migraines

[angelasashes]

Does anyone out there have a personal cure for their migraines. What worked for you?/

[4getmenot]

sleep.

[PinkFizz]

I have tried everything - even injections.Mine were so bad at one point they were affecting my work.Luckily,they have slowed right down in the past few years and if I get one now it never goes until I am physically sick.Then I take 2 Nurofen,go to bed in a dark room with the window open and a really cold flannel on my head and it normally goes after a few hours.

[Pea Pod]

I dont know why but an antihistamin and 2 paracetemols get shot of mine.You cant describe the flashing lights can you,my husband says thats nice dear.

[4getmenot]

yer I usually have to make myself sick before mine will go. I always know after I've been sick it will go and airwaves chewing gum seem to clear your head too.

[angie26]

I used to suffer migraines years ago that would continue until I was sick. It was eventually discovered that I was
allergic to horseradish of all things, have'nt touched it since, and I have'nt had a migraine since.........touch wood.

Just a thought as I have heard of other people with the same allergy.

[tradey]

might sound silly but wearing dark glasses makes it so much better for me,i also dont drink tea or coffee that makes it worse.ive tried lots of different tablets,but the ones that work for me are cocodamols(spelt wrong)the ones that desolve in water.

[4getmenot]

I also used to get them every weekend usually due to me lying in and relaxing. I now have to get up early then just have an afternoon kip.

[smudge]

The only thing I found that relieves mine are Migraleve. If it happens to be daytime, laying down wearing an eye mask on helps too.

http://www.migraine-advice.com/en/migraleve_tr eatment-pink-yellow-complete.asp

If I have a tension headache I usually take two Syndol - they're very good too.

[bex401]

2 dissovable co-codamol,dark room & sleep!!

[bex401]

Sorry,should have been dissolvable!!!!

[Carakeel]

I've been getting migraines most of my life. I've had all the allergy tests and have been told by specialists that I am only allergic to changes in weather pressure and stress. Mine can last max 5 days at a time. More recently only three days, but I have to stay in bed, lights out, cold packs on head and back of neck etc.. I take Migraleve but find they don't always work and leave me with a sort of jet lag - so two or three days of feeling run down and tired after the migraine itself has stopped.
I 've just started taking 'Nurofen for Migraines' which seems very good at stopping an early migraine and it doesn't make me feel sick. Drinking lots of water is helping and my doc has given me Propanolol to help prevent migraines in the first place. It is a heart med, but has this side effect. Evening fresh air, so no sunshine, helps and I seem to need to eat carb rich food in very small amounts regularly when I have a migraine, not sure why though. It isn't something I normally do.

[funkymoped]

hello angelasashes..

thankfully i havnt had a full blown migraine for years now.

my cure, or at least part cure is not a medecine. i let my head drop back slightly so the muscles in my neck go relaxed. (the muscles that run up the neck to the base of the skull) i then lightly squeeze the muscles with equal and sustained pressure. if i apply too much pressure it can make the pain increase. get the pressure right and within a couple of minutes, the pain drains away... its not a total cure but it IS amazing how fast it works. i guess im hitting a pulse point and recucing blood flow.... only a guess but it works for me..

:-)

[Brum Lady]

I have had migraine ever since I was about 7 or 8, but now at 54 I only get them about once a year. When my sons were small they used to be looking round for the zig zag lines I described to them!! I used to be sick too when younger, but now just feel sick and get left with a stinking headache. I just take Migraleve and sit in the dark with my eyes closed until I can see properly again - I keep having a crafty peek every so often.

Isn't it horrible when you just know you're going to get it!

[handygran]

My doctor gives me Paramax powders to dissolve in water and they are brilliant. They also stop the sickness as they have an antihemetic in them

[Ethel]

Prescription only Naramig at the first tell tale sign of migraine - the zig zag lights are my first sign.

And sleep.

[cruella]

I too used to suffer from migraine headaches.
Migraleve if taken at the start of a migraine coming on. Get the starter pack and follow instructions. I agree with the others. You could have an allergy to a type of food or drink such as caffeine.

[wonderwoman1]

i have suffered from migranes since i was 8 and it is hell!! i have tried everything including the injection and like Pink and 4getmenot i have to make myself sick to releive them. i have been prescribed Naramig which Ethel mentioned and i take them when its a really bad one..they make me very drowsy and a bit jelly-legged but they work.

[Eve]

I'm a Migraleve girl too, I have anti emetic-drugs anyhow as have menieres too.

I get those stick on cool gel pads too, you can get the for migraines and stick on on my head and a normal one on the back of my neck.

Find that 4Head roll on stuff quite good for the groggy inbetween.

[Eve]

Got a great gel eye mask too which you can put in the freezer to make nice and cool, buy a couple so you can rotate them so you always have a cool one.

[papia]

Headache is a pain in the head, scalp or neck. Headaches can be
caused by minor problems like eyestrain, lack of coffee or more
serious reasons like head injury, brain tumors, encephalitis and
meningitis. Taking painkillers continuously can have harmful side
effects, so it is better to modify your lifestyle. More information
available at http://tinyurl.com/q8696