How do I get ride of a migraine?

Answer 1

My friend says it works if you put one foot in hot water and the opposite hand in ice water the pain will go away.

Answer 2

First off if you haven't seen your doctor about your migraines you should. But for a temporary fix at home: take an ice pack and lay it across the back of your neck and then place a cold compress across your eyes. This will feel good at both places and will also ease the nausea you may be feeling. I suggest lying down in a very dark and quiet room so you can relax. Cover up and you will go to sleep. This will work. Also, the best over the counter migraine medicine (and I have tried them all) is Excedrin Migraine GelTabs. I take those when I am out of my prescription Imitrex.

Answer 3

There is no one remedy which works for all patients. There are many kinds of headaches, and until your doctor makes a correct diagnosis, and prescribes a program for treatment, all you can do is make yourself more comfortable.

Obviously, many of the answers you have received are common, and warmth, ice, darkness, quiet, are all important; however, people often think they have migraine when they have something entirely different, so these may not help you.

Your first step is to see a doctor, and go from there. Having had migraines since I was three years old, (thank God for an early diagnosis) and having been a test participant for many pharmaceutical products (none of which worked for me), I strongly urge you to see your physician NOW, and determine the cause of your severe pain.

I wish you well in your search for help, and pray that your pain will lessen.

Answer 4

First of all Head On DOES NOT WORK! I get severe migraines all the time and it doesn't help what so ever. The best over the counter med for migraines is Advail migraine, it works for me every single time. Also after taking them lie down in a dark quiet room. I guarantee you it will help.

Answer 5

When you have an unstable occlusion and one of the teeth, specially molars, contacts before all the other ones, causes your maxillar to slip and actually "crash" against your head (to be more specific, the joint goes through a violent contact). That sort of contact hurts the organs inside your ear cavity and causes pain, which reflexes from around the ear to, in many cases, around the eye, all that area may go through pain.
This usually has its peaks when the person goes through a stressing situation, because stress causes that the chewing muscles get contracted much harder than usual.
When this get pretty serious, the pain can go even to the back of the head and even all around, since sometimes both sides may be affected.
Migraine itself is not as common as people think, only they tend to think is a migraine when it actually is a dental problem.
Advice: try going to a dentist, someone specialized on occlusion, get a check out and start getting this annoying situation out of your life.
Regards, Lifeguard.

Answer 6

Don't laugh, but this is a very old remedy for migraines. Soak strips of brown paper (like the paper bags in grocery stores) in brown vinegar and place on your forehead. Then lay down in a dark room for a bit. I promise you this will knock your migraine out in a matter of minutes.

Answer 7

Headache is a pain in the head, scalp or neck. Headaches can be
caused by minor problems like eyestrain, lack of coffee or more
serious reasons like head injury, brain tumors, encephalitis and
meningitis. Taking painkillers continuously can have harmful side
effects, so it is better to modify your lifestyle. More information
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Answer 8

falling asleep is hard, but it seems to take away my migraines. take a hot shower and 50mg of benadryl. works for me.

Answer 9

they say use cold water on a towel i use hot water though and it helps much better also go to doc and ask to get prescription of maxalt gl ps rest in darkness

Answer 10

Go to a dark place, close your eyes and rest.

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