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I used to get migraines on a regular basis.īy regular I mean 1:00 pm on monday and lasted until Thursday morning.

Why all migraine patients should be treated with magnesium. I do think, though, that such an approach is best taken with the support of a health professional.Īs to what to take, I tend to use magnesium citrate in practice, and usually aim for a dose of about 300-400 mg of magnesium each day (this equates to about 1750-2350 mg of magnesium citrate each day).ġ. It’s an approach that I, largely, endorse. This leads the authors to conclude that a reasonable approach is to treat all migraine sufferers with magnesium, particularly seeing that this mineral is cheap, safe and readily available. For this reason, serum levels are not a very good guide to overall magnesium status in the body. Most is found in the bone and within cells. Only a very small amount of magnesium in the body is found in the serum (watery component of the blood). Then why not test? As the authors point out, conventional testing for magnesium in the blood is not particularly accurate. If the evidence is mixed, why give it to everyone? The authors reasons that one reason for why some studies are positive and some less so may have something to do with the fact that in some studies, magnesium was given to people who were not magnesium deficient and were therefore unlikely to benefit from it. They also point to a mixed bag of evidence in which magnesium has been given to migraine sufferers. They point to the links between magnesium deficiency and migraine, and list a number of risk factors for deficiency which include poor intake and/or poor absorption, excessive excretion by the kidneys and stress (increasing depletion). Recently, the Journal of Neural Transmission (to be honest, I’m not a regular reader) published a piece from a couple of doctors with a special interest in headache who make a case for magnesium therapy for all individuals with migraine. By reducing the risk of changes in the blood vessels, magnesium might help with migraines too. It is thought that constriction and then dilation of blood vessels around the brain can be at the root of some migraine headaches. For example, magnesium deficiency can make constriction in blood vessels more like (magnesium normalises the function of the ‘smooth’ muscle that lines blood vessels). There’s also several ways in which magnesium deficiency may predispose to attacks. Studies show that, generally speaking, magnesium deficiency is more common in migraine sufferers than non-sufferers. One other natural strategy I use in practice is magnesium. Actually, I had a conversation today with someone with coeliac disease (gluten sensitivity) whose predominant symptom (on eating gluten) is headache.

Actually, in practice I find perhaps the most common food trigger of migraines and headaches in general is wheat. The classical triggers I learned at medical school include cheese, chocolate, coffee and red wine. One of my standard approaches here will be to consider whether there are any food triggers. The good news is that certain naturally-oriented strategies can be very effective in reducing the frequency and/or severity of attacks. In some people, they can be common and extremely debilitating. Migraine headaches are generally severe and typically affect one side of the head, and may be preceded by neurological symptoms including visual disturbance.