Migraine Headaches Support Group
Migraine is a neurological disease, of which the most common symptom is an intense and disabling episodic headache. Migraine headaches are usually characterized by severe pain on one or both sides of the head and are often accompanied by photophobia (hypersensitivity to light), phonophobia (hypersensitivity to sound) and nausea.
Just when I think that I've read/heard the stupidest remedies for migraines, I've found a new level of dumb shit that people come up with.
---if headache is in left side, squirt carrot juice into left nostril; if on right side, squirt into right nostril, if both sides affected, squirt into both nostrils
--Take a teaspoon of honey in warm water each morning before eating.
- - some folks get instant relief by taking a cool enema, because often migraines are created by toxic wate build-up in the digestive tract.
---Physiologically, a migraine attack is in some ways like an orgasm in the head,
- Migraine, according to some psychology researchers, is always a displacement of sexuality into the head.
- Perhaps you have sexual fears. This migraine can usually be relieved by masturbation.
- You may feel that something has to be accomplished or achieved or some goal reached. This sense of need may create a migraine which doesnt relax until after the effort is exerted.
- Perhaps your migraine is because you dislike against being driven; youre resisting the flow of life.
- Migraine headaches are often involved with anger.
I'm feeling a little angry here NOW! Migraine is a neurological brain disorder with severe pain, aphasia, aura, nausea, temporary blindness and a whole list of suffering. Because the origin of the cause is unknown, it is a crap shoot for every twit that wants to build a name for themselves or make money, and while doing so, create stereo types that further isolate the people who already feel no hope. Where did this Dr. get her degree?
---if headache is in left side, squirt carrot juice into left nostril; if on right side, squirt into right nostril, if both sides affected, squirt into both nostrils
--Take a teaspoon of honey in warm water each morning before eating.
- - some folks get instant relief by taking a cool enema, because often migraines are created by toxic wate build-up in the digestive tract.
---Physiologically, a migraine attack is in some ways like an orgasm in the head,
- Migraine, according to some psychology researchers, is always a displacement of sexuality into the head.
- Perhaps you have sexual fears. This migraine can usually be relieved by masturbation.
- You may feel that something has to be accomplished or achieved or some goal reached. This sense of need may create a migraine which doesnt relax until after the effort is exerted.
- Perhaps your migraine is because you dislike against being driven; youre resisting the flow of life.
- Migraine headaches are often involved with anger.
I'm feeling a little angry here NOW! Migraine is a neurological brain disorder with severe pain, aphasia, aura, nausea, temporary blindness and a whole list of suffering. Because the origin of the cause is unknown, it is a crap shoot for every twit that wants to build a name for themselves or make money, and while doing so, create stereo types that further isolate the people who already feel no hope. Where did this Dr. get her degree?
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Never trust "we'll talk" in a relationship. Life lesson learned. The other person talks. You are TOLD.***I'm exhausted, ill, and quite done with being strong. So, today's advice:Screw 'em.Like that shower curtain? Buy it. It's your damn view when you clean that bathroom, right?Want that book? Get it. Books good.Need that extra serving? Eat it. Sometimes we've expended a ton of energy and we do...
I guess she missed the part of the doctor exam involving common sense, for gods sake. Would that be regular carrot juice, or organic?
Lynn
Since age 8, I have heard some doosies about what causes my migraines. Here's a few of my fav's. These are all from doctors from different disciplines.
Being a male, I was told that my head doesn't hurt, because men can't get migraines. I was told that I probably just hit my head and forgot about it.
I saw a chiropractor early on for my migraines. He assured me that he could "fix" me. Every weekly visit brought on a severe migraine and when questioned about this, he said "well sometimes you have to make something worse to make it better".
I was told my current migraine was because I was "too nice and polite".
That same neuro told me that he believed I would be the one to figure out my migraine - it was all up to me now!
I have been told my migraine is not a migraine, but ANY other type of headache - even ones that clearly do not fit. Nothing has ever proven this to be true. Every treatment for headache other than migraine has shown 0 results.
When this migraine first set in, I went to the doctor on day 4. A thorough exam showed no cause for a tension headache. When I went back a week later, a different doctor noted tension in my neck and shoulders (cause you know, 11 days on constant pain wouldn't cause anyone to tense up). She spent a good 5 minutes digging around in my neck and shoulders trying to find a trigger point. When she couldn't find one, she dug her finger into a single spot until I told her to stop - it was hurting right where she was digging her finger in. She promptly declared it a tension headache on the spot.
I was told my migraine was caused by anxiety. I was given 3mg of Xanax a day along with 2 other anti-anxiety meds. When that proved fruitless, the theory was then swapped to "your migraine was caused by taking 3mg of Xanax a day".
When this migraine started I was a smoker. Smoking was blamed for my migraine. After quitting, my lack of smoking was blamed for my migraine.
I have been told that it is a rebound headache - often when the doctors can find nothing wrong. Twice in the last 4 1/2 years I have gone off all medications for a period of 8 weeks to cure this effect. I end up with 8 weeks of out of control pain and the doctors don't seem to really care.
Doctors have blamed the migraine on needing to see a dentist. (except you know... I have a dentist that I see...)
Additional stupid things i have heard:
I have been told that there is no such thing as building up a tolerance to medication. Therefore I shouldn't need anything for pain... ever... by a headache specialist...
I was told that narcotics are contra-indicated for migraines, so I would not be prescribed them any longer by the pain clinic I was seeing. However, I was told in the next breath that I was a candidate for a pain pump, which is a machine they put inside of you that squirts narcotics onto your spine / brain for chronic pain.
When I presented my neuro with the fact that my eyes feel like they're getting shocked by a 9-volt when i look left or right and it travels into my tongue, both forearms into my hands and down both of my lower legs, he told me "well, if it doesn't hurt I wouldn't worry about it".
Sinusitis has been noted on every CT scan and MRI I have had over the past 4 1/2 years. My nose runs on and off every day and I need to blow my nose often. Every doctor I have asked about this said it was "nothing to worry about" or had no comment on it.
I had a PCP who took studious notes about how my head hurts 24/7 365 days a year. When asked to comment on my ability to work, he noted to Social Security for the record that "Patient has migraine headaches, but I can see no reason why patient cannot work on the days his migraine isn't affecting him".
Oh and just for funsies, when I tell the doctors how much over the counter meds I have to take to manage my pain because they won't prescribe anything for me, they tell me how awful it is! I usually say "yeah, its a race to see which one of my internal organs I can kill first - what do you want me to take instead?" No one has answered that question yet.
Sorry, having a bad and back day and my crabbiness may have gotten the better of my in responding to this thread.
Poetically Yours,
Ms. PoeticJM
The rest of this is ridiculous. I don't know if it's always possible to trace the cause of migraines, tbh. No one has figured out my triggers yet, beyond peanuts and basil. I avoid those completely and I still get migraines. Still looking for other triggers. Sigh.
1. Have a comprehensive physical with a good doctor. After long suffering with migraines, it turned out the primary cause was elevated blood pressure, and several medications eliminated 90% of it. Migraines may indicate more serious problems. A CBC (complete blood count) should be part of a basic physical. Headache is a non-specific symptom of various problems.
2. Sometimes medical conditions are difficult to diagnose. I had what turned out to be a serious condition (indirectly related to blood pressure) which about 5 doctors missed before and during an emergency room visit. As it turned out, I do not blame them because I had "atypical" symptoms and my presentation would not indicate the disease.
In another situation, I met a world-renowned doctor for my dad and asked a question about his prognosis in a particular area, "I don't know" was his response. Frequently that should be the response. Pushing a doctor for a speculative answer and then being upset about it (are you depressed, etc) may not be efficacious.
3. If no medical solution is seen, consider these solutions.
Establish good and regular habits and see if that helps.
4. Get regular sleep at the same time.
5. Eat heathy with balance from the 4 food groups, natural foods, be careful of sulfites,
6. Exercise regularly. Get good aerobic exercise. Personally when I was suffering migraines, I would try to lift weights and exercise though that can be hard for many.
7. Don't get sloppy if you are feeling better.
8. Try to reduce stress in your life. Be a half full person. Work hard to achieve your goals but accept that not being success is sometimes part of our journey. Accept people for their differences.
9. Trying to sleep and relax may not solve the problem, and you may just have a pounding headache.
10. Try various medications.