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    Migraines...

    Anyone else a sufferer out there? Got a rotten one today, a real stonker... I have found that mince pies help - must be connected to the sugar rush in them. Still there though, despite pain killers...

    Anyone else have any funny cures they've developed for them?

    I often find chocolate works for mine, rather than makes them worse - if you can keep it down for long enough for the sugar to get into the system - yes, I'm sure mine are sugar connected...

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    Re: Migraines...

    Originally posted by Pammy
    I often find chocolate works for mine, rather than makes them worse - if you can keep it down for long enough for the sugar to get into the system - yes, I'm sure mine are sugar connected...

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    Thought chocolate worked for everything for a girl

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    Re: Re: Migraines...

    Originally posted by Bill
    Thought chocolate worked for everything for a girl
    It does!

    Well, almost everything....

    My mum suffers from serious migranes (has to lie in a darkened room and can't eat all day etc) which I am very glad I don't get, but I do get quite bad headaches. I have found Syndol works for me, but I have heard it can make you drowsy (doesn't affect me). I usually only need one, unless its really bad.
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    Re: Re: Re: Migraines...

    Originally posted by Lynn
    which I am very glad I don't get
    Ah, well I didn't start getting them til I was about 22. Migraines run down my dads side of the family. The hospital said they are inherited and can start at any time (normally 14-30 years of age) and can disappear too at any time... Therefore, I suggest you quickly touch wood

    Thanks for the pain killer tip :-)

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    I've only ever had 2 migraines - and they never hurt at all. Instead I just had one whole side of my body go completely paralysed. Then just to make you feel better, a succession of 2 medics and 3 doctors tell you that you've probably had a stroke. It was only when I saw a specialist 3 days later that I found out it was a migraine.

    I had another one 4 weeks later, and have not had one in the 14 years since.

    I was told that mine was triggered by a combination of stress, fatigue and chocolate causing a sudden surge in blood sugar levels, which in turn caused the blood vessels in the brain to expand. Whatever it was, I would not want to go through that experience again.

    Hope you feel better soon Pammy.

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    Re: Re: Re: Re: Migraines...

    Originally posted by Pammy
    The hospital said they are inherited and can start at any time (normally 14-30 years of age)
    Well, I'm past the age range (just!)

    I have had some migranes - but I haven't woken up with one in the morning - they are the worst ones that my mum gets.

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    Must admit when I do get them I feel sick, can't sleep and have to stay int dark, although a walk in the cold air in the middle of the night sometimes help, unless you get them in the middle of the day.

    All I can do is as soon as I feel even a mild headhache coming on, blitz it with 3 nurafen so it doesn't turn into a migraine.

    Seems to work for me but not recommended on the packet which states a maximum of 2 tablets!


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    Migraines

    My sympathies Pammy!

    I suffer badly from migraines - getting one every seven to ten days, with a variety of other tension headaches of differing severity on an almost daily basis.

    I had one or two up to my thirties, then they hit with a vengeance and have stayed ever since, despite much medical effort to control them. At least they're not as bad as they used to be - at first it was every three days

    In the main, I've got used to finding ways round the tension headaches - just accepting some days I can't drive, can't read, can't use a pc etc... so as not to worsen the symptoms or trigger a full migraine. A full migraine still sends me to bed in a cold darkened room for the day.

    A lot of people find they have dietary triggers - the classic cheese, chocolate, red wine combo is frequently to blame. This doesn't seem to apply to me.

    The best advice I've had is that the migrainous personality likes regularity, and suffers from disruptions to routine. It doesn't matter if you are tucked up in bed by ten every night, or wide awake till 3am - so long as you follow your own sleep pattern pretty ridgidly. Same with eating patterns, travel patterns etc. Try keeping a headache diary - you may notice that you always get a migraine after some disruption to your usual routine.

    Once you've got one of the little horrors, I find it helps to sleep (or at least eliminate as much sound, light and scent from your room as possible), cool yourself down (Bodyshop and Boots both used to do eye-gel masks that you chill in the fridge till needed), and just give up resisting the headache. When you can stand it, try to drink something sweetened just to keep your blood sugar levels up - otherwise you risk upsetting your body's routine - again!

    Hope this helps - best of luck!

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    Re: Migraines...

    Originally posted by Pammy
    Anyone else a sufferer out there?
    Not me, thank heavens, but an old friend used to suffer terribly with frequent ones, as did her daughter.

    Then the daughter discovered that by drinking large quantities of water thoughout the day, the migraine frequency was reduced almost to zero.

    Her mum tried the same "treatment" and that worked too.

    Not claiming any statistical significance, or offering a mechanism, but it might be worth a try.

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    Re: Re: Migraines...

    Originally posted by ChrisA
    Then the daughter discovered that by drinking large quantities of water thoughout the day, the migraine frequency was reduced almost to zero.
    I easily get a headache when I am dehydrated and now carry a bottle of water everywhere (a habit I got into when living in hot countries). I know people who got almost daily headaches at work (not migranes though) which more or less stopped when they started drinking water through the day.

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    Wow, reading this was so interesting. David - that really sounded terrible, must've been an awful shock when you thought it was a stroke.

    I am actually really lucky now. I used to get them very badly about five years back, I'd have them for three out of four weeks and I was under the hospital at that stage for them. I had two brain scans as they thought something else may be triggering them - thankfully that was not the case.

    I tend to be completely sensitive to the light, my fingertips and hands shake, sometimes my eyes flicker. Normally I'm sick and at that point I tend to lie down on the floor, and often "lose time". An hour or two can go in what seems like minutes.

    The strangest thing is the feeling you get beforehand. Typically the night before you get one, I'll find myself really removed from whatever is happening. People can be talking, but I won't be able to concentrate on what they're saying. I'll find myself staring into space or hearing words, but not taking them in. It's very odd indeed.

    Now I'm lucky with one only every now and then, and I do have strong tablets that seem to tackle them (although I must confess I hate taking pain killers). My sympathies go out to those who still get them regularly. It can be very depressing and make life and daily tasks very difficult to cope with...

    Thanks everyone for your stories, they've been so interesing

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    Originally posted by Pammy
    The strangest thing is the feeling you get beforehand. Typically the night before you get one, I'll find myself really removed from whatever is happening. People can be talking, but I won't be able to concentrate on what they're saying. I'll find myself staring into space or hearing words, but not taking them in. It's very odd indeed.
    That explains a lot - I've had this before but never understood why. Never been hit with full-blown migraine symptoms described above but had mild symptoms (and have family who get migraines). It all makes sense now!
    Thanks everyone for your stories, they've been so interesing
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    Originally posted by Pammy
    My sympathies go out to those who still get them regularly. It can be very depressing and make life and daily tasks very difficult to cope with...
    I agree - I have every sympathy after seeing my mum suffer. It can take a whole day or more to recover, if you are really nauseous you can't even keep tablets down (my mum was given injections to give herself at one stage).

    Different folk have different triggers - I think a key thing is finding your trigger (eg certain foods late at night) and avoiding it.

    Originally posted by DangerousCurves
    the migrainous personality likes regularity, and suffers from disruptions to routine...Try keeping a headache diary - you may notice that you always get a migraine after some disruption to your usual routine.
    This makes sense, eg getting a migrane on a weekend, when the daily routine changes. The headache diary would be a useful way of helping find out what might be causing them - whether it is migranes or regular headaches.

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    Re: Migraines...

    Originally posted by Pammy
    Anyone else a sufferer out there?
    Px
    Mine usually wake me up at some ungodly hour and immediately upon waking I have to fly to the bathroom to be sick. Thats the pattern for the day then, lie in a dark room with my eye mask on to stop any light at all, headache builds up from the back of my neck, nausea builds up, fly to bathroom and am violently sick, back to bed, freezing cold, then get red hot, try and doze a little then pattern starts again. This goes on all day, then for some reason I finally fall asleep properly and when I wake its completely gone, after a cup of tea and a slice of toast and although I feel a little spaced out (no change there then ) I can get up, go out for a meal, dancing whatever. I take prevention tablets every night now, so only have them occasionally now and because of the pills, they aren't usually very bad ones.

    Years ago, when I surfaced from my migraines, I used to yearn for a Knickerbocker Glory or something equally gungy.........I miss those days NOT !

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    Originally posted by DavidB
    I've only ever had 2 migraines - and they never hurt at all.
    David
    Well if you reckon you had 2 migraines and they never hurt at all then they were not migraines

    Wait till you do get one and then you know how sore it would be.>!!

    I used to suffer when I was younger, but not now, they would not go away until I'd been sick.

    I think all men should be cursed for one month with PMT and period cramps and a reallt bad period, so they know how woman feel every month, lets give David a really bad migraine to go with his also

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    Originally posted by xSalsa_Angelx
    Well if you reckon you had 2 migraines and they never hurt at all then they were not migraines
    Well they cost me my job - I was given a medical discharge from the Army because of them

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    Originally posted by DavidB
    I was given a medical discharge from the Army because of them
    I see you kept the haircut, though

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    Originally posted by xSalsa_Angelx
    Well if you reckon you had 2 migraines and they never hurt at all then they were not migraines
    I know someone else who has suffered one of these as well, a one-sided paralysis and they couldn't see properly out of one eye as well - they were told it was a migrane - and there was no pain. I think they only had it once, and don't suffer from the more 'usual' migranes (lying in a darkened room being sick sort).

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    Originally posted by DavidB
    Well they cost me my job - I was given a medical discharge from the Army because of them
    I can't imagine you in the Army - what exactly were you ?

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