I'm sorry I wish I could help you. I am so blessed not to have migranes and it does not run in my family. But I have witnessed my friend have one and I laid in the bed with her with a mask over her eyes and ear plugs in for like 30 minutes until her meds starting working.

My husband suffers from migraines and went to headache specialists etc. He also get the trigger point injections in the neck as often the migraines come from the neck. The imitrex and relpax both need to be taken at first sign-they do nothing once you have the migraine and he often wakes with them. He has done well with "Migrraide" it's a homeopathic med that you dossolve under your tongue when you feel a headache coming on. Maltrex is another prescription medication, he hasn't tried this yet. He has been on amitryptaline for years as a preventative measure and the doctor is now trying topamax to help him with his nerve pain too. He has a script for fiorinal for pain relief but once the migraine hits, pretty much nothing helps with the pain- it's all in the preventative measures. Good luck, hope this helps, xoxoLyn

what i do for my migraines is use something (meds) that i only use for that so my body is not used to it, if one thing isnt working try something else until you find what works and only use it when your head feels like it is going to explode, and alway a good nap will help if it is completely dark

I suffer with chronic migraines and occipital neuralgia.

I have a read-only source for migraine information on DS.

You need to be on a preventative as well as an abortive. You may want to ask your doctor for Frova, because Frova is the longest lasting of any of the triptans - having a half-life of 24 hours. I would also suggest taking an NSAID with it, such as the full dose of Aleve. You can do this with Imitrex as well.

The Read-Only Source - you don't have to join or anything. Feel free to ask me questions:
http://dailystrength.org/groups/migraine-411


Take care,
Laura

i too like frova, but sometimes it take fiorcet and phenergren. i will sleep it off but my head and eyes are still soar for a day or so . prayers to ya

Thanks for all your help with this.

Yesterday, when I handed the keys to my house back over to the bank and aftr i stopped crying hysterically I felt better.

Now, on Monday I have 2 court cases against 2 thieves that stole from me and once that is done my life can go on.

Thanks for being here for me I love all of you.

Hi nemcg: I realize you've had many responses to your migraine request: maybe this'll help just a bit:
I've suffered from them for most of my life. The triptans (beginning with Imitrex) don't do that much, but Imitrex was the worst one for me, leaving me feeling far too shaky and 'logy'..and as though I was having a heart attack. There are other triptans available. Right now the ones that are the least reactive are Axert and Maxalt (I don't get nauseous on them), and they help a bit...but..the big issue is to try to prevent the migraine in the first place..which is usually what a neurologist will try. The main 'pain' guy i'd gone to before was big on all of those trigger point injections, acupuncture, etc..none of which worked. he talked down to me as though i didn't want to get better if i didn't agree with his treatments..I have many other medical problems that contribute: a very severe tmj dysfunction: bad neck discs..all exacerbate the migraines but he didn't care. So i switched neurologists:
now I'm on: first thing in the morning: two fioricet - go back to sleep for an hour (no more) - and then an hour or two later: a 50mg Topamax (built up from 10mg)..which i take twice a day. This seems - so far - to work as qa reasonably good preventative.
proof is that he asked me to stop the Topamax while I was recently on Lyrica (for only a week)..to see if the lyrica would help the intense pain from my shoulder injury)...it didn't, but that's my luck. What it did do was throw me right back into having severe migraines nonstop...for which i needed the Axert and/or Maxalt several times. Now I'm slowly getting back to building my blood level of topamax /fioricet back up...he's not thrilled by my use of fioricet - thinks it can cause rebound migraines- but it helps me and he lets me go with what works. I also drink tons of water which seems to help, and a moist heating pad on my forehead and eyes instead of ice. i have different triggers than most people too. for a lot of women it's hormonal, for me changes in the barometer is a good indication i'll get a migraine..even rain alone will do it..but food triggers can be a big part of it, having to learn to identify your own. it's very tough, i only recently learned onions are among mine.
Lots of good wishes to you...i completely sympathize.