If you had the "blood serum " test for magnesium- it only tests the magnesium in the blood and only 1% of the magnesium in your body is in your blood. The rest is in the bones, muscles and tissue. So a blood serum test is not accurate for magnesium. But since it is already done and you have paid for it - find out where your level is on the test. If you level is in the bottom half , try magnesium anyways.
The body tries to keep the amount of magnesium in the blood stable - if there is not enough magnesium in the blood, the body will pull magnesium out of the bones [giving you osteoporosis ] and muscles [giving your muscles spasms etc ] and put that magnesium into your blood . This is because the body is trying to protect the heart -without enough magnesium the heart goes into spasms and that is a heart attack.
To be accurate a test needs to test the intercellular magnesium -- or the magnesium in the cells. There is a test for this - they use it in studies. Sometimes it is cheaper and easier just to do a trial of magnesium for a month.......
Good luck.
blessings
Shan
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> I wouldnt want the magnet either, because I wouldnt know when my seizures are coming. I did however have all my levels checked, including my magnesium, I will know sometime today or tomorrow.
> They did more at the Er last night. Im spacing out though today and I have never done that. It is a weird feeling.
> I go to my Doctor today at 3, so I will see what he says. Im tired of these DOCTOS!
> Deb from texas
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> From: TIMOTHY BALDWIN <tbb1@...>
> To: epilepsy@yahoogroup
> Sent: Tue, May 4, 2010 11:55:40 AM
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> Kelly,
> The only problem I may have in getting a VNS installed is that I don't ever have auras and don't see how the magnet could be of any use to me. I beleive that a person may be having a seizure and a person nearby could use the magnet to prevent the seizure from progressing, but what if you're alone. Do you think that w/o the use of the magnet the reduction of seizures wouldn't likely be 50%, maybe 0-25%?  Â
> Tim Baldwin
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> From: Kelly Porter <kellyporter@ frontiernet. net>
> To: epilepsy@yahoogroup s.com
> Sent: Tue, May 4, 2010 11:53:05 AM
> Subject: Re: [epilepsy] eliminating no possibility
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> My epileptologist has been amazing. I have never doubted her. She just
> went into private practice last year after running the level 4 unit at
> the university of utah's level 4 unit. She has contacts at most
> hospital in the area and is highly respected.
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> My seizures did reduce dramatically after my surgery and then began to
> get worse again over time. This leads me to believe that not enough
> tissue was removed, leaving some small area that continued to produce
> seizure activity and then progressed. It is this progression that
> concerns us so much, because as we all know seizures don't generally
> halt progression all on their own.
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> As far as the VNS goes for most people she stated that it cuts seizure
> activity in half. About 1 in 100 people become seizure free. The
> biggest thing about the VNS is that it is used in conjunction with dug
> therapy for most people, but allows them in time to reduce the amount of
> medication they are required to be on to maintain control. The nice
> thing about this is that the VNS does not come with the side effects of
> all the drugs, allowing for the therapy to modified for the patient
> without concern for severe side effect increases. There are some side
> effects but nothing like our AED meds!!!!
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> Kelly
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> > My problem seems alittle like yours.In '96 I had an unsuccessful l. temporal lobotomy.My seizures remained at the same frequency one every 3-4 weeks,I never changed to a lesser amount of medicines.Untill I changed to a different neurologist who reduced my three medicines to just two,that reduced my frequency of seizures.Currently I'm on Vimpat and Keppra XP.Wonder if just one would create another drop in seizures.I've thought of having a secondary surgery,but haven't heard very much about it,or peoples success or unsuccess having it done.I remember back in '96 when VNSs were real new and my doctor asking me if I was interested in trying it.I said No.Surgery on brain wasn't any good,how was I going to get my neck cut open.VNS seems to have been quite a success since then.I'd like to hear any finding that you hear of.
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