Migraines

Paul_Varjak

Bobbin,

I have just read your posting on MIGRAINE. The trigger factors for your symptoms, the symptoms themselves, and the conclusions you have drawn over the years.

They completely mirror my own experience!

What you have not said is if you get any visual symptoms ('Jagged' halos stc.). Personally, I do not get these. The reason for this is partly, I think, because the halos are pre-cursors of the headache and my headache usually presents itself on waking in the morning.

On the six or so occasions in my life when I have seen jagged halos, they have never been followed by a headache.

As for migraines affecting your thinking, that is the worst symptom of all! It affects all relationships (business and personal). My thinking is affected for days (or even weeks) after an attack and, as I can have 2-4 attacks per week for several weeks at a time, you can imagine what effect that has!

When I haven't had an attack for several weeks I begin to feel 'normal'' again but have learnt that this seems to be a pre-cursor for yet another attack!

Incidentally, as a child, I found I got travel sick when reading in the car. And the symptoms of travel sickness are very similar to migraine. Nowadays, I find that if I read when I go to bed then I will get a migraine in the morning - but only if reading for relaxtion!

System

Are you sure that you're not getting Cluster Migraines?

Paul_Varjak

As a male, I guess I am more likely to be a sufferer of cluster headaches and the 'cycle' of my headaches is cluster-like.

But I do not get the intense pain behind the eye that is supposedly typical of cluster headaches.

Although I normally have pain and can feel nauseous (less so these days), occasionally I have no pain at all but just feel odd, unable to think properly.

Whatever particular symptoms I have in an individual attack I always have an aversion to light and want to curl up in a little 'ball'.

shelly

Hi all.I have only just noticed this thread whilst looking for something else. Anyway just wanted to say that my GP said my migraines were caused mainly by stress.Just before I got married I was getting one a week,I didn't feel stressed at all,my plans were on track but my GP said you don't always realise you are stressed,its almost a subconscious stress.The only food I noticed gave me a migraine was butter but now I eat that I can't believe its not butter and I am fine.My symptoms are pretty much the same as everybody elses but I didn't notice anyone got numbness like I do.When I am getting one my symptoms are.....I can see a kaleidoscope for a while.....I can't speak properly.........I feel very confused.My nose,right side of my face and right arm goes numb and if I try to read I can't see blocks of words.And thats all before the pain hits me like a sledgehammer!My GP said that mine sounds like a very severe migraine as the symptoms are very extreme.Apparently a migraine is caused by the lining of the brain becoming swollen.I have to go straight to my GP at the onset of one as my symptoms are also similar to that of a mild stroke.I have never been tested for this though.I find the best thing to do is take 2 paracetamol and two ibuprofen (these 2 are safe to mix) straight away at the onset and try to sleep.This doesn't always work though and I can be wiped out for 2 days or more.Thankfully just lately I haven't had one.(Probably jinxed myself now though saying that!!).Someone mentioned on page 2 about seeing a chiropractor to get neck realigned.I would say be very careful...I recently was seeing a physiotherapist for a back and neck problem and as soon as I mentioned migraines she said she could do limited neck work with me as manipulation of the neck could do more harm than good.But if you see a specialist they should know what they are doing.

Hope this helps someone.I know reading the other replies helped me a bit.

jason69

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

stress related migraine - here's a money saving tip - https://www.migraine-relief.co.uk it's great to help with the pain of migraine and as its a one off purchase it will save you loads of money in buying other things or medications.

jaybee

Thanks for that excellent link. I'm sure it will help a lot of people. Actually though I find that my migraines respond better to heat on the head and neck - cold actually makes it worse I use a wheat bag (which you can heat up in the microwave). I'm sure we'd all try anything to get rid of the pain.

Cm2rdm

I new to the site - my first posting actually! I suffer from migranes - I first suffered really bad, when i was going through alot of stress in life. (just moved out of home). I was rushed to hospital once, as they thought i had mengitous once,but was just a severe migrane. I was told by my doc to come off the combined pill straight away and this can cause these. Now on mini, don't get them as much - more when i've eaten too much sweet or cheese. I actually had one this morning, and I had alot of cheese yesterday and lack of sleep.. but Migraleve seem to help me they hit the spot straight away.
I usually suffer from flashing colours and blury vision, feeling sleepy and sick! They are horrible things, my mum used to be worse than me, i remember - so is it hereditory?!! ???

macchicken

im affected by anything fizzy and orange (tango, orangeade) also if the atmosphere is heavy and realy sweet foods, jellybabies taste soooo good but if i eat even one ill be in migraine hell for days!! think its the e numbers

jason69

After carrying out my own research into migraine it is a known that stress can be a major trigger factor for a migraine.

A proven method to help this is cold and dark therapy with some painkillers. But fed up of taking drugs I found a product on https://www.migraine-relief.co.uk which gives me the cold and dark therapy without the pills.

Its as it says, fast and effective pain relief. And very soothing and therapeutic.

Worth take a look. I take mine to work, keep it in the staffroom just in case.

reubenpeckham

I'm not sure whether I've had migraines or just severe headaches in the past, but I've managed to get control of them now.

I found that lack of fluids & dehydration was often a trigger for me. Drinking tea, coffee, carbonated drinks and obviously alcohol could cause dehydration so now I tend to steer clear and just make sure I continuously drink water throughout the day. Cheese and chocolate are both other well-known headache triggers.

When the headaches did occur, I have found a cheap supermarket pain killer (Extra power pain relief) which seems to be available in all the supermarkets (costs about 60p for a packet of 16) the only remedy that would help. This contains a combination of paracetamol, caffeine and aspirin and for me is massively superior to the far more expensive pain killers.