Migraines?

[ChrystalPaths]

Ok, I've drunk alot of water, done my "thing", accupressure, liquid motrin and I STILL cannot get rid of this migraine! It feels like someone elses head not mine. Sound weird?, it is! Anyone having a problem? Maybe I'm sharing your pain? :new_shocked:

: Any and all ideas will be tried. I haven't had one of these babies since last June!

 

[Pepipony]

Yes, I feel your pain :no: Its an odd and rare day that I DONT have a headache, usually its just 'there' , but for a few weeks now its been going from there to migraine and back again. Advil Migraine is the only med, rx included, that will ever give me even the slightest bit of relief. I think this weather has everything so screwed up.

Try to double/triple team your headache, take Advil, Tylenol and another med form another group, all a couple hours apart. Sometimes this will help me. Also I will take something to make me sleep. Anything to get some relief. HUGS!!!! hope you get some relief soon

 

[justanothercowgirl]

Wow, Pepipony, I am a headache all the time girl too. You have to be one to understand that one! :new_shocked: Deb, I am sorry you are having such a bad time, I take a regular preventative med, but sometimes when I have a really bad one I will admit I take a bunch of stuff together, not that I am suggesting that you do that but I do know it feels when you just can't find relief! For me if it's really, really bad lying down is not an option I know that sounds wierd but if I can sit up quietly for a while sometimes that helps as well as a luke warm bath, not too hot or it will make it worse. Ice on the back of my neck and forehead for 10 minutes at a time...hope you feel better!!

 

[Miniv]

Other than the pain meds, laying down, low light, the only other thing to recommend are HOT compresses to the head.

Wish I could be more help.

MA

 

[Dona]

I feel your pain!

I have been plagued with Migraines my whole adult life (just as my Mother was).

And I had the HEAD BANGERS, I called them! The intense pain would literally have me banging my head on the wall or floor....I even once begged my hubby to hit me in the head with a sledge hammer to put me out of my misery. AND I WAS DEAD SERIOUS AT THE TIME!

: These headaches would last for 3 - 4 days...and I would be totally out of commission. Felt like my whole life was wasting away. :no:

After several years of torture...I finally found a doctor who cared & got me on meds to help "prevent" the migraines. It was a Godsend! I still have them once in a while...but now when one comes on...I just take Imatrex and it goes right away most of the time.

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[REO]

Please...... eat hot peppers the next time you feel one coming on. Cheyenne peppers. Even if you take tiny bits and swallow without chewing.

Just as a spoonful of yellow mustard will get rid of indigestion.

Coconut mararoon cookies for the runs.

These things work. Try it.

 

[ChrystalPaths]

Ok I'm game, I'll try most anything. Thanks so much.

 

[shane]

:saludando: IM ABLE TO JOIN IN THIS ONE, I HAVE MIGRAINES EVERY WEEK,I HATE THEM,AND I GET THE BANGERS TOO, YOU JUST FEEL LIKE TAKING AS MANY TABLETS AS IT TAKES TO GET RID OF THEM, DO YOU KNOW THE BIT IN BETWEEN YOUR THUMB AND FIRST FINGER RIGHT DOWN AT THE JOIN OF THE TWO BONES, IF YOU GIVE YOURSELF PRESSURE THERE WITH YOUR THUMB,IT GET RID OF A MIGRAINE SOMETIMES,OR THEY SAY THAT RUNNING COLD WATER OVER YOUR WRISTS HELPS ASWELL,ME WELL I TAKE MIGRALEVE PINK, FOLLOWED BY IMAGRIN,$14 A TABLET,AND LIE IN A DARK ROOM, BUT DEBBIE I FEEL YOUR PAIN, I DONT THINK ANYONE UNDERSTANDS WHAT THERE LIKE UNTIL THEVE GOT ONE! :no:

 

[rabbitsfizz]

Lynda you need to talk to your doctor about going on Gabapentin- I have not had a Migraine proper since going on it- I have a small one circling today, complete with nausea etc, but it can't quite get through and I keep forgetting to take the Gabapentin which had to be taken 3 X daily!!

Debs get some Sumatriptan- if it does not work get some stronger tablets- or take more than you are supposed to!!!

No pain meds ever touched my Migraines- it was only when I threatened my Doctor with my death on his conscience that he sent me to a neurologist.

She gave me Gabapentin and it WORKS it really WORKS!!

I was getting laid out for three days at a time twice monthly maybe more before that- the Sumatriptan stopped the pain, but not the side effects.

The Gabapentin stops it all.

In the meantime Debs try running your wrists under warm water for ten minutes and then taking the strongest soluble painkiller that you can.

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[justaboutgeese]

Sems to me that Gabapentin was a drug my wife was taking. Its a nuron blocker, while the drug has many ueses it is an effective one for long term pain relief. There are some side effects to be concerned about also mostly minor. Hope that your headache has let up by this morning or you find somthing for relief.

 

[Triggy&Blue&Daisy Too]

Please...... eat hot peppers the next time you feel one coming on. Cheyenne peppers. Even if you take tiny bits and swallow without chewing. ...

That is some of the best "medicine" you can take for a migraine, Robin is right on. It's fantastic for vascular problems and migraines are definately vascular in origin. You can also get cayenne in the store as a powdered herb. If you can't take the hotness the health food stores have it in capsules--it's truly a herb for the medicine cabinet as well as the kitchen. Please do you best to stay off the migraine meds, they create their own set of problems for some people and migraines may end up being the least of it.

 

[Pepipony]

'If' I am thinking right Gabapentin is the generic of Neurontin, which is used for some nerve pains and can be for other disorders such as depression, RLS, PN and other neuropathies. Now that you mention it I had no migraines while on that. Was on it for several years but went off due to a major 'I am sick of this being sick' crap LOL annnnyyyywhhhooo

Gabapentin can work wonders, however, there are side effects, it can make on very drowsy and you MUST, absolutely must go up/down in dosage slowly. It can relaly cause some major freakouts if you dont. Some people can get relief at only 100mgs, while others need 3000+, at one time I was on 3600. If you do ask for it they will probably start you at 100, stay there for a few days then go to 200 and so on untill you get relief. For some reason Drs have a habit of just putting people on the full dose and man, the problems.

neurontin was the ONE med of my dozen+ that I truly liked.

 

[rabbitsfizz]

Spot on, it is Neurontin.

Actually I would not care if it was arsenic, since I was quite ready to take that, too!!!

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I agree about starting low- I was started on 300 but I read the "blurb" that came with it and started myself at 100 and worked up- even now some days I will be fine on 200, (I keep forgetting the mid-day dose, I am not deliberately messing with the dosage!!) some days warning bells will go off at mid day and I remember!!!

The doctor told me at my weight I would be safe to go up to 800 but I'm fine where I am, thanks!!

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It did not make me drowsy at all, although the doctor warned it might.

 

[Pepipony]

Rabbits glad it is giving you relief!! I took mine for nerve pain and never associated the lack of migraines to it, but should have. At that time I was taking SO many things, this for that, that to counteract the side effects of this and so on. Didnt know where one started and one ended and finally I had ENOUGH and went off everything. Nuerontin did make me really sleepy, already had a problem w/that so was taking an rx speed, OMG what a mix! That didnt last but a couple of days. Felt like a drunk chipmunk on a bad caffiene buzz LOL couldnt sit down but was falling asleep walking LMAO!!!

 

[rabbitsfizz]

To be honest the doctor told me it might make me feel groggy, then took a good look in my eyes and told me OK- no-one will notice anyway!!

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He also told me the stuff would help me with my stiff neck and back pain which it has done to a point.

I think these doctors should have to come and spend a normal day with one of us- I know mine has NO ideas what I do in a day- like pushing the wheel barrow with 48kgs of feed in it for the broodmares, as I have to every day, come what may!!!

But, the migraines are contained- like Jo's Bamboo in a tub!!!

I ca recommend it, side effects and all, to anyone- if I had been on the dose you are on Pepi, I think I would have been sleepy.

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[ChrystalPaths]

Tee hee drunk chipmunk. :bgrin

Well day two comes to a close. Eyes feel burning and buggy, teary too. Very heavy and lethargic. Just wanna lay about. Finally got out at 4 to clean stalls kinda

: went ahead and let the girls in and fed em. Shain will do the late feed. Good boy.

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I took a Xanac a bit ago and it seems to have lessened the pounding some. Good thing Bob is coming home tonite after 2 wks with chinese cuz I sure ain't cookin. TRied some chicken noodle soup, yuk..not good. I'm sure by tomorrow it will be better. They rarely last more than 2 days (Ihope).

Weird having it now. Most times they warn me of impending cycles (you know) and I can nip em in the bud. This one just up and clocked me up side the head awful quick and "after". Oh well, I thank you for sharing, if it isn't better by tomorow I will see the Dr.

Jane I'll mention the drugs suggested but my Dr really prefers not to use drugs if possible. Maybe I'll go visit Cecelia...back when I had herniated the discs the first time I went for accupressure, massage and Reiki. Man o man what a loverly time. Maybe I will.

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[shane]

I HAVE NEURONTIN IN MY DRAWER IF ID HAVE KNOWN THAT ID HAVE TOOK IT YEARS AGO, [SIZE=12pt]IVE ALWAYS WANTED TO FEEL LIKE A DRUNK CHIPMUNK!![/SIZE] HAHA CAN I JUST START TAKING IT ,HOW LONG FOR ,EVERYDAY LIKE???? FIZZY!!!! SOBER UP YOU DRUNK CHIPMUNK LOL :lol: :472: :new_all_coholic:

: CHEERS

 

[Reble]

Try putting your feet in the tub and the hottest water you can take with out

burning yourself, if you have a hand held shower head hose the back of your legs as well.

Old Chinese suggestion, feet need to circulate the blood to relief the pain in your head.

Notice usually your feet are cold.

Lived with migraines all my life and take daily medication.

Helps when I cannot take it no more.

Hope this helps.

 

[Marion]

My doctor put me on Flexaril. It did help my headache, but I did lose three days from sleeping all the time.

I am going to talk to him about some prevention because I am tried of hurting everyday that comes.

Some days I think if someone would just hit me with a hammer in the foot, I would feel better.

 

[rabbitsfizz]

The feet or wrists in hot water thing works because it opens the arteries- which is what chemically, Sumatriptan does.

Debs you need to take a hammer with you to the Doctor.

When he says again he does not like prescribing drugs, hit him hard over the head with the hammer and tell him he cannot have any painkillers!!!!

I LIKE drugs, drugs are GOOD!!!

If you have a headache, taking drugs routinely is a bad thing, we all know that we are not idiots and we are not children.

What we really need, all of us, is a doctor that has Migraines herself.

I tell you, I actually stopped the Neurologist and told her at great length how very insulting I found it that she referred to Migraines as "headaches" I told her that, had she ever experienced one, she would know what I meant, and realise that there was a whole lot more to a Migraine than a headache.

Unfortunately I am not sure how much of what I was saying she understood as she appeared to be from Roumania, and her English was, in spite if all the letters after her name, very limited.

She still prescribed the Gabapentin, though!!!

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