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04-13-2014, 12:40 PM | #1 |
Rose Garden
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I want to hear your migraine story!
Whether they've gone away or you still have them, if you tried herbs, diet changes, meds, supplements, chiropractic, massage, etc. and if they worked or if they didn't. Specifics like dosage and frequency, how long it took something to work, if your migraines were pg related, etc. Just be as specific as you can. Please tell me your story!
Thanks in advance!
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04-13-2014, 12:49 PM | #2 |
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Re: I want to hear your migraine story!
I get migraines when pg and when not pg. Not all the time, but when I do, they come on fast and strong.
I believe a lot of my migraines are caused by lighting, either sunlight or fluorescent lights, normally caused by changing lights, such as going outside on a bright sunny day from a darker house, or going into a store from the outside where it was dark, gloomy, rainy type of thing. I haven't gone to the chiro DURING a migraine, but after, when it's dulled down to a managing level. It doesn't do much, tbh. I have tried some script years ago for migraines. Supposed to take 2 pills. I took one and was out for the count in 15 minutes. Never took that again. My migraines normally come with an aura. I usually see bright lights and know, without a doubt, one is on the way. I try, when not pg, to take a larger preemptive type dose of ibu, (at least 800mg) followed by some caffeine, and that helps a bit. When pg, I'm screwed. I do caffeine, tylenol (even though that does NO good for me) and sleep it off. If at all possible, I need to sleep after taking something, or else I end up vomiting from the migraine. I haven't found any herbs that work.
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04-13-2014, 12:57 PM | #3 | |
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Re: I want to hear your migraine story!
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I do the 800 mg ibuprofen, too. How often do you get migraines? What herbs have you tried that haven't worked? I'm trying to solve my own migraines and I want to hear everyone else's experiences.
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04-13-2014, 05:14 PM | #4 |
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Re: I want to hear your migraine story!
Not very often, maybe once every few months. Sometimes more, sometimes less.
Herbs I've tried, hmm. Mainly whatever I have from the chiro for whatever is ailing me. I really don't know. Sent from my SM-N900T using Tapatalk
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04-13-2014, 05:27 PM | #5 |
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Re: I want to hear your migraine story!
Mine are completely stress related. When I was married, I had them 4-5 times a week plus I had one after every time x and I had sex. I also lived with chronic pain in my right shoulder. It was about 2 weeks after I left him that I realized I hadn't had a migraine since I left. It felt like being hit by a bus to realize that the pain I'd lived with for more than ten years was a direct result of the stress of my marriage.
I now have them very rarely, maybe once every few months. Mostly when something comes up from the past abuse that I have to process or when I get a nasty email from him. I used to pop ibuprofen like candy and it hardly touched them. I learned to keep on keeping on with them because I wasn't allowed down time. I could sneak 30 minutes away to lay with some heat on my head while laying in a dark room but if it was longer than that, well, it wasn't worth the mental garbage I went through to try to take care of my physical health. Since I rarely have them anymore, my pain tolerance isn't what it used to be and now when I get them, they knock me down. I usually take 800 mg ibuprofen, grab the heat for my head, and go to bed.
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04-13-2014, 05:31 PM | #6 |
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Re: I want to hear your migraine story!
Wow, that is fascinating! So sorry you had to go through that, but wonderful that you have found almost complete relief!
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04-13-2014, 05:32 PM | #7 |
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Re: I want to hear your migraine story!
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04-13-2014, 05:37 PM | #8 | |
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Re: I want to hear your migraine story!
I used to get really bad migraines all the time. I hardly ever get them now that I have eliminated the triggers form my diet.
MSG, obviously. LOL. Red wine. Dried fruits with sulfer(?) Here are some common foods that trigger migraines. Quote:
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04-13-2014, 06:38 PM | #9 |
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Re: I want to hear your migraine story!
I used to have them about once a month. I always have an aura first. They got better after I got glasses two years ago, had been getting more frequent, especially after long bouts at the computer.
Then I went gluten free last March and completely grain free two months later and they went away completely. A couple weeks ago I had two, two days apart, the first l'd had in ten months. Still not sure what caused those. My diet is pretty clean in general, the gluten was the kicker.
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04-13-2014, 07:12 PM | #10 |
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Re: I want to hear your migraine story!
Here's the short story...
So, migraines started when I was 24. Had a break during pregnancy and breastfeeding. Then came back with a vengeance. Improved for about 6 months with gluten free diet then came back worse after that time (got dx'd with celiac in the meantime, so am still GF). Triggers for me: barometric pressure changes (I can reliably tell when a storm is coming ), premenstrual, not sleeping well. Stress is to an extent, but not as consistent as the other three. What I have tried that DIDN'T work: Migrelief vitamin (Mag, feverfew, and B2), Co-Q10 supplementation, Migranal (nasal spray), Nortriptyline (rx), Zonisamide (rx, made me crazy), Verapamil (worked for a little while) What I have tried that DID work: Topamax (rx; off now), Naprosyn 500 mg/Phenergan 25 mg combination for abortive therapy, Effexor XR 150 mg daily (what I take now), Melatonin 3 mg at night, prednisone 50 mg up to 3 doses for intractable migraine (2 days or more), gluten free, avoid red wines, scopolamine patch helps with the crazy motion sickness if I am in a migraine cycle What has helped sometimes: occipital nerve block by the neuro, occipital release by the PT. Since we found that the Effexor works as a preventative, I probably have 1 a week or maybe every couple of weeks. This is a VAST improvement from my life this time last year. And, they are less severe when they occur and I am able to treat them with the Naprosyn/Phenergan instead of being completely incapacitated. I went to a specialized headache center that came up with this plan (my neuro referred me there and manages me now)
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04-15-2014, 08:15 AM | #11 |
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Re: I want to hear your migraine story!
I have suffered from migraines since I was 7 years old.
As a teen, I got them daily for a while, and was prescribed a form of phenobarbital. I don't recommend it. :P I did a course of Biofeedback, which actually helped a lot, as I learned to recognize signs of fight or flight in my body and how to counteract them with my mind, to redirect blood flow away from my brain and other major organs. However, I still suffered with frequent migraines for at least 3 more decades. It often was a confluence of events or triggers, a three-care-pile-up as I liked it refer to it. Low pressure, ovulation/PMS/pregnancy, allergies, trigger foods, stress, exposure to cigarette smoke - whew, bad news. They have become far less frequent in the past few years (Maybe I get 2 a year now?), and I credit it to the following: - Taking lots of magnesium (500 mg - 1000 mg at night) - taking a good B-complex - exercise - Vitamin D - Epsom salt baths - low sugar/low grains/sufficient protein intake (75 grams per day or more) If I take 800 mg ibuprofen before it becomes an out-of-control locomotive, I can sometimes head it off at the pass. Otherwise, I need 800-1000 mg ibuprofen + ice on my neck and head + silence + darkness + no movement. Honestly, most people would go to the hospital for the pain levels I have sometimes endured, but the thought of moving to a car, then to a place with bright lights, noice, and people completely shuts down that option. Peppermint oil on the temples and scalp sometimes helps, and sometimes a warm bath w/ Epsom salts an ice pack on the head can also help, but don't stay too long. Caffeine sometimes helps - like Excedrin migraine or Advil migraine _ coffee, if I can keep anything down. Also, vomiting often helped in the past, but now triggers migraines for me.
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04-15-2014, 09:51 AM | #12 |
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Re: I want to hear your migraine story!
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04-15-2014, 10:22 AM | #13 |
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Re: I want to hear your migraine story!
On phone but do t want to forget to answer.
Short: Tried every migraine med available at the time (11 years ago) I reacted negatively to the whole famy of meds. I was put on a daily maintenance med that I also reacted to even though it was a different family of meds. Insert 2 more pregnancies and years of suffering w/0 relief multiple times a week. Finished having babes & nursing so I was desperate for another option . Started taking feverfew daily. Reduced frequency by at least half to 75%. Still got migraines from atmospheric and season changes as well as light sensitive. Learned to somehow function under severe pain. Fast forward years to when I did the candida diet (and the full week cleanse) as a support to my husband and didn't even realize I hadn't had a headache on e until we were 3 months in! That was more than a year ago and I have had exactly 2 migraines since then! I was always sensitive to headaches from my early teens. They jumped to migraines when I stopped being a vegetarian and had babies. I am now almost a vegetarian again (flexitarian) I absolutely do not eat beef. It is my only 100% guaranteed food trigger. I am sensitive to some certain oils/frid foods. We only use olive oil or coconut oil in our house bc of my sensitivity. It also helped to have a blood pa bel done and find out where I was with everything there. I need to take vit b & d regularly. W/o my pre-migraine symptoms come back. I have to be careful about food coring and how much sugar I consume too. In the end nothing tastes good enough for me to be willing to risk a migraine knowingly ever again. ---------- Post added at 01:22 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:19 PM ---------- I forgot to say that other than my daily vitamins I do not take anything g anymore for migraines! And the vitamins are for more than the migraines they help my overall function and health. |
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04-15-2014, 12:24 PM | #14 |
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Re: I want to hear your migraine story!
I late 2007 and into 2008 I started getting daily migraines. In the beginning they occurred primarily in the evening but by about January or February 2008 they were primarily during the day. I missed a lot of work because of them and in spring of '08 McDonald's (workplace) insisted I had to see a doctor. Doctor confirmed migraines and told me to take Advil Liquid gels. The pills took the edge off allowing me to work but I was always nauseated.
This continued until I was diagnosed with Celiac disease in September 2008 after having more major stomach issues. I hadn't expected that to be related but shortly after going gluten free they completely went away except for the monthly hormonal ones. |
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04-15-2014, 03:45 PM | #15 |
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Re: I want to hear your migraine story!
I get really bad headaches, but never thought they were migraines because I wasn't lying in a dark room. Nine years ago, I had an aura and had my friend drive b/c it was weird.
Shortly after that during supper I couldn't speak clearly, and it freaked me out. I had a CAT scan, and they saw nothing. A year ago, I had another aura followed by a mild headache. I haven't thought they were migraines because most of the time, if I take an ibuprofen, it knocks it out. I hate taking meds. Mine are better with pressure on my temples, so I have hacky sack/rice juggling balls I made DH and I tie them onto my head with my bathrobe belt. Cold helps too. I threw up this summer with one, and a GCM who was visiting said it looked like a migraine. I have been super nauseous a couple times this winter. |
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