without taking any meds the doc give me midrin i have not tried it yet but i have tried imatrex and it made me sick
2007-01-11 13:38:52 · 34 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Other - Health
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2007-01-11 13:46:21 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
I have migraines almost daily. If Imitrex made you sick, you may still want to try Excedrin Migraine or ask your doctor about some preventative medications (Fiorinal helped me some) to take when you feel the onset of a headache.
I understand you not wanting to stick to pills, however. They rarely did much for me. I eventually had to move on to Botox injections but that was after a few years of this. Lie down in a dark room when the headache comes, try to go to sleep even. If it's not that severe, you may want to try alternately putting something cooling and something warm on your head, wherever the pain is. I had a friend who suffered the same thing and he used to put his head under warm water and then cool water to confuse the nerves and stop them from sending waves of pain throughout the skull. It sounds crazy but it works. Now you may just want to switch from a cold pack to a heating pad on your forehead and temples. Try to be in a place where there is no to very little noise and just keep a candle on at most.
I hope this helps!
2007-01-11 13:56:35 · answer #2 · answered by Me, Thrice-Baked 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
imitrex is for migraines, if your headaches are this bad then you have your work cut out for you.
Peppermint tea is a great therapy for headache pain and it causes no intestinal distress.
A foot massage can accomplish the same thing as an all over body massage without all the work.
My first boyfriend's mom used to get migraines and she would take a dishtowel and wrap it around her head and then tighten it by cranking the ends around a wooden spoon. Like a vise, she would increase the pressure to keep her head from feeling like it would explode.
Jaegermeister liqueur has licorice and it is a tonic used by Swiss and German old timers for over a century if you can tolerate alcohol.
Migraines are debilitating and not to be ridiculed.
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2007-01-11 13:47:27 · answer #3 · answered by cubcowboysgirl 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
While many of the answers will defiantly alleviate the headache, none of them will prevent the headache from returning. What was the cause? Most headaches are tension headaches, and for that the remedy is water intake, stretching and massage.
Yep, once a month massages (by a trained massage therapist) has helped me a lot with what i use to think where migraine headaches, but were just really (really) bad tension headaches!
2007-01-11 13:45:51 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Drink plenty of water before even getting a headache. It's a preventative measure.
But if you have serious problems I don't know. Massage?
2007-01-11 13:41:28 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
You can get over the counter medicine called "Head-On" it is in a tube (like lip balm) you just rub it on the forehead. I have taken Midrin before and it works great. I didn't have any side affects, but everyone is different. You can also try drinking something with caffeine in it, sometimes this will help.
2007-01-11 13:44:35 · answer #6 · answered by Renka 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Try darvocet I have migrains to and davvocet A500 works.
Midrin is usually ok, but I prefer narcotic painkillers because they really do work.
Imatrex has a lot of side effects so i'm not surprised you got sick.
2007-01-11 13:43:06 · answer #7 · answered by evilive 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the health food store has something called white flower
some chinese herb shops have it too.
small bottle cost about $5, but lasts along time.
you put some on your forehead and the back of your neck, and after it kicks in, about 2 to 5 minutes, you feel great.
smells like menthol, but it's great when you go to bed, you might not want to wear it to work, or school or the mall
2007-01-11 13:44:09 · answer #8 · answered by You may be right 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Have u tried drinking more water? Dehydration can lead to major headaches. Pain tell you that something is wrong. =0
2007-01-11 13:42:22 · answer #9 · answered by cc ccddcdcdcdcccdcdc 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Rub your forehead with Vicks Vapo Rub
2007-01-11 13:42:14 · answer #10 · answered by Izzy 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i take two excedrin tension headache, then take a warm/hot shower and then lay down for about 30 min, it helps me.
2007-01-11 13:47:27 · answer #11 · answered by nene 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋