Migraines

wirm

I thought this would be a good place to take about this well known issue:
I like many other people take migraines!

But my problem is finding how to stop them or even prevent them. I am own medication which I take at the first signs of a migraine and it is supposed to stop me from feeling sick etc. but it does not seem to work.

I have tried different things to see if I could prevent my migraines occuring but nothing seems to work!

Sometimes I do not have a migraine for months and other times I get them three or four times a week! But I just can't figure out what is causing them!

I am starting to think that its stress, but is this a cause of migraines?

Thanks in advance,

IP

Fran

IP -

I don't get them myself but I have friends who get them. One in particular I would say it was definitely stress related - every time he had something that caused him anxiety or stress he got a migraine! He also gets weird vision seeing lights that aren't there and words disappear when he is reading. He also got them cos of certain foods, which I am sure you are aware of (?). It's worth checking what you have eaten - or drunk - in the day or two before getting them. One of my kids also gets them but not very often, he gets the tunnel vision and feels sick but isn't then gets a headache. One of the things for him seems to be orange colourings they put in squash and orangeade type drinks. Have you done a web search for migraine?

I was going to say migraines are a pain, but don't suppose you'd appreciate that!

mini

hello again

I have suffered from migraines on and off for yars, if I feel I amheading towards one I put my sunglasses on, even inside, which I find helps if it carries on I take OTC medication, I got a great medication from a pharmacist once, I don't wish to post the information as it may not be suitable for the masses, it's bought over the counter I could pm the name to you and you could enquire withyur own pharmacist, I presume it may not work for everyone, I'll have to look up the name too as it's been a while.


Stree is definately a cause in my non medical opinion, all of my severe ones have been at really stressful times.

It can be food related too.

Have you seen your GP? 3 or 4 times a week must be disabling

mini

Fran

Another person I know who gets them described it as the pot getting full and starting to overflow. She reckoned that her migraines weren't necessarily caused by one thing but that once she had got enough of the migraine causers in her "pot", that's when she got them. As Mini says, definitely a GP job - if you haven't been recently get back down there!!!

mini

I am very interested in what Fran says about orange colouring, I suffered from bad migraines whilst at school the common link was the (very orange) orange juice but when I have mentioned it to others they haven't been convinced,


I find the problem with vision is the first indication oh and the headache!

wirm

Firstly thanks for your posts! Helping me already!

.....He also gets weird vision seeing lights that aren't there and words disappear when he is reading. He also got them cos of certain foods, which I am sure you are aware of (?). It's worth checking what you have eaten - or drunk - in the day or two before getting them. One of my kids also gets them but not very often, he gets the tunnel vision and feels sick but isn't then gets a headache.

Ok, I know when I am getting a migraine because I cannot see anything to the left or right, and straight away I run and get my tablets! I feel really sick but I have never actually vomited! It is the worst feeling, wanting to be sick but not being able to (hard to explain, you have to know what it feels like to understand) I have tried thinking about what I ate or drunk, at one stage I thought it was Coke but then when I stopped drinking it, it didn't seem to make any difference!

....I have suffered from migraines on and off for yars, if I feel I amheading towards one I put my sunglasses on, even inside, which I find helps if it carries on I take OTC medication, I got a great medication from a pharmacist once, I don't wish to post the information as it may not be suitable for the masses, it's bought over the counter I could pm the name to you and you could enquire withyur own pharmacist, I presume it may not work for everyone, I'll have to look up the name too as it's been a while.

Stress is definately a cause in my non medical opinion, all of my severe ones have been at really stressful times.

Have you seen your GP? 3 or 4 times a week must be disabling....

I think I will get myself a paie of sunglasses to carry about with me! Thanks for that one! Would be a great help if you would pm me with the name of the medication. I do keep thinking its stress but then I wonder why I would be getting stressed out!? Could I be stressed out without really knowing it?

GP has given my medication, but it makes me feel a lot worse, so I am going to him to see about changing it!

I also find that lying in a dark room helps! It was really annoying getting so many in one week! I could do nothing!

trafalgar_2

This is an interesting article....take a look
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/3000136.stm

wirm

....I am very interested in what Fran says about orange colouring....

I did think that could be may problem when I read Fran's post but I don't drink many drinks with orange colouring!

Shame, thought I'd solved my problem.... :-/

Fran

But whatever it is they put in the orange colouring could also be in other things (?) ???

wirm

This is an interesting article....take a look
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/3000136.stm

Thanks trafalgar, pitty they don't have a cure! All in the mind eh???

:-/

wirm

But whatever it is they put in the orange colouring could also be in other things (?)  ???

Hmmmmm, interesting question that..... :-/

You got me started.... I'll have to look into that...