Comments on: ?migraine?

By: April

April — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:49:53 +0000

It’s important to try to find out why you’re having the migraines, but here are some things that have worked for me. Massage peppermint oil into the temples. I like to put a warm pack on the back of my head. I’m not sure why it works, but it always gives me some relief and helps me sleep. Also, if you can cut caffiene from your diet, when you have a migraine you can eat or drink something with caffeine (or take something like Excedrin migraine) and the caffeine helps. (If you’re getting the caffeine every day, it doesn’t help to put more caffeine on top of it.)
Having said all that, I have a rx for Frova (for women). It is supposed to be a menstrual migraine med, but it helps me throughout the month.

By: A

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:33:05 +0000

If you have had them before and know they are migraines (I get one about every month from hormones), try to catch them when they are first coming on before they get too bad. If I catch mine at the beginning and nip it in the bud, I can usually get over it, but if I let it go for a while, then it lingers for days. Exedrin Migraine works pretty well because it has caffeine, but drinking a glass of coca-cola with tylonal works just as well and I like it better. Also, cover your eyes with a hot or cold cloth, I have heard people like different temps. Sometimes, I like hot on the head and cold on my neck (cold helps nausea).

So, as soon as you feel it coming on, sip a coke, take two tylonal, go lay in a dark and quiet room with either a hot or cold cloth and doze for 20 or 30 minutes. sometimes you can kick it.

I have heard that acupuncture can work really well for really bad chronic headaches. you can also get prescription strength pain killers from a doc or go to the hospital if you end up dehydrated from the nausea.

By: EMS Scott

EMS Scott — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:17:51 +0000

If it is chronic than their are many measures. If this is a all of the sudden 1st time or hasn’t ever been investigated by a doctor than I would go to the ER. Some non-narcotic ways to get rid of a Migraine is high flow Oxygen, Benadryl 50mg, Reglan 10mg and Saline Bolus of around 1000cc. Fioricet works for me most of the time. Dilaudid, Motrin, ice pack, Zofran ODT, quiet and dark place and TIME. Exedrine has caffine that helps some people. Get with a doctor to get drugs that help or an EMS friend who has access to the non-narcotic stuff if you have an issue with Migraines and are trying to avoid a trip to ER. Good Luck God Bless

By: Bella

Bella — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:44:17 +0000

blindfold yourself and jump in a dark closet with no noise. I swear to god this works. No joke it happens to me.

By: ~aviator~

~aviator~ — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 03:17:16 +0000

I’ve had REALLY bad migraines for quite some time, but I don’t get them anymore because… OK, this might seem weird… I get Botox injections in my forehead. Botox is a muscle relaxant, so it stopped the muscles tensing up. It lasts for about a year and a half, then I have to go back to the doctor to get it again. Another thing I found that works is Aleve. I’ve tried Tylenol and Advil, but Aleve definitely works better, as long as you take when you first suspect that your headache is in fact a migraine.

Seriously? A thumbs-down on something this objective? Someone’s cranky…

By: babygirl

babygirl — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:22:52 +0000

I usually take a hot shower or place a heating pad on my head turned on medium. I usually try to do this in a dark room with little to no noise.