Hello,
2 or so years ago I got my first migraine
after playing sport (indoor soccer). I was
around 16 at the time.
The migraine started around an hour and
half after I had finished playing. My
vision went blurry and then I got a very
painful migraine which lasted until I
vomited pretty violently.
At first I thought it was just a one time
thing but it happened the next 2 weeks...
What I did to combat this was lye in a
dark room for 2 or so hours and I was fine
after that. I am now 19 and have been to
the doctor and had a CT scan and done all
of that stuff, nothing was ab-normal.
Now I have got sick and tired of having to
always lie in a dark room for 2 hours, it
has taken any enjoyment I had in competing
in sport (which I love doing). It has come
to the point where I don't do any sport
let alone hardly even exercise anymore.
The doctor prescribed me to take migraine
drugs but I would much rather prevent the
migraine from ever happening, as it isn't
a pleasant experience to say the least.
Could this all be because when I was 16 I
was barely exercising at all and then
playing indoor soccer strenuously for 40
minutes that caused all of this? Could
slowly building up my fitness to a good
level stop these migraines?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Birch
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Posted: 10-15-07 22:24pm
That is very strange and sucks. I have
not heard of migraines after exercise
every time.
I am not sure if there is a preventative
drug for migraines - and that might screw
with your circulatory system too much.
Do you have high blood pressure? Low
blood pressure? Did you doctor try to
find out what's causing all this?
I don't know if you can do this, but I
started to develop a way to cope with it
to the point where I could play concerts
with a migraine in full throb. I sort of
'compartmentalized' the pain so it became
a psychological trick to not feel it. I
can't explain it very well, but it's how I
cope b/c I don't take any meds at all.
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rob12
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Posted: 10-16-07 00:46am
Thanks for the quick reply Birch.
Back when I would have these migraines (I
have not had one in a while due to not
playing and sport) the doctor said my
blood pressure was fine.
The doctor would just keep saying to me
its a classical migraine, in regards to
the symptoms. I guess it was just easier
for him to prescribe me the migraine
medication than actually help me prevent
it.
I doubt I could cope with this migraine as
no matter what, I have to vomit for it too
finish... or maybe fall asleep, which
seems almost impossible. Once I do my
vision clears back to normal and whilst I
still feel horrible, the pain in my head
has gone.
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Posted: 10-16-07 20:41pm
rob12
wrote:
Thanks for the quick reply
Birch.
Back when I would have these migraines (I
have not had one in a while due to not
playing and sport) the doctor said my
blood pressure was fine.
The doctor would just keep saying to me
its a classical migraine, in regards to
the symptoms. I guess it was just easier
for him to prescribe me the migraine
medication than actually help me prevent
it.
I doubt I could cope with this migraine as
no matter what, I have to vomit for it too
finish... or maybe fall asleep, which
seems almost impossible. Once I do my
vision clears back to normal and whilst I
still feel horrible, the pain in my head
has gone.
Wow.
I think that if I were in your shoes, I
would find a different doctor, and not
stop until someone was willing to work
with me to find out what's causing these.
Because yeah, they might be "classic"
migraines, but there's a cause for them!
I don't know where you are, but sometimes
*some people* say that cannabis has helped
*their* migraines. Smoking a little right
when you notice the "aura" -the visual
symptoms-either lessens the pain of the
headache, or makes it so you really don't
care. Whichever would be fine for *those
people* who say *they* have done this in
*their* past. I know that *those people*
do not do this on a regular basis so that
my have an impact, too.
