Migraine Sufferers

Did the Doctor give you a precription? My daughter takes Midrin for hers. Takes at 1st sign and really helps most of the time!

Dont worry! I get migranes all the time, especially when i work out. What I find helpful is to make sure that you are constantly drinking water. Also, certain diet foods (diet coke, diet pepsi, etc.) also can cause migranes. So if you are going to work out make sure to drink plenty of water and stay away from those kinds of sodas, until afterwards.

i do not have them....but my friend had them constantly until she starting a daily regiment of magnesium tablets. she swears by it....has not had one since she started the supplent in addition to her daily multi vitamin about a year ago..

Interesting post because I have just started getting migraine type attacks since I've been doing this. Never had them before and I'm not getting terrible headaches, but I get an aura for a few minutes then my head aches for the rest of the day. It's happened about 6 times in the last 2 months - 4 times over a 5 day period in january and then twice in the last 3 days. I had a big work out earlier and I got the aura as I got out of the pool and have had a dull ache ever since. There doesn't seem to be any common link though (not particular times of day or if I'm hungry etc) and it's not a hormonal thing because I don't have any of those!

Be interested to see what others have experienced

I am a suffer too. I have noticed in the last few months that the more weight I lose, the less and less I have them. I still get one a few days b4 my period but if I drink loads of water the week leading up to it, it either isn't that bad or doesn't happen at all!! I have found, for me at least, that it actually helps to exercise during a headache/start of migraine, as long as its low impact. I will hop on the treadmill or do strength training. Basically anything that gets your blood pumping through your whole body. Usually its gone by the time I am done. This is just me though. Hang in there. When I was just starting out and had migraines I thought I was just going to be stuck in a never ending loop of migraines and weight gain. You'll find what works for you and conquer them

Depends how often you get an attack but I was getting them every few weeks and am always guaranteed them at the time of the month so my doc put me on pizotifen which I take daily and seems to help. before this I tried atenolol and epilim which worked but only for a few months until I guess I must've got immune or something. When I get an attack I take diazepam and diclofenac which sometimes works if taken early enough but it depends what your doc says if you have only just started getting em. Some people are affected by foods and caffeine but for me it tends to be stress and seem to be getting them far less in this job than in my previous. I often am affected when exercising too but I think this, like stress is due to your heart beating faster. Have you thought about maybe doing some kind of 'relaxing' exercise like breaststroke swimming?

I get migraines a lot as well and I read somewhere that magnesium supplements are good for headaches. I brought some and they do seem to help when I feel one coming on. However, it did seem to make me nauseous when taken with my other vitamins so I try to take it alone.

I have had migraines for over a decade. Drink plenty water and STOP WORKING OUT WHEN IT HITS!

i've had migraines for over 10 years now so i know how horrible it is. definitely try to stay hydrated. but if i know i'm going to be doing something likely to cause a migraine (for me, it's flying), my doc suggested i take two alleves 30 minutes beforehand just as a precaution.

I take imitrex injections and they are gone in 5minutes. I don't have to catch it ahead if time. The con is it is a shot and you shoot it into the leg stings for a sec. And then you feel lightheaded for a couple minutes. It has saved my life.