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bp and migraines

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how many of you have bp and migraines? i've noticed a correlation between the two.
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I get painless Migraines no not an Oxymoron see lights flashing etc no not hallucination as just exaggeration of the existing light noise. Pdoc says yes its painless migraine and your prob is LOL
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deleted_user
I get migraines.
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ive not been formaly diagnosed with bp as i lied abotu a main symptom to the psyc's because i dont want then to question my ability as a mom coz im a single mom, but yes i get a lot of migraines, all the time
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yeah i get reall painful ones that sometimes last a couple of days
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loads and loads of migraines itis nice toknow that there may be a link because of late I get them so often I have had an MRI done to my head.
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http://bipolar.about.com/b/a/256900.htm
A sweet lady sent this to me the other day...Hope it helps! It sure explained it well to me! :)
dobiedots
dobiedots
Millions of people get migranes that are not bipolar. One has nothing to do w/the other. Migranes involve the blood vessels in the head. Bipolar is about brain chemicals.
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dob I have been told they can be caused by stress is there a chance they are linked because we(BP and deprresed) get stressed more easliy?
dobiedots
dobiedots
no, really. Scientist do not know what causes the brain chemicals to go screwy. It COULD be stress and it could be nothing. They just go wacky. So who really knows. I had migranes all my life and FINALLY a smart doc figured out it was Allergies!!!
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can i ask what you were alerrgic to I have to admit I live in fear of my migraines.

In realitn to the subject when I get a really bad migraine during and after the headach I get this really pleasent sense of "it all going to be okay" i findit quite strange as I am in this huge amount of pain but simultaneously "it's all GOOD)
dobiedots
dobiedots
Some of my allergies are:
Wheat, grasses, apples, sycamore trees and the BIG ONE is MOLD!! As soon as I get stuffy I take a decongestant. Headache gone. If I don't take it, headache turns into migrane. I saw so many doctors and did biofeedback and brain scans etc. Nobody could figure it out. Morons.
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I am glad they have found the cause I am hoping they will do the same for me.I am presently on an elimination diet.
OJ,chocolate,coffe,cola,life, fun, happiness joy you know the usual
dobiedots
dobiedots
jayls...wouldn't it be easier to just have the allergy test. One quick vial of blood and VOILA! you're done.
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Used to get them in my teens and twenties. Had one 2 weeks ago brought on by all the stress in my life.
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I get severe migrains. The ones where you throw up and cant walk.
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