I suffer from excruciating migraines, any ideas on how to stop them without resorting to pills?

Question

Okay, usually they are a result of a hangover but I've started getting them when I haven't touched a drop! Pills don't seem to work anymore so I want to try an alternative...... any ideas? Thanks in anticipation

Answer 1

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Answer 2

Make sure that you drink plenty of water every day, most headaches/migraines are caused by dehydration. If you drink tea/coffee at least try to reduce your intake - caffeine is a stimulant for migraine headaches, other foods to be wary of are cheese and chocolate, although yummy they also sadly are stimulants for migraine. If you can find a good reflexologist most certainly book an appointment, I suffer with migraine, but due to the above mentioned lifestyle changes and weekly reflexology sessions, I now only have an attack once a month rather than 3 times a week. If you don't fancy reflexology maybe acupuncture would help. I wish you all the best, migraines are pants!!!

Answer 3

I know you said you don't want pills but let me tell you that many people take Inderal LA (LA just means long acting). This pill is used by actors for stage fright, it is used for high blood pressure, it is used sometimes as an anti-anxiety enhancing agent along with other regimes, and it works great for migraines. You take it everyday, and you do not get migraines. (Well most people don't!) It doesn't matter if you don't have high blood pressure, etc. they just keep the dose lower. It belongs to a group of drugs called beta blockers and the journals really praise it for migraines, clinically, you see it prescribed alot. It is fairly reasonable. As with any other med, drinking does complicate the picture, and if you drink alot of wine sometimes there are nitrites/sulfites present that are "triggers." As mentioned by others, certain foods, such as cheeses, certain alcohols, smoked foods, etc are known culprits. Migraines can also be caused by spiking hormonal fluctuations. Sometimes the best thing is to journal. Keeping track of your activities, what you ate or drank, where you might be in your monthly cycle if you are a woman, all help in determining etiology. Good luck, migraines are bummers!

Answer 4

I had migraines that were awful and lasted for two days. I heard a doctor on the TV on the local channel say that people with migraines were low in magnesium. I looked up the recommended daily allowance and got some magnesium at the local drug store. It worked wonders. I no longer have a bit of migraine. Hope that by pills you did not mean vitamines.

Answer 5

As soon as you start to get a head ache lay down in a dark room until it goes away completely. Headaches are usually the first stage of a migraine.
If you can get rid of the migraine before it arrives you won't suffer from it!

Answer 6

After a car accident I suffered migraines 2-3 times a week. I went to an osteopath who referred me to an acupuncturist who gradually got them under control - hope that helps

Answer 7

There are many causes of headaches & migraines. I have found through my own experience that a MAJOR cause of headaches, and a contributing factor towards migraines, is dehydration. The brain is over 50% water. When people tell me they have a headache I get them to drink 1-2 pints of water immediately - and often as not their headache is gone within 20 minutes!!!! (Notice that no one made any money out of that piece of information).

Answer 8

I feel everyone who gets recurring migraines or chronic headaches should at least try a course of acupuncture. In many cases this will improve the situation. But, first of all make sure it's not caused by one of the common triggers - chocolate, cheese, coffee & red wine. Other non-drug treatments that can be helpful are the herb Feverfew or see a professional homeopath.

Answer 9

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Answer 10

Try Monavie - my son suffered from migraines for 10 years. He has been drinking Monavie since March 17th and had his last migraine on March 21st. Hasn't missed a day of school this year! It's been wonderful!! Visit my website for more info.

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Answer 11

My husband suffers from migraines and we find that prevention is better than cure. THere are many possible triggers, his is low blood sugar we think (if he doesn't eat at a certain time he'll ave a migraine). It could be hunger and low blood sugar (like my husband), alcohol, dehydration. There is a migraine support organisation and they have possible triggers on their website, work your way down the list to find your trigger and then you can do your best to avoid them!