What's faster than a speeding migraine?

Question

Tylenol can't touch it, it laughs in the face of Imitrex, and chews up Medrol (steroids) like candy and mocks me, a foolish mortal, for daring to come against it.

I'm on day 10 of the migraine, day 5 of the Medrol regimen, if anything worse then when it started. Ice packs, naps, dark rooms, silence, stillness, soft music, no music, warm, cool, showers, washclothes of any temperature, fan blowing on me, fan off, (typing with my eyes closed) - this is a steel-reinforced, diehard, sonofajackal migraine.

Had a similar one last year, but last year the Medrol got rid of it. Both times the migraine was precipitated with a convulsive episode (non-seizure, MRI & EEG show nothing) and came with the last two fingers on my left hand going to sleep - and staying that way. Last year's convulsion thingy was late June, this year's early September. Am not able to come up with a commonality between them that is not a consistent in my life..

betatesterwood, I'm 43, overweight female - used to get frequent migraines, but 50mg zinc 2x/day prevents them now. These two, last year and this year, are different. They're like supercells. But thanks for the though!

Oh - and caffeine is a temporary fix, just like the ice packs. When the caffeine wears off the headache is worse than before - or at least feels that way. And I avoid caffeine in general - it was one of the things that used to trigger my migraines. But again, thanks for the suggestion.

E C, I have a call in to my neurologist - no openings any time soon, waiting for her to call back. EEG and MRI last year (done because of migraine) were clean - she even said I have a beautiful brain, lol. Your suggestion of going to the ER might be the only solution at this point. (Last year's migraine was every day for three months. It wasn't constant, but it visited every day.) This one is constant, day and night, the pain wakes me up sometimes. Docs are at a loss what test to run next, they've pretty much done what they could.

Answer 1

IF you are on day 10 and the medrol and imetrex are not working, I think you need to call you doctor or go to the ER. When was the last time you had a Cat scan of you head. If this migraine is different from the others I would tell your doc. It could be something else.
Feel for you, Have had similiar problems....Good luck.

Answer 2

I just today got over 5 days with a migraine. Talk to your doctor about Midrin. Its a strong anti inflammatory med in the same class as ibuprofen but way more effective. Trust it is worth a try. You should also have some narcotic pain pills on hand because they will allow you to be semi functional. Make sure that you are not in a stuffy place. If all else fails go to the ER and they will give you pain meds. Sometimes you just have to break the cycle to stop the mi grain. The midrin works like crazy better than any migraine meds. I have given them to several of the family members who also suffer from this curse and it has worked for each and every one of them. I suffered for 5 days because I was out and my doc was not in town. I had to rely on vicoden to get me through. However, i got my midrin today and within an hour I was back to normal.

Answer 3

Try going to a craniofacial pain specialist. It could also be some sort of problem with your blood vessels. What is your health like? How old are you, etc.

It could be from lack of sleep, such as sleep apnea. Possible problem with your blood or lungs oxygenating the blood.

alot of times middle-aged men have the same problem, and it goes away with a loss of weight and some excercise!! I don't know if you are looking for a short term - medicine- or a long term solution for it. You may still have iron deficiencies in your blood, which would mean not enough red blood cells to carry oxygen to the brain.

Answer 4

Food allergys,can cause migraine headaches.The herb feverfew may help,but most likely to get relief,you need to cut out certain foods.The most common offenders,are gluten,which is in wheat and some other grains.Corn,corn syrup is in everything,Dairy is another common offender.Avoid artificial ingredients.If you eat only one of these offending foods,you are likely to have less pain,if you are eating all of these things then,probably nothing will help,except avoiding the foods.At leat give it a try for a few weeks and see if it helps.

Answer 5

faster speeding migraine

Answer 6

Pain killers don't cure the pain but you loose the sense of pain and in the meantime body itself cures sometimes.
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; drugs,
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; worry, spicy foods, sour fruits, 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 7

OK BC powder mixed in a cup of coffee. or crushed aspirin in the coffee. when you have a migraine head ache the blood vessels constrict the blood flow. caffeine helps deliver the medicine to the effected area.

Answer 8

Ive had bad migraines and tried alot. Relpax seems to work along with oxygen - doctor has to prescribe both