I signed off as KATT, not Matt, I was not trying to deflect the responsibility of my words.
Matt
--- On Fri, 5/21/10, matthew ferguson <ferg1975@yahoo.com> wrote:
From: matthew ferguson <ferg1975@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [epilepsy] The whole magnesium deficiency argument
To: epilepsy@yahoogroups.com
Date: Friday, May 21, 2010, 8:37 PM
Lizard,
You are incorrect that Shan does not make totalitarian arguments and I quote :"The anticonvulsants all deplete magnesium - depression is associated
with magnesium deficiency. Get your magnesium levels up and you won't
get depressed, won't have a lot of anziety and will sleep better. You
will be less irritated as well as less aggressive. Magnesium is also
used to cure headaches - migraines are a symptom of magnesium deficiency
and can be alleviated with magnesium."
I don't know how you want me to chill out, my magnesium levels are fine and I am still depressed, my magnesium levels are fine and I still get headaches and migraines.
Shan claims that a magnesium deficiency is the root cause of all of the following problems:
1. My seizures
2. My depression
3. My headaches and migraines
4. My anger and depression
I will not "chill" out
I am not disagreeing that a magnesium deficiency may cause problems, I am stating that Shan's claims that a magnesium deficiency is the root cause of all my problems is preposterous, and he does claim that magnesium is the primary source of all my symptoms, which is not only an insult to my intelligence, but more importantly:
Those of us who get really depressed and desperate continue to seek anything that will help us. I would hate to see someone on the end of their rope get sucked into this belief system and then be destroyed when it does not work.
Do you honestly want to be partly responsible for someone's demise all because you wish to tolerate someone who is claiming to have a "cure all" for all our problems.
I will not sit idly by, I will not chill out.
Katt
--- On Fri, 5/21/10, Liz Welker <lizard110366@yahoo.com> wrote:
From: Liz Welker <lizard110366@yahoo.com>
Subject: [epilepsy] The whole magnesium deficiency argument
To: epilepsy@yahoogroups.com
Date: Friday, May 21, 2010, 8:24 PM
Okay, folks. Chill out. If you google this, you'll see that it is, in fact, a valid point. It isn't appropriate to say that all szs result from mag deficiency (and I don't recall seeing that in Shan's post), but AEDs are, in fact, known to deplete mag, D, and other crucial vitamins and minerals. When I told my endocrinologist that I was still having SP clusters at season change a few years ago, she suggested adding mag. I checked it with my neurosurgeon (who manages all my brain matters), and he said it might help. It took some of the punch out of them, and I didn't have as many, but my SPs didn't stop. Even so, it was worth trying,
LIZARD
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