Magnesium Deficiency and Depression: Two Case Reports
Arif Verimli, Hayrettin Kara, Reşit Kükürt
Dusunen Adam The Journal of Psychiatry and Neurological Sciences
1992;5:61-62
Article No:
13
Article Type :
Case Report
Medical co-morbidity is considered to be one of the reasons of chronicity or treatment resistance in depression. Solving the other problem may result in improvement of depression. Metabolic disorders constitute an example for this phenomenon. Disturbances of the electrolyte metabolism, especially magnesium deficiency is reported to have caused a wide range of psychiatric disorders, from dysphoria to psychosis. We found out that two of our patients with a diagnosis of depression resistant to treatment had hypomagnesemia after routine laboratory tests. Following a course of magnesium replacement therapy, we observed that the depressive states of the patiens improwed markedly. In this paper we present these two cases.
Magnesium Deficiency and Depression: Two Case Reports
Makale No:
13
Makale Türü :
Olgu Sunumu
Depresyonun tedaviye cevap vermemesinde ve kronik depresyonda önemli faktörlerden biri Medikal Ko-morbitedir. Bu durum ile ilgili medikal durumlardan biri metabolit metabolizmas ıdır. Biz resistan depresyon gösteren ve Hipomagnezemi tesbit etti ğimiz ve suplemantasyonu ile düzelen iki olguyu sunuyoruz.
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