D_Theophallus Kneedgroin
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I get them nearly every fall...
My doc gave me Zomig....it's wonderful!!!!!
My doc gave me Zomig....it's wonderful!!!!!
i once wore my sunglasses indoors (while i was at work) coz of a migraine.. it did work a little, although i got weird looks from others.. it was a weekend, so there weren't too many people to make fun of me.
i think i'm getting more and more sensitive to light, coz of all those nights cramming (and also doing some stress relieving activity :smile, surrounded by darkness, with my laptop as my only source of light.. that's what i get from procrastinating, i guess..
Ive done the shades of shame as well but for some reason they didnt help to alleviate the pain really but then that could be because I have two big windows in my office.
all are vestibular related so I am essentually unable to function on any basis.Last night I had a migraine. It's not the first, but it was the worst one in about 3 years. After tearing my apartment apart, I realized I was out of Relpax.
There are many types of migraines. Last night I had the worst kind for me, the one that hits you right between the eyes like a baseball bat, then throbs, and pulsates; and like a spidery hand reaches back over your skull.
The other type of migraine, the kind I can sometimes ride out with home remedies or prescription meds is the one that feels like my brain stem is throbbing.
When I was in grad school a friend gave me a great home remedy for migraines Coca~Cola and aspirin. Not Pepsi not Advil, don't know why it works but it does. I think it has something to do with the vasoconstrictors.
Anyway, from about 8:30 PM until maybe 2 AM I was in absolute abject misery complete with intense nausea. Finally vomited around 2 :15 AM and it was so horrifically intense I woke my upstairs neighbor. I know it's gross but I swear I threw up food from last week, I thought my eyes were going to pop out of my head and almost 12 hours later I still have a sore throat from wretching. I feel better now but am still kinda weak.
So I'm curious, who else has migraines, what do you take and how do you manage them?
i didn't know it had a name.. "shades of shame".. hehe
yeah, the windows could be a factor.. but i work in the evenings too, so there's not much sunlight at all...
so it's gotta be weird working at night with sunglasses on.
I have suffered from migraines for about 4 years. I sometimes have to take off from work because of the pain. Advil and Diet Coke is my choice but it's not 100 percent. I also get this foggy, drained feeling afterwards.
I have suffered from migraines for about 4 years. I sometimes have to take off from work because of the pain. Advil and Diet Coke is my choice but it's not 100 percent. I also get this foggy, drained feeling afterwards.
That is very intriguing. SO basically the caffeine dilates your capilaries and it serves to lessen the nausea while the Advil works on the pain. I may have to try that.
One of my uncles swears by Goody's Headache Powder. It works but the taste is awful. Reminds me of Dr. Tichenor's Antiseptic Mouthwash . I remember it being so strong you had to mix it with water.
When I was in grad school a friend gave me a great home remedy for migraines Coca~Cola and aspirin. Not Pepsi not Advil, don't know why it works but it does. I think it has something to do with the vasoconstrictors.
Check out Goody's Headache Powders as they contain caffeine and acetaminophen, and aspirin. My cousin Clem swears by it.
I suffer from migraines.
I take imitrex.
I have no health insurance and find it extremely hard to afford.
In a nut shell, I lock myself in my room and try to sleep it off.
It never works though.
When the Claritin-D didn't clear up the pain; and the pain moved from the bridge of my nose to right behind my eyes I knew what the problem was.