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Q: My Kill the Migraine Miracle Combo

asked by: spoox on October 10th, 2007

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Hi everyone,

I have been having migraines for several years now and take Imitrex 100 mg pills for it. I get the whole deal: Light flashes or electrical moving auras, stuffy nose, vomiting etc. I usually wake up with them and it sticks around for either just an hour or so or several days.
My main triggers are lack of sleep and weather changes and I get most of my migraines during the spring and fall.

I have been doing the following to lighten or get rid of the migraine. It only works if the migraine is not at it's peak yet though.

I make a nice strong pot of coffee, take my Imitrex, drink a big cup of the strong coffee and then take a hot shower. For some weird reason this combination seems to really relief the migraine and sometimes even gets rid of it.

I figure I would share this with everyone.

Do you guys have any simmilar relief tricks? I would love to hear them Smile

Replies(2)

mc4ever02

replied on October 11th, 2007

Extremely eHealthy

That works because the caffeine dialates your blood vessels to allow more blood flow. Caffeine is also in your migraine medication for this same reason.

I'm glad that you have found something that works for you.

When you get your headaches, do you also have a lot of muscle pain in the back of your head or neck?

Birch

replied on October 16th, 2007

Extremely eHealthy

I have done similar...since I cut caffiene, if I drink a Coke when the headache hits and then get into the hot shower, I feel better. Someone once told me that they take a cold shower, as cold as they could stand it, because it restricts the blood vessels or something. I hate cold showers and would probably become suicidal if I had a migraine and was in the freezing shower at the same time.

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