Migraine Headaches Treatment

I’d say according to your scale mine mine is 4 1/2 every day sometimes 5 and 6 but you never listed higher nor 1/2′s so I had to do a 1/2.  : )  Believe it or not I am not a pain pill person.  My husband says I’m nuts for suffering.  I have tons of [...]

Hey, I wanted to tell you real quick that when I was in the er almost three months ago, I orginally went the first night because my migraine was so bad.  I had to go back to a different er the night after that because they did a spinal tap the first night, but did [...]

It hasn’t been until the last almost three months without the everyday migraines anymore that no matter what I do, I am still extremely tired all of the time.  I thought that this would get better with time, seeing as how I was in bed most of 2002 because I was so sick, but absolutely [...]

I noticed that they are not very common, but I’m hoping someone here will know about them. Here’s her questions: How long after the initial episode does the lack of concentration, weakness, confusion, etc. last? What treatments have worked? Does anyone experience tremors after the episodes are over? What do you take for the headache [...]

I am here speaking on the behalf of my mother and not myself.  She has been experiencing for quite some months a persistent sort of headache which occurs mostly in the morning. Sometime it gets so intense she gets nauseous and vomits continuously. The only sort of medicament that seems to work with her is [...]

Okie I have a question. I am having Aura all the time. I’ve been on Verapamil 180mg, twice a day for a week now. Do you guys think this will go away the more Verapamil gets in my system, or is this something i’m just gonna have to live with? God it’s so annoying. Anyone [...]

I take muscle relaxers every day. They help a lot as my neck and shoulder muscles get really tight, which, of course, ends up triggering a migraine. I’ve managed to stay off narcotics for about a year now. (It took a very long time for me to get off of them.) I don’t take any [...]

Has anyone tried eating ice cream thelp with a migraine? I eat ice cream, popsicles, fudgecicles, ice cream sandwiches. They all make me feel a little better. It’s like reverse brain freeze. When I feel a little achy, like a migraine may be on its way, I eat something cold and it helps.

My Doctor gives me Vicoden to take when I feel like I need to go to the ER.? He wants me to stay out of the ER if possible.? When I went there they would not give me any pain meds at all, just droperidol and something for nausea (which didn’t even work for me [...]

Are there any B vitamins besides Riboflavin that are or could be implicated in migraines or in headaches similar to migraines? I ran out of my Balanced B-100 vitamins and just like a year or so ago when I ran out of prenatal vitamins, I’ve had almost 10 days straight of bouncing between full blown [...]

Is it possible to get disability for migraines, I have wondered this for a long time, people I’ve talked to who dont have migraines says its really hard, since i’ve had them for over 20 yrs, and cant hold down a job, didn’t know if this was possible. Like I said before, I dont know [...]

My sister has menstral migraines and her gynocologist says IUD’s really work for those. He is putting one in her tomorrow. I hope it works. She’s praying it does. Has anyone tried this before? They refuse to let her do the patch you all have tried. I think I have told you what they said [...]

Does anyone get really dizzy during a mirgraine? I get so dizzy sometimes i just have to lay still and not move for about an hour. i am thinking until my brain adjusts or whatever!! It is the worst feeling in the world. Most people would run to the ER. I actually have and was [...]

okay, I came off birth control in April, had a regular period until Aug.13th, havn’t had once since. They say to give it to 6-12 months. I was on the pill. I came off to see if it helped my migrianes. and it did until last months. I have been down most of this week [...]

Has anyone ever taken expired imitrex? I just got some samples that are expired from my neuro. She said they won’t hurt me but they won’t be as potent. I usually get 50mg and I cut them in half. She gave me 100mg. I think I am going to try to cut them in half [...]

that I haven’t had to “doctor shop” around;  in fact, I’ve had the same PCP for 18 years, and the same neurologist for 4 years now. Here’s the strategy that I used. Once I’d spent 3.5 years trying all of the “normal” migraine preventatives and rescue meds, and following the “migraine rules”, and I still [...]

Hello! My husband (who’s a migraine sufferer — I am, too), started on Lipitor a few weeks ago & has had a migraine for 21 days!!! Have any of you had a similar reaction?? He’s been examined by some specialists, who have discounted the Lipitor connection (though they have ascribed no other causes). He’s otherwise [...]

Ggrandmother who has had visual migraines for 40 years! I have always had an aura, beginning as a tiny spot in my field of vision and expanding with flashing edges and moving out of my field of vision. A slight headache follows and some tiredness. Entire episode takes roughly and hour and would occur 4-5 [...]

I was right in the middle of a horrible hormonal one today, firing at both temples. 5 hours later my triptan still hadn’t worked, when I suddenly got a vice like, crushing pain – all over the back of my head. It really felt unbearable like my head was going to explode. I took two [...]

I’ve gotten migraines since ’92. my first time i had no pain at all, but lost vision from my left eye (it’s almost always my left eye) and was nauseated, it scared me to death, i thought i was going blind at 19 for no apparent reason, lol. anyway, i’ve been thru so many tests [...]

Ok, as often seems to happen in my life if anything good happens something else (at least one something) goes haywire. I’ve been put on lexapro in addition to the zonegran and I’m FINALLY seeing some improvement in my migraines – the hormonal ones are shorter, milder and I’ve even skipped one. Mostly I’m now [...]

I just wanted to introduce myself. My name is Rina and I have been getting migraines since I was 12. I used to take Fiornal and had no idea how good my migraines were until about four years ago when they changed for the worse. I am 38 now and last month I had 12 [...]