What has helped your Migraines?????????

Question

What treatment/medicine/foods/regime/herbs/teas etc etc have helped you cope with migraines?

I have finally discovered that after 6 years I have been having migraines. A loss of energy and fatigue is the immediate sign of impending migraine, as I become drowsy, forgetfull, confused, and then loss of speech or slurred speech follows, and "tunnel vision."

I am in contact with my GP at the moment concerning this and am looking for anyones tips advice etc regarding this health problem.

Answer 1

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Answer 2

imigran or migraleve (prescription medication in the UK) help especially when you go to a darkened room and have no sound or other distractions then rest for several hours.

to prevent a migraine can be difficult, you need to find out what if anything in your diet is causing them in the first instance. keep a food diary, then on days when you get a migrain go back 24 to 48hours to see what you ate. repeat this (keep it going) for at least six months). you should eventually be able to pin point a pattern to the migrain and the food you ate in the preceeding two days.
now start one by one avoiding these in your diet for a while (not altogether for ever) once you find a food stuff that causes the migrain avoid that in your diet. repeat untill all migrain causing foods are removed from your diet.

you should then find that you should not get migrains in the future.

i hope that makes sense. and your GP is the best place and person to go to!

good luck!

Answer 3

I had serious migraines for many years and even got sent to hospital for ct scan to see if there was a prob and after many many bad turns and even more pills I found out that mine were mainly caused by stress and the main stress in my life was my first hubby...so ta ta to him and the migraines stopped and yes I am serious. My mum on the other hand cant eat cheese, chocolate, tomatoes and alot of other spicy or strong flavoured food. I had the same symtoms as you...Do you have a stressful life?

Answer 4

Hi there. I was diagnosed as having migraines as well. I was prescirbed Midrin, which has worked wonders for me personally. Find out what your trigger foods are (mine are chocolate and some dairy foods). Also it really helps to keep a notebook of when you have one (write down the time of day, what you ate, what you were doing) it can help your Dr determine which type of migraine you are having and what medicine will help you the most.

Also be careful of rebound headaches (can happen when over-medicating an exisiting one), they are difficult to get rid out.

~m

Answer 5

I too have suffered with migraines for many years and have become immune to all the migraine pills available.
I now tend to find that laying on the opposite side where the migraine is takes alot of the pressure away and helps with sleeping faster.

Try it out tonight if you have one. Let me know if it works.
I swear by it

Answer 6

Fresh Ginger, at the onset of a migraine chew some fresh Ginger, it is hot! You do not have to swallow the Ginger just the juice. I found this remedy on the net many years ago from a book titled "Foods That Heal" I hope it works for you.

Answer 7

I have migraines, but simple sleep and Duradrin (or even Excedrin) helps for me.

My mother had extremely severe migraines for many years, she tried "Imitrex" which helped occasionally, but didn't solve the problem. Imitrex does help for many people, though. After trying "Topamax", on a relatively high-dose and after having it in her system for a few weeks---she describes it as a "miracle drug", she'd tried it once before but didn't have a high enough dose and hadn't been on it for long.

Especially with your symptoms, you may want to consult a neurologist who is much more knowledgable in migranes and potential differential diagnoses than a GP who I find nice and helpful, but not very knowledgable in specialty areas of medicine.

Other radical/experimental treatments include botox, magnesium injections, and implant devices.

Answer 8

Hiya, Poor you! I fully understand as I used to suffer horrendous migraines. I suffered for years and years, I remember my Mum coming to school and literally carrying me home, when I got home I was sick and had to go to sleep in a dark room, they carried on through my teens, adulthood, it got to point when I was having them atleast 4 times a month and a few months ago I had a migraine with aura, which at the time was mis-diagnosed as a T.I.A, mini stroke, very scary! I went numb and had pins and needles down left side of my body, the left side of my mouth drooped and I was slurring my speech, I had a horrible smell of burning and a weird taste in my mouth, my Husband took me to hospital and I was kept in over night, after alot of tests a T.I.A was ruled out and it was said I had had a migraine with aura!!! After lots of talks with GP, he decided to take me off the contraceptive pill (Celeste) and advised me to use a barrier method instead (Condom), he also prescribed Beta Blockers called Propranolol, he told me to take 2 x 40mg tablets a day but I felt sick and dizzy so he reduced the dose to 1 x 40mg a day instead, gradually we will build the dose back up to 80mg, since coming off the pill and taking these tablets I swear I havent had, even the slightest headache, let alone a migraine attack! I really hope your GP gets you sorted sweetie, there is nothing in the whole wide world thats as bad as a migraine!! Keep your chin up and keep in touch with your GP! Good luck xxx

Answer 9

Make sure to follow it up with your doctor, it may be epilepsy.
For my classic migraine -that is one with an "aura" or feeling that you will have a mugraine.getting off caffeine has helped immensely. You do not mention the pain, but avoiding sun exposure, nervous tension and fatigue helps. Taking a mid day nap helps also.

Answer 10

meds don't work on me when I've got the migraine but as soon as any sign of any kind it there I take just normal headache pills lay down in a dark room if posable most of the time they just go to a normal headaches at which I can cope however is dose not always work but the more I can miss the better....good luck

Answer 11

At this time my niece is suffering from "Cluster Migraines". She is presently trying different medications that are being prescribed by a physician to no avail.
Your migraine headaches may not be quite as severe and there are new medications to help this condition and they are generally quite successful. Keep trying.