Migraines HELP!?

Question

how do i get rid of my migraines wit out using medication?? i just recently was hospitalized because of it and passed out.. please help and if anyone knows any home remedies then please please let me know!!

Answer 1

Often folks find that medications are needed - especially if they're severe enough to require a trip to the hospital.

If, however, you want to take a crack at managing them without medications, I'd suggest paying attention to seeing if there are specific things that trigger your headaches. Many folks with migraines will notice triggers but unfortunately, the triggers vary from person to person. Common ones include alcohol, menses, stress, relief from stress (e.g. just completing finals week at university), lack of sleep, chocolate, and withdrawal from caffeine. Obviously, if you can identify a trigger, you can take steps to avoid it in the future.

If you are on other medications, you may want to go over the list with your doctor to see if there are any that might be increasing the severity and frequency of your headaches. Birth control pills are a common such offender.

Best of luck to you!

Answer 2

I too am a migraine victim ( though I haven't had one in a long time ) and I haven't yet heard of any home rememdies, and I'm sure there must be some homeopathic remedies.
I know you don't want medication, but if there is something about your migraines that comes just before they actually hit you full force, I can give you some advice.
I'm fortunate enough to be able to "see" my migraines before thay hit me. Basically I get bad distortions in my vision ( like a backlit fan ) and if I take two plain aspirin right then, it'll go away in 15-20 minutes, and it'll never become full blown. Otherwise, it puts me out of commission for a good portion of the day. The nausea is horrendous, and bright lights kill me during that time.
So, maybe if you have some sort of tell tale giveaway trait like that, you can hopefully do the same. Hope this helps.

Answer 3

I do get migraines. I got a medical discharge from the military because of them. Everyone suffers from migraine syndrome differently, in some way, but the typical symptoms are: 1. Ache/throb on one side of the head 2. Sensitivity to light 3. Sensitivity to sound 4. Nausea, etc. I personally also have a sensitivity to smell, and tend to lose some of my equilibrium as well. Most people feel better sitting or lying down in a cool, dark room. Some people need caffeine, others find that their headaches are triggered by it. One of the first things to do is to figure out what gave you the headache in the first place and try to steer clear of that (those) thing(s). I usually end up sleeping mine off. I hope this helps...

Answer 4

Sadly, you can't really 'get rid' of migraines. The best thing to do is go to the doctor and get something that will help. I take Sumatriptan whenever I feel one coming on, but although it eases the pain quite a lot, I still need to lie down in a dark room and sleep for 8 hours!

You can get little pad things to stick on your head. They're cold and don't leave stickiness. You get them in packs of four but you can reuse each one. I found that they helped a bit, but now I can't look at them without feeling ill!

The best thing to do is always to lie down in a dark, quiet room and sleep!

Hope this helps.

Answer 5

Cold compresses usually help - if you go to http://www.activeforever.com , then search under "imak", there are a variety of aids and wraps that will help. The Hot and Cold Therapy Wrap works really well as does the ErgoBeads Eye Pillow. That website has a lot of solutions for things like migraines and pain in general. Hope it helps you out

Answer 6

There is no medicine for H/A OR MIGRAINE. Not only these but for almost all painful diseases. Hence they become chronic.
Acidity, WORRY, sadness, excessive wind, cold , heat, sour food and sinusitis, constipation, intestinal inflammation; drug side effects, stress, bad smell, TV & COMPUTER SOMETIMES,
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.

Pain killers don't treat the pain but we loose the sense of pain for some time; in that duration our body itself treats sometime and credit goes to meds.
The useless drugs have tremendous power of side effects.
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 if cough is not there.

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 is very 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.

It may disappear naturally too.

Source(s):
SHREE SWASTHYAYOG TREATMENT, TRAINING & RESEARCH INSTITUTE
R.H. 19, Jhulelal Society, Sector 2/E, Airoli, Navi Mumbai, INDIA.

Answer 7

Wrap ice in towels and pack your head in them while laying in a dark room, it's the only thing besides Imitrex that works for me.