migraines
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- DragKng0
After years of suffering I got a prescription for something from my doc... it's expensive($10 a pill), but it works!
- kev_charlton0
I've been suffering from em for a good two years. Was recently referred to a neurologist cos i was getting them twice a week and vomiting every time. Before being referred i'd been on 3 different drugs. The one i'm on now is by far the best and is called propranolol. Can also take amitriptiline. Apparently It should go after 6 months of these tablets....and it's already starting to get better.
People will give you so much advice (water, fresh air, coke) but I seriously tried everything and nothing worked...drugs are needed if they are serious migraines so see a doc straight away.
- Fanco0
I've been having migraines since high school. and i pretty much get the same symptomes as bauts106. my migraines are hereditary which sucks. meaning my kids will probably suffer the same crap as i do.
my upper left field of view gets blurry. then i get dizzy. the blurr moves into slowly the rest of my eye sight and then i become blind.
as soon as i see the blurry spot i immediatly drink lots of water and take 2 extra-strenght advils. regular strenght doesnt do anything to me anymore.
then right away. i lie down and rest. even if i am at work. i rest my head and close my eyes. your boss cannot force you to work under those conditions. if he buys a damn super chair for the lady with the small back problem, he can let you rest for 20 minutes because you're head is going to explode if you dont.
- -scarabin-0
Scarabin...that story is crazy, and pretty scary. What did the doctors say was wrong? Did this migrane flare up just come out of nowhere?
bauts106
(Apr 21 06, 10:39)the doctors and neurosurgeons never identified the cause, and actually had to make up a name for my condition because it was so rare.
they called it "ideopathic intercrainial hypertension"
"ideopathic" meaning "no fucking clue why" and "intercranial hypertension" meaning pressure in the head
but yeah, they basically came out of nowhere and thrust my life into hell for a year solid
- bauts1060
I should probably go to the doctor and get diagnosed and get some meds. I guess part of me, and this is really crazy, is worried I'm gonna go to the doctor, hes gonna put me in a CAT scan and they're gonna find an untreatable tumor the size of a handball in my brain. Stupid I know, my girlfriend who watches "Grey Anatomy" religeously probably doesn't help my plight either, seeing as every episode is about them finding a brian tumor in a patient who went in to get treated for a sprained ankle.
- kev_charlton0
nah, dont fret mate. I had a scan, its just procedure.
- fusionpixel0
the doctor, you shouldt go around with that stuff untreated
- taragee0
hey scarabin :)
i thougth min ewas coming back but thank gosh it was just some noserot
- tkmeister0
take time off?
- taragee0
yeah i had liek 4 catscans its the spinal taps that getcha :(!
- fluxismo0
hi gee
- Optmizm0
Last ditch effort for me is Excedrin, ice pack on neck and face, lie down in quiet, cool space and chill out. This sometimes works when Rx's don't.
Botox is a wonderful relief too, if insurance covers it. I've been getting it for about 7 years, every 3-4 months. It is incredible relief, until it wears off.
The shots that the above-referenced dad gives himself are most likely Imitrex, like an epi-pen. But you have to catch it before it knocks you down.
Barimetric pressure fluxuating could cause the pain also. I use to be able to predict storms.
For some reason Gatorade does help also.
Good luck!
- i_monk0
thanks for the feedback
I know my triggers and avoid all of them that I can (I can't control temperature/air pressure though.... yet). Last week was just bad, 4 migraines in 6 days by the end of it... a personal record.
I started getting them in college, about two a week over the summer and then they died back to about one a month, and then until last week they were almost once or twice a season.
anyway, things I've found help are almonds (unroasted, unsalted) and lots of water. Gastric stasis is what makes you throw up though, so after you reach a certain point with the migraine, anything that goes down is going to come back up.
- i_monk0
I've seen the doctor, he gave me pills that didn't work, took CAT scans that showed nothing...
- bauts1060
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.
- i_monk0
I got the CAT scans for other head-related reasons too.
- metallegwill0
Besides stress, many chemicals can cause migraines.
Sucks too cause they're all the good ones: nicotine, alcohol, caffeine, and some food preservatives.
They all swell the blood vessels in your brain and optical nerves.
- i_monk0
I'm "lucky" I guess, because my boss gets them too (more regularly) so he understands. I never go blind though, I just get the blurry crescent on the left.
- -scarabin-0
yeah, they'll probably do a spinal tap to check pressure
those are some freaky sumbitches
- brooke0
1. Keep yourself hydrated.
2. Keep your eyes off the computer screen. Go outside & look off into the distance.
3. Make sure it is 100% dark & quiet when you sleep at night. Sleep affects how you feel during the day, so make it peaceful.
4. Have your wife shoot you in the foot so your head won't hurt so much.
Love,
Brooke- 4. Have your wife shoot you in the foot with some H so your head won't hurt so much.horton