Do you get Migraines?

I'm sorry to read that you're suffering such frequent attacks. :frown: The only medication that works for me is Relpax, and only then if I take it at the very first moment I notice one coming on.

I have horrible Migraines (which I take Imitrex for) when they are full blown. I also use to get DAILY headaches that would stay with me all day, I was the queen of 3 Ibuprofen/2 extra strength Tylenol. My acupuncturist suggested adding a Magnesium supplement daily, and since I started taking Magnesium my daily headaches are no more.

My triggers are stress and dehydration. Intake ibuprofen and paracetamol with codeine. As others say, only works if intake it as the beginning. When I get one though, I can get rid of it sooner by going to bed and doing relaxation techniques bi found I was getting so stressed about the pain that was making them worse.

I've suffered from migraines since I was very young (about 6 years old). Mine are visually triggered, usually by an excess of artificial light and some random patterning that I've never been able to pinpoint. They're very severe and typically start with me having trouble focusing my right eye's vision, which I ultimately completely lose within about 20 minutes. It hurts a lot, obviously, but I can usually ease it and regain some of my vision with excedrin, caffeine, and some very dark chocolate. It doesn't always work, but I'd say I have about an 80% success rate with it.

I do have migraines. Terrible, god awful migraines. I went from never having them to having one every single day. I tried everything. The only thing that works for me is Topamax. It's almost been like a miracle drug for me the past four years. It's a preventive medication. My only gripe is that the side effects are what I call stupid mouth (you'll mean to say one thing and say something else or constantly forget mid sentence), tingling in hands and feet, and the cost started out super pricey. Thankfully, it's now generic and much cheaper.

Thanks everyone for the info. Migraines are truly a mystery. Hopefully the neurologist will be able to help.

Have you never been to the neurologist before? The first migraine I remember having I was about 6 years old, I know now it was a migraine because of the blacking out and tingly feeling in my fingers and face. I had "headaches" the whole time I was growing up but my pediatrician never did anything about it. When I was 22 and newly pregnant with my daughter I was driving down a busy road and started to get one and blacked out momentarily. I went to a new doctor at this point and they sent me to the neurologist that I am still seeing to this day. Mine have changed over the years, I don't black out anymore, but the aura part of it is worse now. When one is coming on I start to lose the center of my vision. For years I tried to control it with diet and avoiding very smelly places (like Hallmark stores) and avoiding strobe lights but last year it got to the point that I was suffering 3 or 4 days of the week and it was seriously effecting me taking care of my daughter. I went back to Dr. Strauss and he put me back on Topamax (is this a preventative that you've been on?) I also have phentermine that I take if I don't realize one is coming on and it's suddenly there or I wake up with it. But last year when I had so many Dr. Strauss thought that I might have sleep apnea because I was waking up so often with them. I finally got him to understand that my sleep was all broken up throughout the day so I wake up bunches of times a day. But that when I can sleep I get really good sleep. Oh and my food triggers are too much salt (too much ham), too much sugar (Butterfinger), sour cream, Asian food with soy sauce bases (msg). I can also bring one on by wearing my sunglasses on top of my head for any amount of time and headbands are a no no.

Topomax made me a crazy person, I had little to no control over my emotions. I would have crying fits over missing painter's tape and yet have no reaction to a friend passing away. The side effects were way too much for me. After having migraines for half of my life and a grand mal seizure, I have been sent for MRIs and CT Scans, I've been poked and proded, and tried numerous meds such as Naproxen and Imitrex all of which either didn't work or I couldn't take the side effects. I know take a product called Migracell that my mother actually found at a healthfood store and it's the best things so far. Doesn't completely get rid of them but makes them manageable. Most important things that I need to do to prevent them, keep my stress low (which is tough with my job) and drink tons of water.

Everyone is going to have their own story and remedy, it takes time to find out what works for you but if you can find your trick whether it been meditation or breathing exercise, the perfect medication hold onto it. Best of luck!

I am too suffer from chronic migraines. and I think it something if the doctor cant figure it out it something in the person's diet.

example for me the migraine is worst when I drink strong drinks like orange juice and even soda/pop. so im trying to limit those for now. and soon be off those.

for me I just bare with them. even if it really really bad. I do what I need to do.

instead of cutting things out completely SLOWLY take things out of your diet. especially if you are used having those items

Another sufferer of migraines since forever here. For me, they tend to present in the middle of the night with a nice bout of motion sickness. I will vomit for the next 12+ hours, regardless of the fact that my stomach is empty after the first go. I used to have to take the bus to the theater with migraines. I'd pick up a bottle of ginger ale before I went, and used the bag to discreetly dry heave. At its worst, I'd even blank on stage. I put up with it until last year because doctors like to tell me that my body is so messed up that I should just deal with pain.

Midrin was a bust. Didn't even touch it, and the bright red pill doesn't look very pleasant. Gabapentin made me hostile and suicidal and increased my depression and anxiety issues, but it fixed the symptoms!

I'm currently on propranolol. I have to push sodium all the time because my BP is too normal for it. Noe migraines so far, but I get pins and needles and lose feeling in my feet daily. I guess they're right. There is no fixing me. Amitryptaline is next on the list...