migraine

[Kay 3,709]

getting up at different times some times sets mine off, iv had to go home from work with them iv had some really bad ones.. iv tryed to find out what sets mine off but still cant...

 

It must be a right pain in the arse getting it 3 times a week i hate getting them when i do so feel eally sorry for people who get them as often as you do

kay you have no idea how much of a pain in the arse it is, and it affects the rest of the family to, kids want to go places you cant cause you to sick and in bed even nights out new years was the worst i was dieing with one but still went out just so i didnt mess everyone eles,s night sat there drinking coke just wanting to go home the hole time..

 

Thats awfull and must be very hard on your family when your sick , i hope they find whats causing it so you can live a more normal life, chin up

[OldTrapCollector 377]

I get them about once a month I suppose, and have done since my teens.

 

Triggers for me are milk chocolate and bright sunlight - especially when driving

 

Migalieve, straight to bed with curtains drawn is the only option - otherwise I get shakes, blindness and sickness - which makes it almost intolerable

 

It is a commoner affliction than you would think though

 

OTC

[donk 12]

Been getting them since i was a kid,thing that works for me is called 'imigran' apparemtly its a man made opiate? well trippy but gets rid of them.

Been trying some alternatives lately,like drinking a pint of water straight off then massaging my ears and sinuses,also massaging my whole head,yeah i know its a bit hippyish but it seems to work fairly well.

[Marsho 0]

I get them and I feel like Iam dying, the tablets I take are called Naramig , cant be bothered with anyone or anything got to sit down dark room and in the quiet , mine seem to come in waves, I know if they start I am in for a bad 3-4 days ,this happens once maybe twice a month !

[Guest hyperion]

i used to get some corkers when i was younger, even to the point that they were giving my nose bleeds, :sick: but touch wood i seem to have grown out of them!, and the only time i seem to get them is the morning after the night before!

 

mother gets some really bad migraines that can last days if she eats milk chocolate or uncooked cheese!, and my brother gets them if he drinks coffee!

 

cheers

hyperion

[harrycatcat 31]

Very nasty these things but I find I get them worse if I don't drink enough water and have too much salty food such as Chinese food.

 

I still get on average one or two a week but they not as bad if I have the water and avoid salty stuff.

 

I have woke up at 3 am with a migraine and they have been so bad before I started having more water I have felt like blowing my head off the pain was so bad. It seems worse at that time in the morning as no ones about and you feel isolated.

 

Mine only started when I stopped smoking about 8 years ago.

 

I had a migraine one once when my terrier was a puppy and I was sat in my chair dozing and I thought I could hear a noise but couldn't be bothered to look and the terrier had chewed the corner of our new fireplace that cost £450.

 

Ah well I suppose there are worse things that we could have.

[redeye jedi 39]

my wife gets them really bad, every other day at least, sometimes lasting a few days. at 24 she had a stroke, 4 days after we were married and i was in iraq at the time. She recovered fully but at the time when she couldnt speak or use her left side it was horrible. naramig thats what she takes.

Edited May 2, 2009 by redeye jedi

[Miss Tarka 3]

Oh the joy of migrains....they run in the family with me.....i suffer with them regularly......get the flickering lights with some of the and sometimes im fie one minute and not the next....if i take tablets the second i feel one coming on im generally ok...if i dont then they are awful....hurts to move...let alone anything else.....and they can last days without easing up at all...makig me sick and dizzy have een known to make me pass out....not nice things....

 

Found that dark chocolate and oranges trigger mine...anything orange..the smell of it is enough to bring one on... have had them come on at work as well whixh isnt nice because i then have to drive home and driving isnt fun with a migrain...if during the day the sun makes it more painful and driving at night the headlights of on coming vehicles make it worse as well....

 

To get shot of them i take very strong tablets and go to bed and turn the lights off.....

 

Atb Miss T x

[thomps125 49]

i was getting them evry other day i did notheing abowt this for 5months i used to cry ide go blind in the one eye i couldnt concentrate ide b sicck n just get under the qwilt

 

this proper meesd me abowt at work

 

i finaly went to doctors and he asked what i eat and drink in a day

 

on average ide have

7-10cups coffee

2-3 yogurts

2pints milk

3 choclate bars

lots of cheese

2cans red bull

n 2-3pints anite

 

i now have medication n have abowt 2 cups coffe 1 choc bar n harldy any cheeeses it realy gets to me as i love all these things but now ime lucky and get them once evry 3 months touch wood

 

i had eye test,s dun aswell the glucoma test n the 1 where you have to click when the dot is in the circle my one eye took 3mints and the other got soped after 17minits [bANNED TEXT] my eye had closed n i got a migrance

they didnt tell me anyfin usefull just told me i couldnt concentrate for a long time any more

i take sumet calld piazitpin i thin and naramig ..thats off the top of my head so its probly not even called that

[harrycatcat 31]

I never realised that so many people had them.

 

ps

I have had a mild one all day about 5/10 type just like annoying toothache type. I dont know why it come on.

[jembo 0]

I used to get them once a week, had some reiki done last year and now get them once every couple of months.

I have to take some pain killers and turn off all lights and sleep, that is the only thing that gets rid of them.

 

If i dont sleep i am in real pain, and am usually sick, with the usual double vision. I hate migraines!!

[moonshine 0]

i have to admit i have never had one and feel very lucky as well

my mother inlaw suffers from them and she gets realy ill (they only started after i started seeing her daughter )

[mole catcher 1]

Ive had them since i was 5, now 39 and get them about once every few weeks. Total W***** lay me up for days. just got over a 4 day one (fri - tues in bed), sickness, the s*** and a head ache like im dying afterwards but this has been the worst. Ive lost 1/2 stone in weight from not eating and the puking and s*****g and had to spend 70hours in bed for the fecking thing to ease.

 

wouldnt wish them on my worst enimy

[harrycatcat 31]

Ive had them since i was 5, now 39 and get them about once every few weeks. Total W***** lay me up for days. just got over a 4 day one (fri - tues in bed), sickness, the s*** and a head ache like im dying afterwards but this has been the worst. Ive lost 1/2 stone in weight from not eating and the puking and s*****g and had to spend 70hours in bed for the fecking thing to ease.

 

wouldnt wish them on my worst enimy

 

 

I sympathise with you, mine dont seem anywhere as bad as yours

[arcticgun 4,548]

I might get flamed for this but try smoking a joint when you have one, it won't last to long then! my old man used to be laid up days with them, he tried it and never looked back, atvb Richard

 

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