Posted by BeardedLady on October 15, 2002, at 7:47:15
In reply to Didn't go in. Going in today. In 1/2 an hour*gulp*, posted by bookgurl99 on October 15, 2002, at 7:30:23
I'm sorry you are having a rough time. You have always been one of my favorite posters, as you know, even though we don't interact much.
So I take it the CCB isn't helping with the migraines? Here's something that won't hurt to try and may help with migraines. I have gotten about two in the past eight months since I've been doing these things.
First, I started that super B complex. It took about two months, but I stopped getting regular stress headaches, which I had every day of my life. (I also read in Good Housekeeping in my doctor's office, after I'd been taking it about three weeks, that they are one of the best migraine remedies, but you have to take them for many weeks before they begin to work.)
If a late-day headache sneaks in, Tension Tamer tea works when Ibuprofen won't.
And to eliminate migraines, I stopped drinking caffeine. I don't drink soda at all anymore, and I drink a cup of decaf coffee every morning. But I quit the decaf coffee for two weeks before I went back to it, just to break the migraine cycle.
Everyone's migraines are different, but it's worth doing these two simple things, since they absolutely can't hurt you at all and have the possibility of helping a great deal.
(I was taking Ibuprofen preventively, and that also kept my auras from happening around the time of my period, but it gave me a pre-ulcer stomach!)
Bruxism is another cause of migraine, and I have had that for about fifteen years. My night guard doesn't fit properly and makes it worse.
My last migraine was last week. It began with a four-day horror of a headache, which saw no relief. It ended, believe it or not, with the aura (at 3:00 a.m.! incorporated into my dream!). And I believe I got it because I had begun sprinkling a little bit of caffeinated coffee in my decaf for about two weeks because I was tired of feeling sluggish from the Serzone.
I stopped sprinkling, and the headache went bye-bye.
I hope one or more of these suggestions is something you haven't yet tried. It feels so hopeless when you've tried everything. Many are reluctant to give up caffeine, especially when they are tired and have to go to work, but I think the B vitamins will temporarily replace that energy lost and enhance your mood as well.
Please keep in touch and let me know if you might try one of these things.
beardy
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