Zinc

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Thought I'd give heads up on our liquizinc trial. Verdict isn't in yet. Gave it

that afternoon and the dose was 1/8 tsp. for ph, so maybe 1-2 mg. and I took

1/4 tsp. I ended up with a mild headache, ph seemed no different. Although

my husband is awake now, and he reminded me that when he called at 11pm ( he

works graveyards) that I told him ph was still tossing and turning and

mumbling in his sleep in bed. I myself also have found it difficult to sleep the

last two nights. I gave the zinc that one day, and not since. I'll take it again

this afternoon and see if my headache comes back ( ph is not a good measure

of this as he has lived his whole life in some discomfort and has a much higher

pain tolerance and threshold than myself). So, no nausea, no bad behavior, no

bowel issues, no regression of ability, just a little headache for me and some

minor sleep issues for the two of us. See what happens this afternoon.

For those interested. I took/finished off the zinc from Kirkman labs, gave

remainder to my Mom when the pregnancy was confirmed and I began taking a

prenatal vit. that actually had 5 mg. more zinc than the Kirkman liquid. I liked

the zinc. What did I like? No more nightmares, I've had nightmares every night

for my whole life. Skipped taking the Kirkman zinc when I went out of town for

two days, and on second night, nightmares were back, after over a month of not

having had them. Also, I was much more pleasant ( according to husband, Mom,

etc.) and isn't that nice? I ascribed my " get out of my way or I'll mow you

over " behavior to this feeling I'm running a race these past four 1/2 years and

I'm running out of time to get my son better ( completely healed). No one much

complained as I'm polite and efficient, but pleasant? Now that hasn't been said

about me since ph was about 4 mo. old. Anyhow, after a month or two of

taking this prenatal vit. and no Kirkman zinc, I can tell you the nightmares are

back, and I'm definitely not as pleasant as I was. Actually a bit cranky at

times. So, this Brainchild zinc is probably much better absorbed and used by my

system than what is in the prenatal, and I'm willing to gut it out and let my

system adjust. But if my headache returns today, after I give myself another

dose, I won't be experimenting on ph for some time to come. I think it is a

bunch of hogwash that people say zinc goes through your system so fast. Yeah,

the zinc may be gone, but the aftereffects, the biological effects are felt a

day or two after.