Migraines

[Treasurer]

Yes, I have to agree that is never fun to hear. But isnt control really an illusion anyways? I was the biggest control freak, which is something we migrainers have in common. We like to be in control of things around us, we are take charge kind of people. Migraines really put a kink in our life style.

I guess one good thing comes from them, they show us we are not in control.

My doctor wasnt very nice though, he said, there is no cure. I think he finally just got about as frustrated as I did. All the meds we had been trying wasnt working. Went through the whole arsonal. We felt pretty hopeless. You know you finally get to that point of complete utter dispair and darkness. If doctors cant help you where do you turn? If meds arent the answer where do you turn. That was a pretty bad place for me.

That was when I turned to God. Of course I always believed in God. But it is one thing to believe in God, and another to believe that he may hold in him the answer to your sickness. That if you are willing to search, to give up all the you know and understand, you may find what you are looking for.

Which for me, meant control. I guess a scripture I might find that is equal, is the one of Peter walking out on the water. It takes a whole different kind of faith to do something you know nothing about. Forget all you know about gravity, all you know about water and sinking. And just take a step out to the one you believe in, ignoring everything you have been taught to believe. It is a hard one to do, because even Peter fell, he looked at the waves, but Jesus was there with his hand to pull him from the waves.

But you know Peter did learn that faith, that trust in Jesus. And we will to; that kind of trust in Jesus.

I hold hope that one day the Lord will heal me of my migraines. That day has not come yet. But you know what, the Lord has taught me so much, because I have turned to him in my weakness for his strength. Because I finally learned to let go of them (the migraines) to him.

 

[LienShen]

Can't help but wonder if any herbal remedy's may help.

You could try Aromatherapy. I've found it to be very helpful and relaxing even when I am not having a headache. For migraines I use the following in various different mixes;

Lavender
Peppermint
Lemon or Grapefruit
Marjoram
Chamomile
Jasmine
Eucalyptus
Rosemary


You can get a diffuser very cheaply, and it can really help you unwind. I even mixed a few drops of my favourites in some unscented hand cream for when I am at work. It really helps de-stress. You can also buy a "carrier oil" like grape seed or sweet almond oil and add a few drops of lavender and chamomile to it and use it to rub your feet, hands and temples to alleviate pain. There are plenty of websites that will teach you about aromatherapy for all sorts of things. I find it very helpful.

You also might try breathing exercises or relaxation techniques. I've done Yoga in the past and that seems to alleviate some of my pressure related to my migraines. I've never had success with any herbal remedies, they just are a panacea for me and don't provide any relief or prevention. Some people have had success with prevention with the herbs "Feverfew" (which reduces red blood cells from clotting together) and "Milk Thistle" (Which detoxifies). Some people have also reported success with Passiflora Incarnata, an anti-anxiety herb that is often given to drug addicts to ease the effects of withdrawal and help with recovery. For some reason, it also helps with migraines.

I feel like there isn't anything I haven't tried. I've been on diets for it, special treatments, gone through acupuncture and massage, tried all the drugs and all the herbals... I do have hope that they will find some of the causes and find a better way of treating it someday.

 

[Treasurer]

I personally have only tried the B6 and B12 vitamins. I didnt notice much difference but was still taking other meds as well.


I probably shouldnt have thrown all those other opinions in the mix Night2Day, I am sorry.

I sure hope they find something that will help you feel better.

 

[night2day]

You could try Aromatherapy...

I would love too. And I have been in doctors offices whoch use it to try and keep the room smelling nice for patients.

Unfortunately, having many allergies also has caused me to have many other sensativities. Among my other conditions includes MCS (Multi-Chemical Sensativities). In part, even small smells and orders are noticed and are apt to aggrivate my allergies and sinus. And since they're a trigger for my migraines and cause some breathing problems---.

You can get a diffuser very cheaply, and it can really help you unwind. I even mixed a few drops of my favourites in some unscented hand cream for when I am at work...

Sadly, I have to be rather careful what I apply to my skin as well.

You also might try breathing exercises or relaxation techniques. I've done Yoga in the past and that seems to alleviate some of my pressure related to my migraines.

Wouldn't this depend on the triggers of the migraines? But, I have little doubt being as relaxed as possible would help. It's the tension of the muscles and other soft tissues which causes more pain due, even theough the body naturally tenses when in pain to protect itself.

I've never had success with any herbal remedies, they just are a panacea for me and don't provide any relief or prevention. Some people have had success with prevention with the herbs "Feverfew" (which reduces red blood cells from clotting together) and "Milk Thistle" (Which detoxifies). Some people have also reported success with Passiflora Incarnata, an anti-anxiety herb that is often given to drug addicts to ease the effects of withdrawal and help with recovery. For some reason, it also helps with migraines.

I don't doubt it helps some. I have heard of Feverfew. And another called Butterbum. It's a sad fact much of the medical community knows little of how they're used. If I ever tried any...I would certainly want to be monitored. Some of them can indeed interact with prescribed and over-the-counter medication. It's not something I would want to enter without care.

I feel like there isn't anything I haven't tried. I've been on diets for it, special treatments, gone through acupuncture and massage, tried all the drugs and all the herbals... I do have hope that they will find some of the causes and find a better way of treating it someday.

I would think some of the treatments first would be to center in on the actual triggers. Two major ones deal with mutiple-allergies & other sensitivities (I was told having a reation to something organic, it's an allergy. Something inorganic, it's a sensativity. ie: Mold and pollen would be allergies and cleaning supplies or paint would be sensativieties) and changes in weather.

Since migraines are now listed as a neurological illness of the CNS (Central Nervous System) it would probably take time for a sutible response to be given. It's only been within the last 5-10 yrs. or so the medical community finally acknowledged it was indeed an organically-based medical condition...and not the IAIYH (it's all in your head) or "it's just stress" excuses they give when faced with something they don't fully understand or doesn't fit into a little 4" X 6" inch card they keep handy to define ailments. (One size does not fit all.)

I think my doctor was aiming for a "total control" of migraines. Which, I feel, is impossible...simply due to what triggers them and not finding out why in the heck they're triggered in the first place. What makes the CNS react the way it does? That type of thing.

Being on other medicine I already know there's no cure-all. And since both triggers are highly unpredictable (show of hands on who actually trusts the meteorologist with giving a 100% trustworthy forcast on the nightly news) how they are affective can change from one day to the next. Still, any help is better than none.

I can't confirm the numbers. So, don't quote me. I think it was 1 in 10 people who have migraines either are self-diagnosed as having sinus headaches or they simply aren't diagnosed at all.

 

[night2day]

Yes, I have to agree that is never fun to hear. But isnt control really an illusion anyways?

Well, medicine is an art, not an exact science. There is so much about our bodies that we just don't understand.

Being on other medicines I thought total control was unrealistic. Actually, I thought I was doing great with being on the preventative meds and using the emergency meds as I have been at one time. But I guess the emergency meds weren't supposed to be used that much. Who knew?

I just recall one doctor stating when a migraine breaks through take the emergency med as soon as possible to ward it off. While another doctor told me to use the emergency stuff "sparingly". Confusing, no?

I was the biggest control freak, which is something we migrainers have in common. We like to be in control of things around us, we are take charge kind of people. Migraines really put a kink in our life style.

Having any sort of chronic heath condition does that. I wouldn't state it as being a "control freak", although I'm certain there are those who are. As humans beings it's only natural to not want to be hampered by out condition. Sone tredge on despite how they feel and how they may feel later, others cannot and dare not.

...Of course I always believed in God. But it is one thing to believe in God, and another to believe that he may hold in him the answer to your sickness....I guess a scripture I might find that is equal, is the one of Peter walking out on the water.

There are others I can think of too. Brain fog prevents me from sharing though. (Nasty thing that is.)

One thing I do know is I may never know the reason for these illnesses. God does however. He sees the full picture, I only a very small part, if even that. As the Apostle Paul wrote what God's response to him regarding a "thorn in the flesh" Paul asked to be removed: "My grace is sufficient for you...My strength is made perfect in your weakness".

It takes a whole different kind of faith to do something you know nothing about. Forget all you know about gravity, all you know about water and sinking. And just take a step out to the one you believe in, ignoring everything you have been taught to believe. It is a hard one to do, because even Peter fell, he looked at the waves, but Jesus was there with his hand to pull him from the waves.

But you know Peter did learn that faith, that trust in Jesus. And we will to; that kind of trust in Jesus.

It's something the Holy Spirit helps us with. It's certainly not something we can gain or maintain on our own. There's no way a focus on one's faith can stand. A strength of the faith is only as telling as the object of the faith.

I hold hope that one day the Lord will heal me of my migraines. That day has not come yet. But you know what, the Lord has taught me so much, because I have turned to him in my weakness for his strength. Because I finally learned to let go of them (the migraines) to him.

I know there will be a day when we get all new/restored bodies that will not have the sin, corruption, decay, illness, and death all attatched. Sometimes we need help with dealing with the between now and then methinks. It's certainly not easy. Remembering that "this too shall pass" helps, even though a tiny voice always seems to want to ask: "When".

I am grateful my medicine has helped to a degree. While still unable to function right when migraines happen the preventative medicine has succeeded in shortening often they break through, the longevity, and the severity. That in itself is a big blessing.

 

[night2day]

I personally have only tried the B6 and B12 vitamins. I didnt notice much difference but was still taking other meds as well.


I probably shouldnt have thrown all those other opinions in the mix Night2Day, I am sorry.

I sure hope they find something that will help you feel better.

No problem.

 

[BlessedMommy05]

I've had migraines since I was 17-18years old.. I know that sounds kind of up there but it had alot to do with gentics and what was going on in my life at the time.. I am just glad to see that so far I can take Excedrine Migraine and eat/sleep or relax for awhile. I also learned I get optical migraines as well, where the wavy lines in front of my eyes when the sun or a extreem bright light is on.. I tried Axert but it made me numb and sick to where I couldnt do much if I took it to late not at the start of a migraine coming on..

I do pray we all get relief some day and pain free.. Amen.. God bless..

 

[night2day]

I've had migraines since I was 17-18years old.. I know that sounds kind of up there but it had alot to do with gentics and what was going on in my life at the time.. I am just glad to see that so far I can take Excedrine Migraine and eat/sleep or relax for awhile. I also learned I get optical migraines as well, where the wavy lines in front of my eyes when the sun or a extreem bright light is on.. I tried Axert but it made me numb and sick to where I couldnt do much if I took it to late not at the start of a migraine coming on..

I do pray we all get relief some day and pain free.. Amen.. God bless..

There are various types of migraines in which sensitivity to light is known to be a symptom. Granted, some are more systematic than others. Hearing, taste, smell, and touch over-sensitivity can certainly be present. The extent various from person to person.

Strange thing I learned about migraines. They're usually a life-long thing. They also don't show up the same way in adults as they do in children. Children may not experience any head pain but they may experience nausea and vomiting. The symptoms change as the child grows older where the head pain is usually found to be present among other symptoms which previously had been. An eye doctor who knew a little about ocular migraines, and migraines in general, mentioned they're not something someone grows out of.

Glad the OtC (over-the-counter) helped. Be wary. Many name brand pain relievers tag a specific pain to be relieved in hoping of selling more of their product...while the ingredients in the two given products (general pain relief and -insert pain here- relief) would be the same. If anything, you may think about looking at the ingredients of both Excedrin and Excedrin Migraine. If anything, if they displayed the same ingredients it wouldn't matter which you took.

 

[jocaswell40]

i've been having bad headahes and migrains all my life. and it's true you have to live with it.. all you can really do is take something for the pain and go to bed. and yes i hate these headaches very much​

 

[Jcas]

I have suffered migraines for as long as i can remember.

I am now finding relief by taking magnesium oratrate 2x400mg per day.

The difference is amazing....Praise the Lord!!!!!

 

[EbonNelumbo]

I get migraines at least twice a month. They are horrible. I will start tasting things weird, smelling weird things, everything is amplified.

Then the lights seem like I am staring into a million watt bulb and I am blinded with pain.

Then I lay down and my head throbs, until I feel like I am going to hurl. My husband brings me a cold rag or ice pack and I am freezing but it helps. I pass out in my clothes and he just sits by me, in the dark and silence, praying and holding me.

 

[EbonNelumbo]

(Note^^^)

Didn't used to get them this much. They come from me from MSG and stress.

 

[HesMyAll]

Migraines run in my family. All the females have had them, its just a fact of life for us.
I used to get a migraine each month but when menopause hit the migraines miraculously went away! Now I only get them occasionally. My poor daughter's now get them but menopause is a long way off for them.

 

[jocaswell40]

i'm going through menopause and i still have bad headaches and migraines. and i'm also going through the change of life. and i'm going through night sweats, hot flashes, mood swings. sleepless nights. (i had my womb out. and an overie.) i've been having these headaches since i was little

 

[Sign Of The Fish Burger]

Has anyone ever been hospitalized for migraines?

 

[VictoryNGrace]

I was nearly hospitalized last summer due to the pain, I was bout to puke and slept 2.5 hrs and I had under 1 yr old DS at the time.. I thought I was going to pass out from the pain it was so bad.. Lucky I took OTC ( over the counter) meds to take the edge off but didnt take the pain away.. So I feel for anyone who suffers migraines.. I've had mine since I was 17/18 yrs old..

 

[CrimsonCryer1986]

I am in desperate need of relief.
A little background info:
I have at least one migraine (if not several) almost daily, and medications don't seem to really help. My migraines can range from just a bad headache, to headache with nauseousness (sometimes they can actually make me physically ill) and sensitivity to light and sound, to blurred vision. Sometimes, I get the headache first, and then get all the other stuff (nauseousness, etc.), sometimes the other symptoms come before the headache and get progressively worse as my headache builds... and sometimes I can even get the other symptoms without my head even hurting...

And today... I have been in bed ALL day... like I literally got up this morning (afternoon) around 1:45... had the beginnings of a migraine (slight pain with nausea) so I laid back down at 2:30... and I am just now getting back up.... and now my head is "spinning"... I don't know what other word to use, but I am not dizzy... the room isn't spinning, but its odd. it just feels like..... how can I describe it.... like my head in a bowl of water that is being sloshed around.... and I am staring to get nauseous!!!
this really sucks!!!