I suffer from migraines at least once a month or few months but advil? lol. Take tylenol extra strength (500mg) and take a nap. you should feel much better
2 Excedrins help me. It is the caffeine that helps really, so maybe have some coffee or soda instead?
I get nausea as well, so while unpleasant, vomiting helps with the pain and symptoms. Like it hits a reset and I get get back to feeling normal.
My doctor had me get my head scanned and they all said it was unremarkable, yet with some of the headaches I've had I've thought of carving the pain out of my head with a knife. Luckily I don't have them anywhere near as frequently as I used to but me eating Excedrin like candy made so I barely feel the healing effects anymore.
I get them bad. Lately taking ibuprofen has done the trick.
I know that feeling.
Yea I've suffered from migraines after going too hard at the gym a couple times. It was so bad that I didn't bother taking Advil and took an Oxycontin left over from wisdom teeth surgery. It helped but it was still bad.
I've noticed a few things can really trigger them for me and try to avoid doing those things. Like reducing caffeine intake and what not.
Two exedrin migraine along with taking a shower in the dark along with coffee has never failed to at least reduce migraines for me.
For those of you with chronic migraines, my heart goes out to you as a fellow sufferer and I can't recommend strongly enough that you seek care from a neurologist to see if there are treatments they can recommend.
Regarding use of NSAIDs, such as ibuprofen, aleve etc, from what my neurologists have told me, and medical journals articles I've read, analgesic rebound headaches and caffeine rebound headaches are a serious concern for chronicity of migraines. The idea is that they help short term but once they stop helping and the body builds up a tolerance the headaches become more intractable. That's why some neurologists recommending use NSAIDs no more than x number of days in a month. Just something to keep in mind to talk to your doc about.
Caffeine, as mentioned above, can be both a trigger and a salve, though as an treatment it can also have the rebohnd factor emntioned above so often neurologists from what I understand will recommend avoiding it.
There are a lot of other triggers, too. I have a lot of food triggers for migraines, which blows. Weather triggers as well. If you feel like you may have food triggers you may want yo do some research or talk to your neurologist about it to find some good ideas for a migraine exclusion diet to see what specific foods are triggering your headaches, certain foods are more commonly reported as triggers than others.
There's a book Heal your Headache by David Bucholz that's well worth checking out.
From my five years of brutal migraines thus far, I can tell you that rest, exercise, a healthy diet and low stress level are crucial for me in minimizing the headaches.
A lot of people find botox injections from their neurologist helpful, if they've failed other treatment modalities. I personally didn't get relief from them but my wife has been getting them them for five years and they've given her considerable relief. The meds I'm on now give me mild to moderate oe better relief depending on the day and circumstances, so that's something at least.
I just read this on reddit yesterday, but try to induce a couple of brain freezes on yourself.
Gulp something ice cold, or chomp into some ice cream. Whatever it takes to give yourself a brain freeze.
Do this two or three times.
The sensory overload and the way the blood vessels react to the phenomenon is supposed to be helpful.
I've been getting weather related migraines like crazy this year and plan on trying this out the next time around.
So sorry about your migraines. I feel you on the weather triggers. Rain and high barometric pressure variability rate (unsure if that's he right term) tend to be associated with greater frequency and severity of migraines for me, from what I can tell. I've heard of this brain freeze idea and really want to try it, thanks for the reminder, hopefully it helps. Hope you get some good relief next time you have one.
I suffered from debilitating migraines for years, and nothing the doctors tried ever helped. Ended up nearly dying from two pulmonary embolisms, Doctors found out I've got a genetic blood disorder where my blood is much 'thicker' than a normal persons. Asked the Doctor at the time if that could have caused the migraines, was told it was most likely.
Haven't had a migraine since I was put on blood thinners to try and prevent anymore blood clots, I always tell folks who get chronic migraines to get their blood thickness levels checked just in case.
I'm sorry to hear you went through that. I'm glad you're doing a lot better now though. I hadn't heard about this potential cause, I'll take your advice and get the levels checked out, thank you for the advice.
