Pre-menstrual Syndrome (PMS) Support Group

I get like a migraine and I don't eat anything cold, crawl up in bed and pull the shades down. Generally the advil has worked and this time around I am also taking anti-anxiety meds which doesn't stress me out as much.

what anti-anxiety meds do you take, you think it helps to make the headaches go away or be in check?

ME TOO. The only thing that works for me is Excedrin Migraine - although lately even that has not been cutting it.

I think the best to do would be as jude42... Instead of migraine pills I take a regular acetaminophen pill along with half a cup of coffee, crawl into bed with earplugs and an eyemask to block absoultey all light/sound out. To ignore the headache just ain't helping a bit. When the attack is gone, at least I am helped with some stretching of the neck and back muscles. Might not work for others but half a cup of caffeine doesn't harm, neither does stretching :-p

aspirin works better for me than anything for any pain.
but i think it's pretty much different for everyone.

I know exactly what you go through I have to lay down and sleep because sometimes when I don't have any pills to take for my migraine which suck but when i do have pills i take Advil or aspirin anything that will work and decrease the migraines ASAP by the time i get some rest

I get the migraines from hell and now take Imitrex.

Also, if I feel it coming on, I'll try the frozen bag of peas first. Sounds like it doesn't seem helpful, but that cold on that headache works wonders.

I mentioned my bouts of headaches for the doc on our EMS-team. His wife had much of the same problems - and she'd tried with Copper-supplements. I'm going to try that but it might still take a while. It's not like I know exactly where to get copper-supplements. To cut down on painkillers as much as possible helps the liver work better. The body is sooo complex but it's just a load of organs working in sync :)

I get migraines which I think are associated with hormones but i only get them once every 3-4 months. Excedrine has helped to cut the pain and nausea but i walk around in a fog for a day or two after.