Anybody else get migrains?

[jj2]

I've been working on this one all day.

Just took some mega pain killer and waiting for it to kick in, then it's nighty night time.

 

[leannebug]

yes, me too. Today was a big one too.

the heat is unbearable here.

 

[jj2]

I think the heat & sun is a lot of it because I've been doing a lot of outdoor stuff and I'm sensitive to the sun in the first place. I'm taking the weekend off so my head can calm down. The pain killers did do wonders last night though.

The one thing I have noticed is since I gave up smoking, I don't get terrible ones very often. In fact, this is the worst one I've had---I can handle the small ones but I didn't miss the bad ones at all.

 

[leannebug]

Mine are hit n miss, but I've discovered all or most of my triggers. What are yours?

Mine are:
Heat
Chocolate
Yeast (as in doughnuts)
WEATHER fronts (of course)
TOM (my monthly)
too much sleep
too little sleep
stress
Processed meats
Flickering lights
fluorescent lights


I think that's it. :feeble smile:

 

[jj2]

Mine mainly are:

Heat
Dramatic weather change and/or weather fronts
Stress
Fluorescent lights, but it's got to be a lot of them in one room

I haven't found too many foods that set it off, thank God.

As you call it--TOM (the monthly) use to but, since the hysterectomy, I no longer have the problem.

 

[Nighthawk]

YES! Mine are usually triggered by an allergy attack that gets out of hand. Sometimes just out of the blue. my mother has them very severly. What helps with mine when I don't have any Rx pain meds are: 1 BC arthritis strength, 800mg ibuprophin, 100mg benedryl. Go to bed in a dark, cool, Quiet room with an ice pack to the base of the skull and a cold cloth over my eyes. then I just pray it goes away..... Always feels like I've been beaten up after it's over, like if I move too suddenly I will shatter. I hate it!

 

[Kizmara]

I had 1 that lasted 3 months until they found it was hormone related.

I still get them if my hormones go wacky.

But I agree with Nighthawk the getting over the migraine is just as horrible as having it.

 

[Nighthawk]

My oldest girl is 13. She has been getting headaches pretty frequently for a while now. Lately they have turned into migrains, getting worse and worse almost every day. Last night was the worst yet. This is the same kid who walked aboud for a day and a half with a broken bone in her foot before complaining because she couldn't get her shoe on. Last night after taking a BC and ibuprophin, she had been laying down in the dark when she started crying and wanting her mama. I took her to the ER. She had a CAT scan, came back ok, Thankfully. She's had blood tests run lately too. Don't know what is causing the pain, but it's not a tumor, lesion or bleed.

 

[jj2]

This week has been hell on wheels and it's still going. I'm up, I'm down---kinda of goes with how RW is doing, surprise surprise.
Got one in the making so don't hold my question against me cause the brain isn't working to well right at this moment. What is BC?
Just popped a Tylenol 3 so things should be improving in a minute!!!

 

[Nighthawk]

BC headache powder. It's asprin & caffeine in a powder form so it works quickly. Tastes like powdered asprin too. YICK! Pretty darn effective though, esp for beginning migraines when you don't have any Rx pain meds. Hope yours goes away and stays away!

 

[jj2]

What do you do, drink a soda/cup of coffee and take an aspirin? Man, I'd be wired for hours but if it gets bad, I'll give it a try!!!
Doing better. RW is out for the night so I can lean back and relax and the Tylenol 3 did it's job.

 

[Nighthawk]

no, you get it where you get other asprin products. It comes in a box filled with little envelops of the meds. I used to take asprin and then some espresso or coke or mt dew, but this is easier to have on hand. My migraine formula is to take a BC and 800mg ibupropin and go to bed with an ice pack at the base of my skull and a cold cloth over my eyes. I'd rather have the tylenol 3, but sometimes you gotta do with what you have. Caffiene and asprin are in most of the OTC migraine meds. It dosen't wire you up, just helps it stop hurting so much.

 

[gingersnaps]

I have had migraines all my life. that got real bad when I was 14 then I learned to control them a bit and the last 3 years they have been almost every day to some degree.I never saw a doctor about them till 1 1/2 years ago and have been on several diff meds incl topomax which was slowly killing me from the weight loss.

my triggers
caffeine
stress
heat
too much light
too little light while watching tv
not enough sleep
pms
cigarettes ( one reason I jumped on e cigs when I discovered them)

and just bc it decides to

most of them start in my sleep and either wake me up or seep into my dreams and keep me from being able to wake up at all. I am so sick of the being shot in the back of the head nightmare I have when I get a migraine.

 

[Nighthawk]

If pain wakes you up out of a sound sleep, it's pretty serious. I know you know that, I was just letting others know that too. I hope the dr's can get you some relief. Migraines are horrible.

 

[RedDeath5]

i've been having them since i got home from iraq. i haven't been able to identify any triggers yet, though. i usually just crack myself out on naproxen sodium and high doses of caffeine unless it's a REALLY bad one, in which case i just go lie down in dark and silence and pray that it won't last long.

 

[Nighthawk]

RD, did you have any explosions near you while there? The concussion from those can cause a type of 'hidden' brain injury that is not readily apparent at the time, resulting in these type of migraines. I'd go get it checked out after doing some online research. The VA should be able to help you and possibly disability pay as well. It's well worth it to persue it with a neurologist that has some understanding of war injuries. Hang in there!

 

[RedDeath5]

i'm familiar with T.B.I....i'll be getting screened for it hopefully in the next couple of months since i'm transferring my medical treatment from 70 miles away to less than 10 at the beginning of october.

 

[Nighthawk]

Oh Good! So many people don't know about it, and live with the suffering. I am so very glad you are getting screened. I was a Navy wife for 10 years, I know what a booger the VA can be. Hang in there!

 

[snarkypaws]

BC headache powder. It's asprin & caffeine in a powder form so it works quickly. Tastes like powdered asprin too. YICK! Pretty darn effective though, esp for beginning migraines when you don't have any Rx pain meds. Hope yours goes away and stays away!

I've pretty much sworn off of posting lately but feeling the need here for fellow migraine sufferers. If Goody powders work for you, you might want to try extra-strength Excedrin. They have aspirin, caffeine, and acetaminophen and work better than any other OTC med I've tried. It's been awhile since I checked but unless they've changed the formula they have the exact same ingredients and mg-strength that Excedrin Migraine does and at a fraction of the cost. In fact, if you get the Wal-Mart Equate brand, they usually have the "buy one, get one free" double packs for $3+. (Crawling back to my hole now...)

 

[Nighthawk]

Thanks Snarky! The more otc remedies the better. So many of us cannot go to the dr, even when we need to!