Migraines

[demonglitter]

Ok here is the deal. I have been getting migraines every single day, and nothing seems to help. I have tried everything from motrin, aleve, tylenol, and excedrine migraine. Well the other day i took the excedrine migraine all day because it was really bad, well I forgot to eat something, in the late afternoon I was feeling nauseus and had the shakes, come to find out the excedrine is loaded with caffine. Does any one know anything else that might work, any thing over the counter or herbal??? Please let me know.....I feel like an alien is about to pop out the back of my skull

[HM-PuFFNSTuFF]

-- Have a bath or shower.
-- Lie down to rest in a dark room.
-- Avoid bright or flashing light.
-- Put something cold on the back of your neck, such as
a cold, wet cloth; or alternate hot and cold cloths
where the pain is.
-- Put a cold compress on your forehead and your feet in a
container of warm water.
-- Have a drink of water or natural juice, especially tomato juice.
-- Have some food, or a nutritious drink, if you
haven't eaten for a while.
-- Massage your own face, head, neck and shoulders, or get someone
else to do those and your back. Relax your muscles.
-- Press on two pressure points at the back of the neck. These
points are about two inches apart, just below the base of
the skull. Press for a minute or two. This releases
endorphins that help against pain.
-- Massage or press on the fleshy area between thumb and
forefinger.
-- Gently lean the head to left or right to stretch the neck muscles.
Massage and relax any tense muscles.
-- Avoid sources of stress. Cancel activities so there's less
to worry about.
-- Avoid exercise during a headache if it makes throbbing pain
in the head and neck worse. On
the other hand, generally exercise improves health, and
it may help you relax during a headache.
-- Take some niacin (a form of vitamin B3). Taking enough
niacin to cause a flush (blood rushing to the skin) can
provide relief from headache pain, but this much niacin
can also have side effects (flush, nausea, heartburn,
liver damage, etc.) Niacinamide doesn't have such bad
side effects, but isn't as much use against migraines, either.
Smaller, safer amounts of niacin are also helpful.
Niacin can trigger a migraine, though.
-- Take some vitamin C, vitamin B6, choline, tryptophan and niacin
and/or magnesium.

[demonglitter]

Thanks for your suggestions, I will give them a go. I just dont know what to do any more, like I said, I feel like my head is about to explode

[Canidae]

I'm shocked that you didn't include "-- Smoke a joint" in your list of remedies to Semenspitter :icon28:

[demonglitter]

Well, I dont smoke weed or do any kinds of drugs so it wouldnt have been helpful.

[Dark Metal]

Smoke a joint.

[demonglitter]

lol

[Dark Metal]

Is something that usually happens to you?

[HM-PuFFNSTuFF]

I'm shocked that you didn't include "-- Smoke a joint" in your list of remedies to Semenspitter :icon28:

I'm not.

[HM-PuFFNSTuFF]

Is something that usually happens to you?

uh oh he's reverted to Russian DM

[Dark Metal]

Da.

[4days]

start doing everything you can to avoid getting another headache. things like:

eat enough.

drink enough.

sleep enough (but not too much).

avoid caffeine, artificial sweeteners, processed meat, cheese, chocolate and taking too many painkillers (they can cause another headache, although google may reveal that i'm talking shite),.

and smoke a joint

[demonglitter]

What you mean.....is the migraines something that usually happens to me? If so then yes, I have been getting them really bad for a little over a year now. It started right after all of the hurricanes in our area, and we had a serious mold problem in the store I was working in. Well, I attributed my new found allergies (constant colds, couldnt wear my contacts anymore, always sick, the headaches) to the mold. Well I changed jobs last april and am still having problems. I joke and say I have a tumor, but with my luck I wouldnt doubt it. Sometimes it gets so bad that I cant function like I would want to. Cant do stuff with the kids and what not. Also, I just had surgery two weeks ago for something else, so I am a little weary about what I take, just mainly sticking to over the counter stuff, while I am still healing. But I will take puff-n-stuffs advice and do the bath and go to bed early tonight. Gonna soak for a while in the dark and go straight to bed. Thanks

[Sanction]

Its always better to ask people on the internet, rather than a doctor.

[Captain]

She needs to give a blowjob.

[Big Kahuna Burger]

ask your doctor (or neurologist if you have access to one) about Maxalt. Its perscription but it stops my migraines dead in their tracks.

[Sanction]

Maxalt made me sick as hell. Imitrex works, but the side effects I get don't offer much benefit over the mild headaches.

[Canidae]

She needs to give a blowjob.

And by that you mean take the cock out her ear that is giving her the headache, right?

Sorry to be giving you all this attention...so how does it feel to be a battered Q3W forum? :evil:

[mrd]

I somehow doubt you're having an actual migraine.... I thought migraines were supposed to be so intense that you hallucinated and you could barely even move, etc and any form of light is equivalent to someone stabbing you in the face with a 30" knife.

[Geebs]

Migraine's usually a unilateral headache with/without aura; may be associated with nausea and vomiting; occasionally associated with neurological signs (e.g. weakness of a specific part of the body) usually comes on over 10ish minutes and lasts about an hour. Many sufferers have a first degree relative.

It sounds more like you have headache secondary to overuse of painkillers and I'd start to try cutting them out; lose the migraine-specific ones first as they don't sound like they're doing anything.

That said, anyone with severe, unremitting (never, ever goes away at all) headache for more than a week or so should get themselves checked out by a doctor; anyone who has a sudden onset (reaches peak severity in seconds) severe headache should get themselves to the emergency room.

[CitizenKane]

Is something that usually happens to you?

uh oh he's reverted to Russian DM

:olo::olo::olo::olo::olo::olo::olo:

[LawL]

Migraine's usually a unilateral headache with/without aura; may be associated with nausea and vomiting; occasionally associated with neurological signs (e.g. weakness of a specific part of the body) usually comes on over 10ish minutes and lasts about an hour. Many sufferers have a first degree relative.

It sounds more like you have headache secondary to overuse of painkillers and I'd start to try cutting them out; lose the migraine-specific ones first as they don't sound like they're doing anything.

That said, anyone with severe, unremitting (never, ever goes away at all) headache for more than a week or so should get themselves checked out by a doctor; anyone who has a sudden onset (reaches peak severity in seconds) severe headache should get themselves to the emergency room.

Yeah that's what I was going to say.

[MKJ]

fuck off semenspitter

[werldhed]

Geebs basically said this already, but drop the pain killers and got see a doctor. Even if it's just pain from muscle contraction or blood pressure, constant symptoms aren't a good sign. Go get a CT or something. At least it will narrow down the problem. Or... it might tell you something you really need to know right away...

[+JuggerNaut+]

ask your doctor (or neurologist if you have access to one) about Maxalt. Its perscription but it stops my migraines dead in their tracks.

..and now back to our regularly scheduled program.