Neuralogist called and said I have low mag!

[Dragi316]

Well after 2 months of severe Insomnia and Muscle Twitching and Jerking as well as Memory Fog I finally saw a Neuralogist. Who took Blood and wants to do a EEG. I haven't done the EEG yet but the Neuralogist called and told me I have very low magnesium and need to start taking 400 mg twice a day immediately ! I'm freaking out now could Low Magnesium cause Insomnia and all these symptoms? Could Low magnesium be a symptom of CJD? I'm really worried.
Help Please

[robin321]

Do not worry. This is common. I have it too, and so do 57 percent of the population. It is normal and not a reason to worry.

[Danii]

I've had low potassium for 3 months now. It's not that big a deal if he just said take vitamins. At the hospital I work at we give injections of the vitamin that patients are low in only if they're critically low, generally we just say vitamins or altered diet and send them home.

[MandySlade]

You know, I'm not sure, but I CAN tell you this... I had SEVERE insomnia (in fact I made threads about it) a couple years back. I'm talking days without sleep. Scared the CRAP out of me. The doctor found nothing wrong, nothing seemed to help, I wound up taking sleeping pills for a bit, etc. Figured it was anxiety/depression (not that it wasn't, Im sure it was a part) But the weirdest thing was, I started taking a strong multivitamin daily and it got so much better. Maybe it was a coincidence but part of me has always wondered if it was caused by some sort of deficiancy.

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AND.. I had bad muscle twitches too. Of course, they could have been caused by the lack of sleep. Who knows.