I was wondering what you all have used of found to be useful the form of supplements and alternate treatments.
While I more than understand the value of the medication I also know that supplements , vitamins and some other alternate treatments are very valuable to so many.
My father has suffered from migraine for as long as I can remember. He does not take conventional medication and has not for as long as I can remember . He is 73 years old and very healthy with the exception he has bad teeth and a lot of old fillings that need to be replaced. He has subscribed to years to watching very closely what he eats and daily exercise for him is a must. Dad gets the more classic headache as opposed to the vertigo symptoms like I do, guess I am just lucky and get the whole barrel.
But anyway , as far as supplements I have started taking magnesium , VIT D, fever few. I was wondering what supplements have you used or other treatments have you all found helpful.
There are a few ones that have been proven useful for migraine in studies, among them:
Magnesium (300-600mg/day, in a bioavailable form - not oxide!)
Vitamin B2/riboflavin (400mg/day - very high dose indeed, the RDA is ~1.5!)
Feverfew (no idea about dosage)
Co-Q10 (100-300mg/day I think) - very expensive!
Personally, I don’t think the ones I’ve tried have helped, but I take 300mg magnesium citrate daily since I’m likely low in that anyway.
The main supplement that has helped me is vinpocetine, but that particular supplement is designed more for Meniere’s than MAV (I have both). Russian astronauts use vinpocetine for vertigo. It also reduces tinnitus.
Other than that, I look at vitamins as more of an insurance policy than anything else. I take high doses of Vitamin C (with lemon bioflavonoids), along with a multi-vitamin and a few other things. I take cod liver oil during the winter months as well.
Julie is dead-on accurate about gelatin and MSG. IMHO, gelatin is bad…bad…bad for this ailment.