Help needed!

Hey Nana, long time no post

I am a migraine sufferer and whenever I was out of meds and felt a headache coming on, my doctor suggested drinking a black cup of coffee, I hate coffee but the thought of getting a doozy of a headache, I would drink it and alot of times this did the trick.

Or take some advil liquid gel tabs, this sometimes helps me as well.

 

NanaC,

I know that this is a little late, but have you tried Excedrin Migraine yet? The stuff is like POT!!! I mean...it really works.

It has caffeine in it to get those stress headaches and also a pain releiver. It works like a charm. Good luck, hope the coffee worked!

 

pot? That would prolly work.

 

How about a good B-complex vitamin tablet? Especially if you use a lot of caffeine, your body may be depleted of B vitamins. Beware of too much niacin, though. More than about 50 mg of niacin makes me nervous, thirsty, sleepless...worse than whatever problem the vitamins were intended to address.

 

NanaC,

I too suffer from severe Migraines and have been since I was 21. My remedy I use when I am out of Zomig is I take 4 Extra Strength Tylenol and drink a Dr. Pepper. (Dr. Pepper is loaded with caffeine) Then I go lay down in a dark, quiet room with a Ice Pack on my forehead. This seems to work for me. I did try coffee and it didn't help me like the Dr. Pepper. So I always keep Dr. Pepper in my refrigerator.

Good Luck.

Success

 

They used to have some good Tylenol out that would kill any pain. I think it was called cyanide strength Tylenol.

Don't flame me. I am kidding

Anyway, get an eye checkup. Poor eyesight is a sure cause of bad headaches as is cigarette smoke to some people. I had horrible headaches before my vision was corrected. Now I only get headaches in the afternoon (when my wife gets home). Haha.

 

NanaC

If all them remedies above this one don't help, trot down to the drugstore and get a big box of exlax and flush it all out.

Follow with preparation H
(LOL)

 

Here are some recommendations, courtesy of Dr. Weil (www.drweil.com).

Best of luck.
-bb


Eliminate coffee and decaffeinated coffee
from your life, as well as all other sources of
caffeine. Make sure you are not taking any OTC
or prescription drugs that contain it. Once you
are off caffeine, you can use coffee as a
treatment for migraine. Drink one or two cups of
strong coffee at the first sign of an attack, then
lie down in a dark, quiet room.

Eliminate other common dietary triggers of
migraine: chocolate, wine (red is usually more
of an offender than white, but both can do it),
all strong-flavored cheeses (cottage cheese and
cream cheese are all right), fermented foods
(including soy sauce and miso), sardines,
anchovies, and pickled herring.

Take feverfew herb, one or two capsules a
day. Make sure the product you buy specifies
that the leaves are freeze-dried or that it is a
standardized extract. This remedy reduces the
frequency of migraine attacks in many people.
You can stay on it indefinitely.

Take a course of biofeedback training, with
the specific goal of learning to raise the
temperature of your hands. Once you master
this technique, it will be a tool you can use to
abort a headache at the start of an attack.

Use allopathic medication sparingly and
cautiously. Experiment with the prescription drug
ergotamine to abort migraine attacks. It is a
powerful constrictor of arteries that must be
used at the very first sign of a headache to be
effective. An under-the-tongue form is
available, or use the suppository form if nausea
is a problem. Your doctor will tell you how to use
this drug.

Do not take the prescription drug Fiorinal on a
regular basis. Doctors hand it out like candy to
migraine sufferers without warning them that it
contains an addictive downer (butalbital, a
barbiturate) and caffeine in addition to aspirin.

Do not take prednisone or other steroids to
prevent migraines. The dangers of steroids
outweigh any benefits.