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So right now I have a really bad migraine, complete with light-sensitivity, sound-sensitivity, nausea, occasional dizziness, and of course the ever-present pounding headache.

Anyone else get these? If so, what are some treatments you recommend?

hit your thumb with a hammer, i bet your head pain will go away...

hit your thumb with a hammer, i bet your head pain will go away...

Do you mind if I test this treatment on you first to see how it works?

Marijuana helps. At least it'll distract you.

Morphine/opium-derivatives, of course, help the actual pain.

If you don't have either of those, you're probably SOL. Just lie in bed, turn out all the lights, clutch your head and pray that it'll go away before your mind snaps.

Me, my migraines give me about 10 minutes warning with the visual auras. During that time I try to go to sleep if I can. Nothing quite so satisfying as sleeping through a migraine and waking up fine and refreshed. But it usually doesn't work since I get too wired, knowing the migraine is coming, to be able to fall asleep in time.

Do you mind if I test this treatment on you first to see how it works?

i dont have a migraine, so it would prove nothing...:D

Marijuana helps. At least it'll distract you.

Morphine/opium-derivatives, of course, help the actual pain.

If you don't have either of those, you're probably SOL. Just lie in bed, turn out all the lights, clutch your head and pray that it'll go away before your mind snaps.

Me, my migraines give me about 10 minutes warning with the visual auras. During that time I try to go to sleep if I can. Nothing quite so satisfying as sleeping through a migraine and waking up fine and refreshed. But it usually doesn't work since I get too wired, knowing the migraine is coming, to be able to fall asleep in time.

Thanks for the advice. I've been trying to find something for the pain. None of the normal stuff I keep in my medicine cabinet seems to make a difference.

i dont have a migraine, so it would prove nothing...:D

Well when you do have a migraine, test it and let me know how it works. :p

The only things that help me are the cliched things - lie in a darkened room with no loud noise. However, strangely enough, subtle background noise seems to help (such as a TV turned down very low or similar). I've sat at the computer when I've had migraines, but it only exacerbates it...certainly, an especially long spell on General or something can bring on a migraine in me!

The only things that help me are the cliched things - lie in a darkened room with no loud noise. However, strangely enough, subtle background noise seems to help (such as a TV turned down very low or similar). I've sat at the computer when I've had migraines, but it only exacerbates it...certainly, an especially long spell on General or something can bring on a migraine in me!

Yeah. I can only sit in front of the computer for short times.

I used to get them all the time. I couldn't do anything. I went to my room, wrapped my head in sheets to dull noise (left air holes), turned off the lights, and nearly died almost every week. My doctor just kinda said "Oh, well. Take some Tylenol." So I take 3 Ibuprofen at the slightest sensation of a headache and I don't have to deal with them any more.

I'm blessedly migraine-free, but most migraine medicines have caffeine in them to open up your blood vessels a little and increase circulation. I doubt that extra caffeine would really remove the worst of it, but it might help a little.

I used to get them all the time. I couldn't do anything. I went to my room, wrapped my head in sheets to dull noise (left air holes), turned off the lights, and nearly died almost every week. My doctor just kinda said "Oh, well. Take some Tylenol." So I take 3 Ibuprofen at the slightest sensation of a headache and I don't have to deal with them any more.

Only three? :confused:

Shit, if that was all it took for me I'd be doing well by now.

I'm glad it worked for you, though. I know how much migraines suck and how the only thing you want is for it to go away.

I'm blessedly migraine-free, but most migraine medicines have caffeine in them to open up your blood vessels a little and increase circulation. I doubt that extra caffeine would really remove the worst of it, but it might help a little.

Hmmm. It's an idea I'll have to think about. Thanks.

The only things that help me are the cliched things - lie in a darkened room with no loud noise. However, strangely enough, subtle background noise seems to help (such as a TV turned down very low or similar).

Strangely, hard rock in the background seems to soothe me.

Advil LiquiGels Migraine or similar (look for the Migraine title on the box!) always seem to help with pretty much any kind of headache you're feeling, and most basic physical pain.

Advil LiquiGels Migraine or similar (look for the Migraine title on the box!) always seem to help with pretty much any kind of headache you're feeling, and most basic physical pain.

Noted. Thanks for the advice. :)

So right now I have a really bad migraine, complete with light-sensitivity, sound-sensitivity, nausea, occasional dizziness, and of course the ever-present pounding headache.

Anyone else get these? If so, what are some treatments you recommend?
This may sound a little weird, but as i grew up with them, i found Tang worked best against them.
The only other thing i could do was pound my head against concrete (for a little while), and then i'd end up passing out from the pain.
That went on for a few years, until i was about 15 or 16.
Now i barely get them at all.

This may sound a little weird, but as i grew up with them, i found Tang worked best against them.
The only other thing i could do was pound my head against concrete (for a little while), and then i'd end up passing out from the pain.
That went on for a few years, until i was about 15 or 16.
Now i barely get them at all.

The Tang is something I might try. I'll pass on pounding my head against the concrete until I pass out, though I admit I have been tempted to do similar things to get myself to pass out.

The Tang is something I might try. I'll pass on pounding my head against the concrete until I pass out, though I admit I have been tempted to do similar things to get myself to pass out.
I was tempted EVERY time. I did it almost every time. I can look back and say now how bad an idea that was, but migraines have this way of completely and utterly overriding any other sensibilities you would have otherwise.
I've gotten to compare it to kidney stones and ulcers, and i *STILL* would take those ANY day over the migraines. At least with the others, you can some what displace their sensitivity with a little meditation. Like Santa Barbara said, basically when you'd start getting the signs, you'd better cancel your appointment and try and nap.
Now that i've got apnea, that's not such a challenge to hit a quick nap.
I really don't know why the Tang helped and i don't see how the ingredients made that big a difference, but they did (at that age). At least i didn't have them as bad as my sister, who went all banshee whenever time came. :(

I don't get migraines often, but when I do get them they last a couple of hours before I pass out with the pain. I'm still debating whether it's as bad as gallstone pain (which also caused me to pass out). Tramadol helps a lot (but I don't get them anymore :(), co-codamol does sometimes but not always, and aspirin, paracetamol and ibuprofen are useless (I normally take the paracetamol with the ibuprofen, which works for everything except the passing out pain).

The doctors advice was to lie down in a darkened room, take paracetamol and ibuprofen, and try and sleep.

I might try taking my tablets with caffeine... since I can't drink coffee I'll have to try pro plus :)

So right now I have a really bad migraine, complete with light-sensitivity, sound-sensitivity, nausea, occasional dizziness, and of course the ever-present pounding headache.

Anyone else get these? If so, what are some treatments you recommend?

Yeah, I dunno if you can get them where-ever you live, but I take Syndol. It's like a much stronger headache tablet, with codeine (small amounts) in it. You'll be able to get it over the counter in the UK and South Africa, I have no idea about anywhere else, sorry.

Otherwise, just drink plenty of water, and have a couple of headache tablets before trying to sleep it off.

Sorry if my help was rubbish, by the way. And I hope you're eventually rid of your migraine!

Copius amounts of alcohol.

Kust be prepared, when you sober up, you WILL wih you were dead.

So right now I have a really bad migraine, complete with light-sensitivity, sound-sensitivity, nausea, occasional dizziness, and of course the ever-present pounding headache.

Anyone else get these? If so, what are some treatments you recommend?

Why aren't you lying in a darkened room with a cold cloth over your eyes, writhing in pain, moaning and sobbing, desperately praying for sleep, ... or death?

I used to get them frequently (I still get them, just not as frequently or severely, thanks to menopause - I don't recommend that as a cure for migraines, though). I tried ergotomine tartrate, which made me even more nauseous. Wigraine, which is loaded with caffeine, so I had the jitters and couldn't sleep and a couple of barbituates which made me so sleepy I couldn't function. For me, what worked best was preventative - staying away from bacon, ham, chocolate and red wine (i.e. - just take away 60% of what makes life good), and even that only worked about 30% of the time. The only thing that really worked was getting to sleep (extremely difficult when you're in pain) for about 10 hours - when I woke up, the pain was gone.

How is it possible that you're sitting in front of a computer, typing and reading? When I have a migraine, trying to use a computer makes me vomit. Seriously. :(

I have prescription medication for my migraines. I take Maxalt now, and have taken Imitrex in the past. Both work well for me, but I am considering going back to a neurologist because my migraines have decreased in frequency but increased greatly in intensity. I might have to switch to those Imitrex shot thingies, because I've been having trouble keeping anything down (including medication) when I have a migraine. I've tried over the counter meds for migraines, none of which have worked for me. I just stay in a very dark, very quiet room until the worst of it is over.

I too get horrendous migraines with everything from nausea to light sensitivity and I get them quite often, generally once or twice a week. They aren't sure why I get such bad migraines, however, they prescribed me medication although I don't like the "shaky" feeling it gives me. So, I use Excedrin Migraine Medication in the gel tablet form. It works fairly well and in an hour or two the pain is deadened in comparison. Obviously it doesn't go away entirely, however, it does provide much relief.

Why aren't you lying in a darkened room with a cold cloth over your eyes, writhing in pain, moaning and sobbing, desperately praying for sleep, ... or death?

I've found that closing every set of blinds in the room I'm in, closing the curtains over them, turning off all of the lights, and, in case of computer usage, making it as dull as possible makes the pain less horrible. Lying there just brings more pain for me, because I'm left to think about the pain.

There are many different types of migraines, and the medical community is still working on what causes the different types, and the most effective treatment for each. There are a few medications for the more common types, but most you are up to experimentation to solve your own problem. Alcohol, marijuana, nsaids, and narcotics are all popular self medications.

I suffer from ocular migraines occasionally- and they suck ass too. Supposedly the pain is not as severe with my type as it is with some of the others- but it has another symptom- severe vision distortion. A crescent shaped distortion appears, grows, and passes through your visual range- not until it passes can you see well at all, and once it passes from your vision, the pain sets in harder for a few hours. The area of the distorion is as if you are looking through a prismatic kaleidoscope- and although you can still tell a few things, like the amount of light in the room, and a little color- you are pretty much blind. Driving when one struck would be impossible. I've had to pull over for 30 minutes to an hour, until the distortion passes. But then the pain kicks in twice as bad, and I just try to get my ass home to lie down for a few hours.

So right now I have a really bad migraine, complete with light-sensitivity, sound-sensitivity, nausea, occasional dizziness, and of course the ever-present pounding headache.

Anyone else get these? If so, what are some treatments you recommend?
Darkness! (A cookie to whoever gets that quote.)

But seriously, a dark room, with a small amount of light to read by, a nice book, and some serious medicine. Other than that, I can't offer you much but sympathy, mate.

I get them from time to time.

Much less since I picked up some glasses(farsighted) and started going to the back cracker.

Main thing I also do is that I have gotten to the point to tell when one will become a migraine and hit it early with drugs and what not. ;)

I recently had an almost 8 day long migraine that pretty much incapacitated me. It was the first time I had one and it wasn't pretty, thank chemists for pain killers! After those 8 days I spent another week in pain (on my right eye), only to find out that I actually suffered from Tolosa-Hunt syndrome, which is actually similar to a migraine but hurts longer and disrupts your vision (it just keeps getting better) :\ Glad the drugs worked!

I've been trying to find something for the pain. None of the normal stuff I keep in my medicine cabinet seems to make a difference.

I am a long time sufferer of migraines myself. I have tried dozens of things from the doctor and none of them worked for me. I have discovered that Excedrine Extra Strength works best for me. I just have a small snack before I take it because the caffine in it upsets my stomach further if I don't. Have you tried that? Also you may want to try drinking a cup of strong coffee. The caffine dilates the blood vessels in your head bringing relief. Hope that helps. I know how you feel:(

Why aren't you lying in a darkened room with a cold cloth over your eyes, writhing in pain, moaning and sobbing, desperately praying for sleep, ... or death?

I have prayed for both sleep and death at times. I've also done the darkened, quiet, still room thing. It does help. Just not enough, as you apparently know.

As for why I'm still here...I need to get some work done, and pain is an old friend for me. Always there and in the back of my mind, but I can force myself to think about something else and distract myself from it. Distracting myself is what helps the most. Like Valori...

Lying there just brings more pain for me, because I'm left to think about the pain.

I used to get them frequently (I still get them, just not as frequently or severely, thanks to menopause - I don't recommend that as a cure for migraines, though). I tried ergotomine tartrate, which made me even more nauseous. Wigraine, which is loaded with caffeine, so I had the jitters and couldn't sleep and a couple of barbituates which made me so sleepy I couldn't function. For me, what worked best was preventative - staying away from bacon, ham, chocolate and red wine (i.e. - just take away 60% of what makes life good), and even that only worked about 30% of the time. The only thing that really worked was getting to sleep (extremely difficult when you're in pain) for about 10 hours - when I woke up, the pain was gone.

The source of my migraines is a little different. Being male, I don't have the right biological...accoutrements...shall we say, to have those kind of migraines.

I very much understand sleep being the only thing that really helped a lot. All I want to do is sleep right now, but my body just won't let me. :(

I have migraines alot. Sometimes I cry it hurts so much. Oh, and don't make a wisecrack about this unless you have had migraines. Migraines absolutetly suck...

I am a long time sufferer of migraines myself. I have tried dozens of things from the doctor and none of them worked for me. I have discovered that Excedrine Extra Strength works best for me. I just have a small snack before I take it because the caffine in it upsets my stomach further if I don't. Have you tried that? Also you may want to try drinking a cup of strong coffee. The caffine dilates the blood vessels in your head bringing relief. Hope that helps. I know how you feel:(

I haven't tried Excedrin yet. I may do that later. Thanks.

I have migraines alot. Sometimes I cry it hurts so much. Oh, and don't make a wisecrack about this unless you have had migraines. Migraines absolutetly suck...

Yeah. I started tearing up a couple nights ago. And I have a really high tolerance for pain. It does get bad.

I have never had a migraine. And I have never twisted my ankle.

I have never had a migraine. And I have never twisted my ankle.

Good show. Thumbs up for you. :)

Lots of really strong sweet coffee. (Really, really, really strong).

Or a caffine pill.

Dependence on pain killers can actually cause migraines, or so I've been told.

Lots of really strong sweet coffee. (Really, really, really strong).

Or a caffine pill.

Dependence on pain killers can actually cause migraines, or so I've been told.
I'm thirteen. I'm not going to drink coffee. Or take caffine pills.

I have migraines alot. Sometimes I cry it hurts so much. Oh, and don't make a wisecrack about this unless you have had migraines. Migraines absolutetly suck...
I'm not wisecracking. It's so common that the person experiencing them isn't aware there are any tears at all. It's part of the excruciating nature of that particular suffering.
It's the explosive diarrhea tha*mmmph*

*gets dragged away from the console*

I've never had a migraine in my life. At least that I'm aware of.

I'm not wisecracking. It's so common that the person experiencing them isn't aware there are any tears at all. It's part of the excruciating nature of that particular suffering.
It's the explosive diarrhea tha*mmmph*

*gets dragged away from the console*

Heh. I was aware of it when I put my hand down next to my head and felt tears rolling down my face.

I've never had a migraine in my life. At least that I'm aware of.
There's nothing quite like it, rest assured. When the majority of the populace has a slightly less-than common cerebral grievance, they like to call it a migraine ... and they talk and complain and get bitchy and it manages to go away with an advil and a kind word or two. *shakes head*
And as for the explosive diarrhea, i'll leave that up to the severe ulcer sufferers, of which i was also once. They were the next great inconvenience after i'd moved out ot the migraine phase. :(

Heh. I was aware of it when I put my hand down next to my head and felt tears rolling down my face.I was there many a time.
An earlier poster mentioned something worth note ... it was about 8 months after i got my last set of corrective lenses that the migraines began laying off somewhat. I'm not sure how much they helped, since the problems aren't necessarily directly related.

How about if you went out and rode your bike around the block.

I bet that would help.

I've never had a migraine in my life. At least that I'm aware of.
You would know if you had one, believe me. It's like a nail was driven into your head, then you were beat with the hammer.

How about if you went out and rode your bike around the block.

I bet that would help.
I like to do that drunk in the woods nearby - there's this place called "Asbestos Playground" where a lot of sacrifices of varying types were made - that's a fun place to bike drunk. I lost a little hearing there once banging some furniture apart with a Slugger.

You would know if you had one, believe me. It's like a nail was driven into your head, then you were beat with the hammer.
Yes, beaten in all the surrounding tissue of the nail. Rail-tie nail. And it f*cking THROBS.

Yes, beaten in all the surrounding tissue of the nail. Rail-tie nail. And it f*cking THROBS.
My migraine was so fucked up today not only did I have the usual sensitivities but touching my head made it worse. I was like "god damnit."

The only things that help me are the cliched things - lie in a darkened room with no loud noise.

Strangely, hard rock in the background seems to soothe me.

Strangely enough, incredibly loud music will sometimes help me get through a migraine: I work as a soundman and if I manage to drag myself to work with a migraine I will actually be relatively okay during the loud parts of my job, but the quiet, hanging around, waiting bits will mean I have nothing to distract me from the pain.

Anyhow: apart from that, stuff called Migraleve (http://www.migraine-advice.com/en/article.asp?id=12)

What I really want when I have a migraine is the cliche of darkness and quiet, but all too often I find I have to drag myself out of my pit and force myself to go on walks in an attempt to clear my head and allow myself to make appointments later in the day. Generally these walks don't help, but they do allow me to stay awake and try to get on with things.

The first symptoms I get are normally blind spots, which last an hour or so, then clear up and then I get the feeling that someone has hammered a railway spike into the front of my left temple. Not fun.

I avoid some of the usual triggers - red wine and chocolate - but I live a life of constantly irregular sleeping and eating patterns, so I rack up on those triggers pretty damn well.

One thing that has made me feel better about them is reading alt.support.headaches.migraines every now and again - in comparison to some people there whose entire lives are pretty much governed by migraines I reckon I'm pretty lucky.

I'm thirteen. I'm not going to drink coffee.

Granted I can see the coming day in this puritanical society, when seated around the 'biomass' fireplace, a youngster asks me: "Tell me about the days when you could just go to the shop and buy coffee grandad".

But that has not yet happened. Coffee is perfectly legal for children.

My migraine was so fucked up today not only did I have the usual sensitivities but touching my head made it worse. I was like "god damnit."
I just remembered something else that used to work - extreme temperature differences - after laying on the concrete floor a while, a lot of body heat pulled out of me. I think that was related. A cold wet towel pillow on concrete. It's been a while - that was until 7th grade, and i'm in my 30's now.

How about if you went out and rode your bike around the block.

I bet that would help.

That 'might' help if it was a 'cluster headache' but I don't think that's what HotRodia has been describing. But if it was a 'cluster attack coming on' running without the bike, as fast as you can for as long as you can, 'might' put off that particular attack. But I have never heard of that helping for regular migraine headaches.

I haven't had a 'bad' clusters for quite a few years now, but back in the day, when I got them really bad every day during an attack, incapacitating, devastating pain, I thought the greatest invention in the world that could actually relieve the pain a bit, was in injection of IMITREX (this is back when they didn't understand the differences between Clusters and Migraines and they tried anything and everything to stop the pain, I don't think they prescribe IMITREX to cluster patients anymore). And now, years and years later, they have that medication in the pill form for the less frequent migraine headache sufferers who can benefit from it.

HotRodia, see your doctor (clinic), get help. Perhaps IMITREX in the pill form or some other form of migraine pain relief can be found for you. If your doctor isn't much help, ask for a reference to see a neurologist, until I had my condition diagnosed properly (several doctors failed to understand what was going on) I got no effective treatment for my condition from the medical practitioners I had seen and I began to think they couldn't help, but I was wrong.

IMITREX Info: http://www.migrainehelp.com/

Clusters Info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cluster_headache

How about if you went out and rode your bike around the block.

I bet that would help.

Not a good idea. Riding a bicycle while half-blind, in tears, nauseous, dizzy, suffering excruciating pain, and unable to focus on the world around you is hardly good medicine. Are you familiar with the phrase 'accident waiting to happen'?

Who needs coffee? Coca Cola has everyone addicted to caffeine anyway.

Tell you one thing, at about 11 o'clock at night if I have been incapacitated with a migraine all day and am finally coming out of, absolutely nothing beats the taste of a cold, dry piece of toast. Fantastic - it's like manna from fucking heaven.

From my little experience with migranes, I would advise you to take everything in your medicine cabinet and hope it kills you quickly.

Alternitively, you could merely get away from the computer screen and go from there.

(I've finally found an excuse to use this: :headbang:)

I just want to say that all of you sufferers of this particular unpleasantness have my absolute sincerest sympathies. Perhaps you can take solace in knowing that they don't last forever for a lot of people, and you might actually be done with them very soon. I hope so.

The first symptoms I get are normally blind spots, which last an hour or so, then clear up and then I get the feeling that someone has hammered a railway spike into the front of my left temple. Not fun.

The hammered a railway spike into my temple feeling is what I'm dealing with right now, interestingly.

I avoid some of the usual triggers - red wine and chocolate - but I live a life of constantly irregular sleeping and eating patterns, so I rack up on those triggers pretty damn well.

Yeah, the irregular eating and sleeping patterns are something that have been problems for me the past few months.

One thing that has made me feel better about them is reading alt.support.headaches.migraines every now and again - in comparison to some people there whose entire lives are pretty much governed by migraines I reckon I'm pretty lucky.

Definitely. I know people who have had them for most of their lives. I'm so glad I don't have to deal with that.

I just want to say that all of you sufferers of this particular unpleasantness have my absolute sincerest sympathies. Perhaps you can take solace in knowing that they don't last forever for a lot of people, and you might actually be done with them very soon. I hope so.

I very much agree with this. I feel y'alls pain and hope it ends.

Not a good idea. Riding a bicycle while half-blind, in tears, nauseous, dizzy, suffering excruciating pain, and unable to focus on the world around you is hardly good medicine. Are you familiar with the phrase 'accident waiting to happen'?

Ride a spinner while watching a war movie, and focus on all the guts spewing out, and realize that your pain really is insignificant.

I avoid some of the usual triggers - red wine and chocolate - but I live a life of constantly irregular sleeping and eating patterns, so I rack up on those triggers pretty damn well.
:eek:
I try to get the flavonids (sp?) in good measure -.7 oz. to a nominal # higher - on a daily basis, given a certain heart issue i've got.
Yeah, the irregular eating and sleeping patterns are something that have been problems for me the past few months.
These two posts just raised some alarm in me.
I started dvping (unknowingly) my sleep apnea in my 12th or 13th year. If i recall correctly, i was getting towards the end of my migraines at the same time.

Over-illumination I think fucks me up.

Who needs coffee? Coca Cola has everyone addicted to caffeine anyway.If you're drinking it because of the migraine, the 'hot' of the coffee seems to help as much as the caffeine. Piping, blistering hot coffee. Okay, I cheat and throw sugar in, too.

Other than that, if the headache can't be headed off at the pass... 800 mg of ibuprofen will take care of it most of the time. When that fails, I add 500 mg of acetamenophen, 15 mg of hydrocodone and 7 hours sleep. Does the trick nicely, it does.

Heard good things about the 'triptans, but can't afford them.

Over-illumination I think fucks me up.

What's really bad for me is that I had light-sensitive eyes to begin with. I see best at dusk and dawn. So even normal light is incredibly painful.

The hammered a railway spike into my temple feeling is what I'm dealing with right now, interestingly.

Hope it's past now.

Do you get a slight sense of excitement and euphoria (mixed in with being pissed off at having a day stolen from you) when your migraine finishes, or is that just me?

I've never had a migraine in my life. At least that I'm aware of.
Believe me. You WILL be aware of it when it happens.

You would know if you had one, believe me. It's like a nail was driven into your head, then you were beat with the hammer.
Nah. It's more like your head is the drum of a Civil War drummer boy. And he's using special sticks which make the force of the hits go inside the drum.

Granted I can see the coming day in this puritanical society, when seated around the 'biomass' fireplace, a youngster asks me: "Tell me about the days when you could just go to the shop and buy coffee grandad".

But that has not yet happened. Coffee is perfectly legal for children.
I know that. But any stereotypical teenager you talk to wouldn't drink coffee if it would save their life. Oh, and has anyone ever had a migraine while trying to go to sleep?

But any stereotypical teenager you talk to wouldn't drink coffee if it would save their life.

Any stereotypical teenager from which planet? - because you don't seem to refering to Earth here.

Any stereotypical teenager from which planet? - because you don't seem to refering to Earth here.
The planet of U.S.A. You live in the U.K., where kids probably drink coffee all the time. I live in the U.S.A. Kids drink soda and beer.

Masturbate. Seriously, it works. I used to get migraines alot about 10 years ago. Whenever I felt one coming on I would rub one out. Seemed to relieve the pressure alot and take my mind away from the oncoming pain. I went to a chiropractor about them too. Ended up making it worse, so I stopped going.

I stopped getting them out of the blue. For a good five years there it was a constant accurance, just about everyday. I can only offer my sympathy to anyone suffering from these types of headaches. They are excruciating!

One important thing to do is not think about getting one. With me it came to a point where everyday I knew and thought about having a severe headache. Eventually I just said "fuck it, if I get one I get one". Eventually I stopped worrying about this impending doom, and gradually the headaches started to subside. I know its tough, but give it a try.

I hope this helps.

Hope it's past now.

Do you get a slight sense of excitement and euphoria (mixed in with being pissed off at having a day stolen from you) when your migraine finishes, or is that just me?

Yes, I hope it's over.

I for one have never had that feeling you're talking about when a migraine passes. I would much prefer that to what I do get though, which is what I refer to as the "squished head" feeling. I'm not sure if that's a result of the migraine itself or the medication I take, but after a migraine is over, I'm left with an after-headache that feels like my entire head is being compressed.

My lord, where to begin?

I've had migranes for about four years but for the past two years they have turned into daily migranes. I have a migrane just about every minute of every day and my only hope at functioning is that the pain is weak enough that I can move around. I've been visiting a special headache clinic for about two years and have tried every medication that has been FDA approved for migranes without any success. I'm currently taking a nerve pain medication usually used for people suffering from MS. It's not working.

I'm not sure how often you get migranes or whether you are looking for prevenative medication or just normal treatment. If you are looking for preventative medication aviod a drug called Topamax at all costs. It turns your mind into a puddle of grey goo, you are better off trying to think with a migrane. In the area of responsive medications I could give you a whole list of what didn't work for me, but that would serve no purpose. I can say that nearly everyone I've talked to has had tremendous success with a drug called Imitrex. Also accupuncture has helped many people find some degree of relief and even though it didn't help me I found it to be relaxing and enjoyable.

I have pretty much given up hope of finding relief but if you find some magic cure I'd sure be interested.

Hope it's past now.

Do you get a slight sense of excitement and euphoria (mixed in with being pissed off at having a day stolen from you) when your migraine finishes, or is that just me?

It actually got worse this morning.

Definitely have the excitement and euphoria. I'm looking forward to my next chance to experience it.

Masturbate. Seriously, it works. I used to get migraines alot about 10 years ago. Whenever I felt one coming on I would rub one out. Seemed to relieve the pressure alot and take my mind away from the oncoming pain. I went to a chiropractor about them too. Ended up making it worse, so I stopped going.

It didn't work for me.

I stopped getting them out of the blue. For a good five years there it was a constant accurance, just about everyday. I can only offer my sympathy to anyone suffering from these types of headaches. They are excruciating!

One important thing to do is not think about getting one. With me it came to a point where everyday I knew and thought about having a severe headache. Eventually I just said "fuck it, if I get one I get one". Eventually I stopped worrying about this impending doom, and gradually the headaches started to subside. I know its tough, but give it a try.

I hope this helps.

The not thinking about them is worth giving a try. Thanks.

My lord, where to begin?

I've had migranes for about four years but for the past two years they have turned into daily migranes. I have a migrane just about every minute of every day and my only hope at functioning is that the pain is weak enough that I can move around. I've been visiting a special headache clinic for about two years and have tried every medication that has been FDA approved for migranes without any success. I'm currently taking a nerve pain medication usually used for people suffering from MS. It's not working.

Wow. :(

I'm not sure how often you get migranes or whether you are looking for prevenative medication or just normal treatment. If you are looking for preventative medication aviod a drug called Topamax at all costs. It turns your mind into a puddle of grey goo, you are better off trying to think with a migrane. In the area of responsive medications I could give you a whole list of what didn't work for me, but that would serve no purpose. I can say that nearly everyone I've talked to has had tremendous success with a drug called Imitrex. Also accupuncture has helped many people find some degree of relief and even though it didn't help me I found it to be relaxing and enjoyable.

I find that massages help relax me and distract me, probably in much the same way acupuncture does for you.

I have pretty much given up hope of finding relief but if you find some magic cure I'd sure be interested.

I have the feeling a lot of us would be interested in a magical cure.