements, go there. Here's a discount https://www.iherb.com/Trial-Pricing?rcode=ARU515
I've been using it a little over a week now and I can attest to its stress relieving prowess. And because my brain is less cluttered with a bunch of anxiety nonsense, it now has enthused me to do all the things. I started cleaning my cat room, which isn't as much of a cat room as it was because I moved the big cat tree into the living room a while back, but it's on the south side of the house, so the cats like it in there because they get lots of sun.
Unfortunately because of that, a lot of the things I have in there, my entire LP collection for one, have faded. Not much I can do about it now. I also haven't cleaned in there for a while and being in amongst the corn fields here in podunk nowhere means there's a lot of dust. It's not as bad as I anticipated but dust plus cat hair, well you can imagine. I spent last evening wiping dust and picking cat hair off my Matrix action figures. Never allow your action figure displays to get cat hair on them, it's a nightmare. Too many nooks and crannies.
I cleaned off my old stereo and started playing LPs again. Sadly, my now nearly 30 year old system isn't up to par anymore and the speakers don't respond well to certain music. I don't know what I'm going to do about that. Replacing anything requires a tidy sum which I don't have, especially after getting my $1600 medical bill in the mail this week. That's another post though but at least I'm not stressing about it. LOL
Now the battle will be keeping up with what's been cleaned. I notice it's far too easy to just lay something down instead of making a decision about what to do with it right then. Mail is one thing I do that with, also paperwork that needs filed. Even empty snack bags are left sitting for a few days before they get thrown away. If I can manage to keep those things under control, I'll be winning a small battle.
One caution about magnesium is that it can cause diarrhea if too much is taken. That's why the powder is nice to start because you can use a 1/4 teaspoon and see how you do with it. I mix a half teaspoon now in 16 oz of water and take that twice a day and it does not bother me.
I don't need the sleep aid part. I've only ever had one troubled sleeping period and that was over 10 years ago when I had the most stressful job of my life and I was having panic attacks over it. I would go to bed then wake up at 2AM, 3AM, often 5AM and not be able to go back to sleep.
Magnesium has been getting some press on the internet health sites like Dr. Mercola. I had been taking a pill form, but learned it's not easily absorbed that way, so got the powder from trusty iHerb.com. I love iHerb. If you need any supplements, go there. Here's a discount https://www.iherb.com/Trial-Pricing?rcode=ARU515
I've been using it a little over a week now and I can attest to its stress relieving prowess. And because my brain is less cluttered with a bunch of anxiety nonsense, it now has enthused me to do all the things. I started cleaning my cat room, which isn't as much of a cat room as it was because I moved the big cat tree into the living room a while back, but it's on the south side of the house, so the cats like it in there because they get lots of sun.
Unfortunately because of that, a lot of the things I have in there, my entire LP collection for one, have faded. Not much I can do about it now. I also haven't cleaned in there for a while and being in amongst the corn fields here in podunk nowhere means there's a lot of dust. It's not as bad as I anticipated but dust plus cat hair, well you can imagine. I spent last evening wiping dust and picking cat hair off my Matrix action figures. Never allow your action figure displays to get cat hair on them, it's a nightmare. Too many nooks and crannies.
I cleaned off my old stereo and started playing LPs again. Sadly, my now nearly 30 year old system isn't up to par anymore and the speakers don't respond well to certain music. I don't know what I'm going to do about that. Replacing anything requires a tidy sum which I don't have, especially after getting my $1600 medical bill in the mail this week. That's another post though but at least I'm not stressing about it. LOL
Now the battle will be keeping up with what's been cleaned. I notice it's far too easy to just lay something down instead of making a decision about what to do with it right then. Mail is one thing I do that with, also paperwork that needs filed. Even empty snack bags are left sitting for a few days before they get thrown away. If I can manage to keep those things under control, I'll be winning a small battle.
One caution about magnesium is that it can cause diarrhea if too much is taken. That's why the powder is nice to start because you can use a 1/4 teaspoon and see how you do with it. I mix a half teaspoon now in 16 oz of water and take that twice a day and it does not bother me.
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