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Magnesium for Nerves
Magnesium has a calming effect on the nervous system. With this, it is
frequently used to promote good sleep. But more importantly, it can be used to
calm
irritated and over-excited nerves. This is especially useful with epileptic
seizures, convulsions in pregnant women and the 'shakes' in alcoholism.
Magnesium levels are generally low in alcoholics, contributing or causing many
of
their health problems. If magnesium levels are low, the nerves lose control over
muscle activity, respiration and mental processes. Nervous fatigue, tics and
twitches, tremors, irritability, hypersensitivity, muscle spasms, restlessness,
anxiety, confusion, disorientation and irregular heartbeat all respond to
increased magnesium levels. A common phenomenon of magnesium deficiency is a
sharp
muscle reaction to an unexpected loud noise. 'Memory pills' have been
marketed that consist mainly of magnesium.
Many of the symptoms of Parkinson's disease can be overcome with high
magnesium supplementation, shaking can be prevented and rigidity eased. With
preeclampsia pregnant women may develop convulsions, nausea, dizziness and
headaches.
In hospitals this is treated with magnesium infusions. Because of its strong
relaxing effect, magnesium helps not only to have a better sleep but is also
useful in overcoming headaches and migraines. Even the number of suicides are
linked to magnesium deficiency. The lower the magnesium content in soil and
water in a given region, the higher are the rates of suicides.
Epilepsy is marked by abnormally low magnesium levels in the blood, spinal
fluid and brain, causing hyperexcitability in regions of the brain. There are
many reported causes of epilepsy greatly improving or disappearing with
magnesium supplementation. In a trial with 30 epileptics 450 mg of magnesium
supplied
daily successfully controlled seizures. Another study found that the lower the
magnesium blood levels the more severe was the epilepsy. In most cases
magnesium works best in combination with vitamin B6 and zinc. In sufficient
concentrations, magnesium inhibits convulsions by limiting or slowing the spread
of
the electric discharge from an isolated group of brain cells to the rest of the
brain. Animal studies show that even the initial burst of firing nerve cells
that starts an epileptic attack can be suppressed with magnesium.
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