It's nice to have a forum like this where
people know exactly what you are going
through!! There is nothing worse than a
doctor looking at you with pity and saying
"really sucks doesn't it?"
i'm 26 years old and I have had migraines
for about 6 years. They started suddenly
when I was in my second year of university
and I still haven't found my trigger.
It's strange but my migraines usually come
at the beginning of the year and at the
end of the year. I'm lucky in that I
have never had them more often than
monthly but they are severe (with aura,
vomiting, dizziness etc.). I have had
one experience with partial facial
paralysis (lasted for only a few minutes)
and that feeling of water running down
your face. I also have the ice pick
headaches (i call them aftershocks..Lol).
I had a ct scan about a year and a half
ago and it revealed nothing unusual.
I have some questions for the migraine
sufferers on here. Have any of you had
any experiences with sleep problems prior
to your migraines. For example, night
terrors?
In trying to treat my migraines I have
tried aspirin with coke, excedrin with
aspirin, and maxalt. None of these help
(except 2 excedrin with an aspirin really
help ice pick headaches). Maxalt was the
worst. My doctor prescribed it twice and
both times it made the migraines repeat on
themselves. Has anyone else experienced
this with maxalt?
I don't know if I should go back to my
doctor (who is at a loss as to what to do
with me) and request a referral to a
neurologist or not. For those of you who
see a neuro did you find it helped or was
it just another waste of time?
Lindsay
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PattyV
Extremely EHEALTHy
Joined: 01 May 2004 Posts: 1103 Location: Chicago area
Migraines Posted: 05-07-04 10:33am
Hi!!I am a longtime migraine sufferer.I
had severe migs as a teen and tried many
things-diet elimination narcoticsnwithout
relief.I went semi-veg 25 years ago.I
figured it must be hormones and
preservatives in meat,i did not have
many(2-4 ayear!!)migs for 15-18 years.Last
several years started with more
frequency-totally related to my menstrual
cycle.Track yours to see if they coincide
with your cycle.I am seeing a neurolgist
next week-my gyno said I needed an
evaluation.Good luck!!
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babjr07
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 10 May 2004 Posts: 4 Location: Okc, Ok
Migraines Posted: 05-10-04 07:23am
I have had migraines for years and have
been on just about every medication they
have including narcotics and this is what
I have found. I read a study about people
who have regular migraines were found to
be deficient in magnesium. They said it
takes a couple of months to get in your
system completely but will decrease the
severity and frequene. I have been taking
a magnesium supplement for about 9 months
and I have had at most 2 migraines in the
past 6 months. I love it! Also an idea
on the ones that start at the end and
beginning of the year, my doctor said that
about 4% of migraine sufferers get cluster
migraines, they do not last as long as a
normal migraine but they last about 8
hours or more and are more severe,
sometimes I felt that I would do anything
to stop the pain. I also had facial
paralysis with that type of migraine. I
was told that men usually got cluster
headaches but in rare cases woman who
suffered migraines would get a combonation
of both. Imatrex and malt didn't work for
me either but sometimes an excedrin, ice
pack, dark room, and quiet made it a
little more tolerable. But the magnesium
has definantly worked better than anything
else.
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PattyV
Extremely EHEALTHy
Joined: 01 May 2004 Posts: 1103 Location: Chicago area
Migraines Posted: 05-13-04 10:04am
I have heard about the magnesium studyand
have started taking a supplement.It's only
been a month or so,hope it works.
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robinkgreen574
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 20 May 2004 Posts: 1 Location: Alabama
Migraines Posted: 05-20-04 14:17pm
Hi, I am turning 30 tomorrow. I have
been suffering from migraines for about
six years. They started after my father
died and have worsened since then. I
have been to many doctors and tried just
about all meds and nothing helps me at
all. I have given up on trying. My
husband has been suffering from them all
his life and is missing a lot of work now
as they are worsening for him. I am
going to get him to start a multi vitamin
and see a doctor this week. I appreciate
this website so that I can read other
comments from sufferers. Thanks for the
mag suggestion. I was thinking of
getting him some vitamins and I will make
sure they have that in them.
Thanks again and good health to everyone!!
