Does anyone have any remedies that work for migrane headaches?

Answer 1

First, see your doctor.

I used to get migraines pretty often. I had a CAT scan but no brain abnormality was found.

Just to be sure we are talking about migraine headaches and not cluster or tension headaches let me just review the symptoms of migraines as I experienced them.

It always started with a vision anomaly. I would develop a "blind spot" best described as a blurry blob right where my eyes would need to focus to read. My peripheral vision remained normal. This was my only warning that a migraine was coming. It usually took about thirty to sixty minutes until the pain hit.

Once the headache started, I could not stand light or sound. The best therapy was to take four Advil and go to bed in a quiet, dark and cool room. Try to get to sleep before the full blown headache hits. On occasions where I could not do this and the headache hit were miserable. I would become very sensitive to light, noise and motion. It would sometimes make me nauseous. Cold compresses to the forhead offered a little relief.

Please be sure that what you are experiencing are indeed, migraine headaches and not some other kind. No determination was ever made as to the cause of my headaches and I seem to have outgrown them once I was in my late forties. My father also was plagued with migraines until he was in his forties.

I also used to get many tension headaches which rarely happen anymore.

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Answer 2

First, are you sure it's a migraine? (One sided pain, gradual onset, possibly accompanied by sensitivity to light and sound, nausea...?) If it's been diagnosed as migraine, the best drug is Imigran, available on prescription or over the counter in the UK now. Try breaking a tablet in half as you may not need the full 50mg. An alternative remedy, helpful both in treatment of acute migraine and to prevent them occurring in the first place: Magnesium, 400 or 500 mg daily, taken with Vitamin B2 Ribloflavin or Vit B complex. Migraine can be provoked by food or drink - I haven't touched alcohol for decades, and also suspect potatoes and wheat. Other sufferers avoid citrus fruit, cheese and chocolate. Keep a diet & headache diary and you may spot the culprit. Good luck!

Answer 3

There is no medicine for H/A OR MIGRAINE. Not only these but for almost all painful diseases. Hence they become chronic.
Acidity, WORRY, excessive wind, cold , heat, sour food and sinusitis, constipation, intestinal inflammation;
Blockage in the flow of Vital Energy are their causes. None of them can be treated with medicine. Our 100% success in treating migraine &H/A confirms it.
Acupuncture is the best treatment. I can treat it with naturopathy and YOG, but how can you manage pl see.

Avoid late sleeping if possible;spicy, sour, stale bakery foods and alcohole.
Sweet foods, COCOANUT WATER,sweet fruits, milk, rice, SPROUTS, SALADS and good sleep will help you.
But you try one herbal remedy- two drops of drumstick leaves' juice in opposite nostril if one side pains and both nostrils if full H/A will give you rescue. Betel leaf helps but it isvery strong.
If it is acute pl search a painful point 3-6 mm behind your thumb nail and press it, H/A will disappear within 30 seconds.

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Answer 4

Excedrin Migraine works for mine...I even only need 1 pill rather than the recommended 2.

Answer 5

yes. migrane medicine. but if u get migranes often i would see a neurologist