Anyone benefited from Magnesium for migraine?

Hello folks,

I have chronic migraine, previously every 3rd day. Zomig and Imitex didn't help, so went on to metoprolol and then topamax, non helped. Now on Verapamil, migraine frequency reduced to about 2-3 times a month but the episode lasts for a day or two and feels dull all the time. Basically I am useless and hopeless during that time. I would like to get rid of this migraine somehow.

Tried butterbur extract for 5 months, no results. Now planning to start Magnesium supplement. Before I start I would like to know if anybody out here that benefited from Magnesium supplement, if yes which one you took and how much. If not, which one you tried and how much and how long?

Thanks in advance.

So sorry for the migraine. Its so debilitating. I had it on monday :( Whole day was just a waste..

What brands of both do you use? and what other medications you are on?

If you have weblinks for the products you are using, I will appreciate those.

BTW, isn't Mg dose is 6mg/kg of body weight? So 100mg is little low or you have be advised to up the dose later once you get used to this dose?

I tried Mg without success. i am now on Pristiq for prevention and I have been doing really well!

I think Mg is helping reduce my severity of my daily chronic migraines. I take 250mg in morning and then in the afternoon. It can cause softer stools....so beware if that can be an issue for you....

I am happy to let you know (and I am crossing my fingers that it continues), that I started taking magnesium about 2 weeks ago (250 mg per day) and haven't had a migraine since.  You must understand that in a 2 week period, I will typically have anywhere from 3-10 migraines, so this is like a miracle.  I have suffered with migraines for over 25 years, have been on every medication (Maxalt, Imitrex, Relpax, etc), every preventative (topamax, beta blockers, anti-depressants, etc).  I have also tried acupuncture, chriopractic, etc with very little improvement.  I am hoping that this is not just a coincidence, but I had to share so that you do try it and I pray that you have as postive experience as I have had...Cheryl 

deltaforce said...
Hello folks,

I have chronic migraine, previously every 3rd day. Zomig and Imitex didn't help, so went on to metoprolol and then topamax, non helped. Now on Verapamil, migraine frequency reduced to about 2-3 times a month but the episode lasts for a day or two and feels dull all the time. Basically I am useless and hopeless during that time. I would like to get rid of this migraine somehow.

Tried butterbur extract for 5 motnths, no results. Now planning to start Magnesium supplement. Before I start I would like to know if anybody out here that benefited from Magnesium supplement, if yes which one you took and how much. If not, which one you tried and how much and how long?

Thanks in advance.

I hear and know you're pain!
I have been bumped around from Dr to Dr,always prescribing SOMETHING instead of finding the root of what was going on!
I finally figured out on my own that the drugs and the not knowing what was going on caused me to be very magnesium depleted!
Long story short.... I ran to my local health supplement store and got a natural magnesium supplement along with magnesium oil to apply directly on the skin,I had nothing to lose,I'm glad I did what I did.
In just a matter of hours my symptoms are already improving!
Try the magnesium oil.... It works!

Have you had a blood panel done?
If you haven't,you probably should!
Don't accept their "clinical" results either.
That is a basic scale that applies to the general population not for what you as an individual may or may not need!
You're levels are probably way different than a 300 lb. man or a child.
(My sodium level was WAY low but they "forgot" to mention that)...said it was close enough to the "clinical" normal.
Plus they forgot to mention the side effects from the prescriptions they kept insisting I needed was eating my minerals as fast as I put them in my body until it got to a crisis state for me.
Even then they STILL had not figured it out,I did!
I have lost faith in the medical fields I have access to around me,they looked at me with a smirk as if I was crazy and prescribed MORE pills.
Needless to say I finally had a *** moment and pieced it all together.
Guess what I was right! I'm feeling like I'm not dying anymore...no thanks to them!
My point is do not trust or believe any Dr if they aren't willing to really try to find the root of the problem and not mask it with a pill.
A simple blood work up and and IV would have worked wonders but I figure if they fix you,you don't need them so you won't go back.
NO $$$$ in that now is there...

I have suffered from migraines for 23 years. The worst of the worst. Lasts for 2 days, vomiting every 30 minutes til I dry heave. I also have epilepsy and mitral valve prolapse. I recently read and article that stated that people with these three conditions are deficient in magnesium. I have only been taking it for about a week, so I am hoping it will help. Also my doctor put me on a beta-blocker called propranolol. He told me that 60% of people with migraines have good migraine control with this drug. It is a blood pressure medication. You have to take it everyday as a migraine prophylaxis. I have only been taking it for about a month, but I can already tell it is helping me. It may help you also. I think the magnesium is a good idea too! Good luck.