Does anyone have a migraine cure?

Question

or at least something which helps them.

Answer 1

try herbal supplements.

Answer 2

At one time, aspirin was almost the only available treatment for headaches. Now there are drugs specifically designed to treat migraines. Several drugs commonly used to treat other conditions also may help relieve migraines in some people. All of these medications fall into two classes:

Pain-relieving medications. These stop pain once it has started.

Preventive medications. These reduce or prevent a migraine headache.

Choosing a preventive strategy or a pain-relieving strategy depends on the frequency and severity of your headaches, the degree of disability your headaches cause and other medical conditions you may have. You may be a candidate for preventive therapy if you have two or more debilitating attacks a month, if you use pain-relieving medications more than twice a week, if pain-relieving medications aren't helping or if you have uncommon migraines.

(More info on these two strategies at the site listed below)

Self-care measures can help ease the pain of a migraine headache. Try these headache helpers:

Keep a diary. A diary can help you determine what triggers your migraines. Note when your headaches start, how long they last and what, if anything, provides relief. Be sure to record your response to any headache medications you take. Also pay special attention to foods you ate in the 24 hours preceding attacks, any unusual stress, and how you feel and what you're doing when headaches strike. If you're under stress, tell your doctor.

Try muscle relaxation exercises. Progressive muscle relaxation, meditation and yoga don't require any equipment. You can learn them in classes or at home using books or tapes. Or spend at least a half-hour each day doing something you find relaxing — listening to music, gardening, taking a hot bath or reading.

Get enough sleep, but don't oversleep. The average adult needs seven to nine hours of sleep a night.

Rest and relax. If possible, rest in a dark, quiet room when you feel a headache coming on. Place an ice pack wrapped in a cloth on the back of your neck and apply gentle pressure to painful areas on your scalp.

Answer 3

There's lots of things you can do:
Use an ice bag
Lay in a quiet darkened room
Take a piping hot shower
Try to figure out the cause of the migraine, sometimes eating nuts, chocolate and dairy products can spark a migraine. Emotional problems can cause them too.
Talk to your family doc to see if he can prescribe something like Imitrex or maxalt...try to stay away from narcotic pain meds- they cause rebound headaches.(trust me on that point, I learned the hard way.)
Is it a migraine or a tension headache? Migraines are typically one sided.

Answer 4

i too have a severe migraine honey! which i get once in a month or twice in a month!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! which gives hell lot of pain. But i have a ayurvedic balm which i apply on my forehead and take a tylenol and go to sleep it makes me a bit relief. Hoping that u also get some relief by getting sleep when u r attacked with migraine. NOt talking to anybody.

Answer 5

Going to call me crazy ... Cooooooold shower with little or no light. Just get in with the water cold enough you can stand it not freezing then slowly make it colder and colder and colder until it's about freezing cold .... does the trick for me every time get out when the paid is gone. Then take some Excedrin and lay down with the lights off.

Answer 6

Excedrin Migraine and soda with caffiene has helped. Also, a cold pack on the head can help.

Answer 7

Advil Migrane.
Caffiene
Sleep

That's pretty much it. Catch it early, you have a better chance of getting rid of it before its bad. Other than that, sleep it off.
Sorry you have a migrane, I had one a while ago too.

Answer 8

my daughter hits the protein and caffeine. usually in the form of peanuts and a dr. pepper. it usually stops it if caught early enough. if it doesn't, she takes an over the counter for migraines and sleeps it off.

Answer 9

a good night sleep.

i use one of those homedics massagers set to the highest level and rub it on my temples, enough for my whole face to vibrate and jiggle. but it numbs the migraine away, or a toothache.

Answer 10

i was prescribed apo amnitryptaline years ago for migranes, i took one every night before i went to bed for two months. i never had a migrane headache again.
amnitryptaline is an anti-depressant but doctors use it to treat migranes to, don't worry its dirt cheap

Answer 11

Very funny!