Posted by Jai on November 3, 2003, at 7:29:55
In reply to Re: migraines » castone, posted by JLx on October 30, 2003, at 7:06:15
>supplement for migraines
>There's a discussion on George Eby's site about magnesium/depression/stress regarding calcium here and elsewhere on the page: http://www.coldcure.com/html/dep.html#synapses He says,
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> "Too much calcium ion and glutamate and not enough magnesium ion, particularly in the hippocampus, play a vital role in brain cell synaptic dysfunction leading to depression and other mood and behavioral disorders. ... However, most surprising was the finding that even endogenous glutamate may cause neurotoxicity via over-excitation under certain conditions - a situation called "excitotoxicity". Processes that increase the sensitivity of glutamate receptors or affect glutamate homeostasis often induce cell death usually connected with Calcium2+ ion overload. ...*This is absolutely fascinating. What a find of information! I really have a hard time with calcium. I too have suffered with migraines but took niacin for the flush and to redirect the blood. The only reason the niacin would work is because I would get an "aura" about half and hour before the pain. So I had time to pop the fast acting niacin (there's only one brand that's fast acting enough Nature's Plus Niacin 100mg I would only take one) That would stop the migraine pain but some sense of it would linger. I then would take 100mg niacin every night before bed for years to stop the migraines, it seemed to help with sleep as well. I can't take niacin now because of skin rash itch with the flush. I also connected headaches to constipation, hence magnesium 250mg to 500mg. I have not had a headache in 16years.
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