migraines
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I started suffering from migraines my freshman year of college, my kid brother has been a sufferer since he was a baby. For those of you that have never experienced a migrane, its got to be one of the worst pains imaginable. I've had migranes that have caused me to vomit they were so bad. Do you have any triggers or signals that youre about to get one? For me, I start to see an aura or like a kaliedescope effect around my periferals, they eventually get worse until I pretty much have a blind spot. It goes away in about 15 minutes and then the migrane hits. Theres a few things that I found to help considerably:
1. At the onset of a migrane, chug water. Just drink as much water as you can hold down. I drink about 6 full glasses of water in a few minutes. This will help a lot for some reason, but you'll have to piss like a racehorse for a few hours, so it sucks if youre at work or traveling.
2. Just put your head down and close your eyes for at least 15 minutes. Again, you might not be able to do this if youre at work, but sometimes this helps me.
3. Advil. Pop about four and drink a whole gatorade. This worked for me for about a year or two, it doesnt anymore.
4. Hot shower. If you happen to get one while youre at home, stand in the shower with the water hitting your head for about 30 min. Sometimes my headaches are so bad that this is the only thing that helps.
5. Maxolt (?) my fiancee's dad takes this medication that he got in mexico. Its too expensive here in the states and i think in Mex. it costs like 10 bucks a pill. A small price to pay if you got a bad headache. I know it sounds shady taking meds from south of the border, but if youre in serious pain , I'd try anything.
My mom works with a woman who gets migranes sometimes for a week straight, doctors dont understand why. Theyre so bad that she has to take regular sebaticals from work. Whats even stranger is doctors still dont understand completely why people get them.
Good luck man, I know exactly how you feel.