migraine headaches/weight loss

This may sound a little crazy, but my wife had severe headaches almost daily. Finally we switched dentists and she suggested orthodontics. Completely gone. Worth looking into.

Teeth grinding and extreme anxiety can bring about stress or cluster headaches...migraines are a bit different...they are mostly about vascular constriction/dilation, in my research....I had a dentist insist it was ortho, but in my case, it wasn't.

My gp suggested trialling beta blockers as migraine prevention after chronic suffering for years! I've been on them 18 months and I've had 2 in that whole time. Both of those occurred in the same week as I forgot a tablet.
I take one tablet every night. Its the best thing I could of ever done!
Google it.... Beta blockers for migraine!

My gp suggested trialling beta blockers as migraine prevention after chronic suffering for years! I've been on them 18 months and I've had 2 in that whole time. Both of those occurred in the same week as I forgot a tablet.
I take one tablet every night. Its the best thing I could of ever done!
Google it.... Beta blockers for migraine!

I may have to talk to my dr about that! I get tachycardia occasionally, and the beta blockers would help that too.

Oops! I can't believe I forgot this. Everytime I was in the ER with a migraine, my blood pressure was sky high.. They would say that it was high because of the headache. Well I mentioned that to my neurologist and he had me monitor my blood pressure. Come to find out, half the time it was normal 120/60ish, and sometimes it went as high as 190/110!! He put me on verapamil for high blood pressure and it has helped some. I have no side effects, the blood pressure is now completely normal. Weight loss, by the way, did not allow me to go off the Verapamil. I'm assuming I'll have to take it for life.
Anyway, make sure that your blood pressure isn't going up and down without your knowledge because every time it's up, it causes damage to your blood vessels and internal organs. You can buy an automatic blood pressure monitor that is very easy to use. Check it a few times a day and log it so you know if it's fluctuating.
I hope this helps and I pray you get relief soon. It's very hard to work out with migraines.

I get them really bad, and I have since I was 7 years old. I get the numbness, paralysis, auras, severe pain, etc. My problem is that they appear to be completely random. The ONLY thing I've ever been able to attribute them to is when I undergo a period of prolonged stress, and when that stress ligtens up and things return to normal? Three or four days later - SLAM.

The past few months have been *really* hard, and I've had them about every 7-10 days since October. However, the one that hit me three weeks ago, so severe that it landed me in the ER and lasted for 6 days... I haven't had one since. It's only a matter of time for me though. No medication has ever stopped or prevented them, including betablockers or ergotamines. And they magically got a magnitude worse when I turned 35.

the only thing that I have found that regular massage therapy helps keep them at bay a little bit. But that's not always doable, and I end up regretting it. But I think that's more to do with my stress levels than anything physical. I've had them so much of my life, I just plod on through for the most part, unless I get to the point where I can't keep water down. I will modify activities, but I still work and participate as best I can. I wouldn't have a life at all if I didn't.

Migraines are one of the biggest mysteries in medicine. They ended up eventually tying my mom's to her seizure disorder, of all things. The last year of her life, they found that if she took 3 Benadryl and 2 Excedrin Migraine and one of her pain pills at the onset (at the very beginning of her auras), they could be prevented. So I'm going to try that... sort of. My cocktail will be 2 benadryls and 3 Advil Migraine.... I can't take Tylenol. We'll see how it goes...

When my blood sugars get low, not low enough for me to feel significant cognizant dissonance but enough to realize I've waited too long to eat, I'll get migraines because of that...Not horrible ones but my head will pound if I move and light and excessive noise make me flinch. They usually go away after I've eaten though.
It's a pretty crappy guess but if I had to, I'd guess hypoglycemia. I'm sorry! I hope you figure it out soon because that sounds absolutely horrible. D":

Hi there have you tried medication, if i dont take my nadalo im from new zealand will be different in other countries i get migraines every day, its horrible to think i have to take two tablets a day for the rest of my life but its worth it i still get the odd migrines but nothing compared to what i used to

When my blood sugars get low, not low enough for me to feel significant cognizant dissonance but enough to realize I've waited too long to eat, I'll get migraines because of that...Not horrible ones but my head will pound if I move and light and excessive noise make me flinch. They usually go away after I've eaten though.
It's a pretty crappy guess but if I had to, I'd guess hypoglycemia. I'm sorry! I hope you figure it out soon because that sounds absolutely horrible. D":

I get migraines when my blood sugar gets low, but it sets things into motion and I have a migraine for up to a week after each incident. You are lucky!

I suffered from migraines for 36 years. I found a energy healer that was trained my Carolyn Cooper. She healed the root of the problem that was causing the migraine. I have not had a migraine in over a year now. I used to get them at least 3-4 times a week and was on pain pills and shots. Also 10-15 years ago I was hospitalized with one that had lasted 38 days. They sent me to Michigan Head Pain Clinic where I learned what my triggers were, which included foods and msg and nitrates. I reduced them to about 1 a week after that. You might want to check out their web site at www.mhni.com for ways to find your triggers or even the best idea I believe is Carolyncooper.com and find an energy healer near you. You can email me for more help if you would like at bgsissel@gmail.com

What the hell kind if neurologist told you toxins in fat caused your migraines???

Did the doctor not have you keep a headache diary? Talk to you about possible triggers? Migraines are very complicated. They have nothing to do with fat.

Many chemicals (such as lead, many pesticides) are lipophilic--easily absorbed by fat, not so much by water. This mean that they can get stored in your fat cells for quite a long time and without too many bad effects. Fat is pretty good at keeping itself stable and out of the blood stream. However, if a person starts to quickly lose weight (like on a crash diet), the fat is used up for energy and all the lipophilic compounds are released into the body. This is when bad things start to pop up. Did you have a blood test done?

Not saying that this is the case here, but there is a precedent for poisoning associated with rapid weight loss. There was also a House, MD episode on this. XD

I remember reading about this a number of years ago. I also remember an article about some dolphins that washed up dead, on the beach (in S. California or something). Their normal fish supplies were a bit thin that year, but scientists were baffled, at first, because the animals had almost certainly not starved. When they did autopsies, they discovered that the dolphins had died of liver and kidney failure, from what seemed to be toxic overload. They theorized that some of the dolphins had been using up their fat supplies at a very accelerated rate and that stored toxins were being released into their blood stream--- overwhelming their detoxification pathways.