Magnesium for Hemiplegic Migraine Prevention

Hi,

Just wanted to share my story in the hopes it may help other people too. I was diagnosed with Hemiplegic Migraine at age 11 with a strong family history on my father's side. As a female, my attacks were more frequent during puberty, but as an adult I was having about 2-3 per year. Each time I was out of action for around 3 days, the worst being the first 24 hours which involved loss of vision, speech, paralysis on one side of my body and of course, unilateral headache. I have tried multiple preventative medications over the years with no success and after a particularly nasty attack 2 years ago decided to try supplementing with magnesium after reading about it online. I have found a combination of supplements that have (so far) eliminated my migraines: 1600mg of Magnesium Citrate (form of magnesium most easily utilised by the body) and 300mg of co enzyme Q-10 daily (I split both supplements into 2 doses, morning and night) . If you research you will find there are several studies on Magnesium and Hemiplegic Migraine. This has worked for me and I really hope that others are able to reduce or eliminate their condition too. Obviously it is best to check with your doctor first before starting a new regime, particularly as this is a fairly high dose of magnesium.

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