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Post by Nari on Jul 4, 2007 20:40:39 GMT -5
Fioricet is what I take for my migraines or really bad headaches. This also helps some with the whole pelvic pain, endo, PCOS ect pain too!
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Post by ouchy on Jul 4, 2007 21:42:21 GMT -5
Fioricet. Ahhhhh. I also love Fiorinol (has aspirin in it) Yah. My gyne. told me that I can use it for cramps, too.
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Post by spencersauntloveshim on Oct 8, 2007 20:25:20 GMT -5
::)Hi! Migraines! they stink!! I have suffered for over 10 years with these and mine are very much related to hormones and also foods and smells. Some words of sympathy and what has worked for me. 1. Check into massage. I thought my doc was NUTS but my migraines went from an 8 when I went in for the 1st massage to a 2 when I walked out. A miracle of God if you ask me. 2. Accupuncture- again, I thought ooh, voodoo mumbojumbo stuff but it is another miracle for me. Combined with the massage it took me from daily and I MEAN DAILY migraines on lupron for a year!!! To having 2 in 6 weeks where I had to get shots. I have meds too. 3. My MD prescribed stadol nasal spray wwhich works wonders if I catch the headache early enough and also a new med called opana er which taken with a really old migraine med called caffergot has been extremely helpful. Again, if caught early enough. 4. SHOTS! I get a shot of stadol, vistaril and something else that I am brain farting on (thanks hormones!!!) when it gets really bad. Then I pass out and sleep for about 24 hours and the headache cycle starts over.
Luckily the massage and accupuncture is doing wonderful things for me and I feel like FINALLY something is helping!! If only these things would help the endo. We have tried too! I hope this helps you. My thoughts are with you. Jennifer
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Post by cherry on Oct 9, 2007 12:45:53 GMT -5
Since just before I had the mirena fitted I've had migraines or at least a bad headache daily. I remember my first migraine too ouchy... colourful zig zags were pretty til I developed tunnel vision!!!
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Post by minnie on Oct 9, 2007 16:38:18 GMT -5
Ooooooooooh, I get migraines. I hate them. Blacked out rooms, utter quiet and just sipping some water. When I feel them start I have Migralieve and if they are getting worse than bad, I take my Mums migraine pills which are on prescription! Again, a neck and head massage help and the cold eye press fromthe fridge is good. I wear it on my forehead though.
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Post by anneny on Oct 10, 2007 13:12:30 GMT -5
Wow...I don't know how you ladies do it with daily migraines! I've also had horrible migraines since puberty, but they've been pretty much under control since college. Here's how the doctors and I finally broke my body of the migraine cycle. The biggest part of treatment for me was figuring out my triggers. Remember that different women will have different triggers. My big ones are stress, fatigue, flashing lights, aspartame and other artificial sweeteners, MSG, artificial flavorings and artificial preservatives. It is definitely worth it to see a neurologist if you can. Luckily after years and years on various drugs, I'm off all but one of them! At different times in the past, I've taken Zoloft and Trazodone, and Neurtontin to prevent them. Neurontin worked the best (there's a thread about Neurontin for endo pain somewhere, too), and I would still be on it except that it has serious birth defect risks, and my husband and I are trying to have a little one. For acute attacks, I've taken Fioricet, Inderal, and Zomig. Zomig worked the best and the fastest, though it did make my head a little tingly. That said, I couldn't take any of those on back-to-back days because of the risk of rebound headaches. Still, these meds, especially Zomig, were crucial to breaking my body of the migraine habit every time I got stressed, had my period or ate something different. Now that the cycle is broken, I don't need any of those any more, since the headaches aren't serious enough to justify a prescription med. Now I get them more mildly and since they're hormone related, they're predictable with my cycle. Usually two Advil (or Motrin, or any other ibuprofen) and an hour's nap in a dark, quiet room is enough to get me through. I also take a very low dose of Trazodone (50mg) nightly to help me sleep, since fatigue is a big trigger for me. Remember, too that a migraine isn't about how painful the headache is, it's about the type of symptoms. I hardly ever get the full-on headache, but I know it's a migraine because of the aura and the location of the pain. This post is pretty rambly, but I hope that it gives you some encouragement! Migraines are very treatable, and you don't have to live in agony! Talk to a neurologist if you can. Keep a headache journal for a few months listing everything you ate and drank when you got your migraines. If you can figure out what your tirggers are, you can drastically reduce the frequency and severity of your migraines. And don't be afraid to try medications. You might only need them to break the headache cycle so that you can start fresh with avoiding triggers. It worked for me!
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Post by kb on Oct 11, 2007 1:04:26 GMT -5
Thats interesting you call it a cycle, makes sense really.
I actually havent had one in a while now, maybe its my diet changes, or the fact my hormones are more regulated now, dont know, but regardless, is good not to have them.
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Post by pickles on Nov 5, 2007 12:50:40 GMT -5
My sister and I used to get migraines. Once my sister went off BCP's they stopped. Mine have stopped temporarily. But I think mine are due more to stress rather than the medication I am on. I have also changed my pill a number of times so I think that might also have something to do with the sudden change. The eye floaters will always be there. And occasionally I'll get halos around lights and street signs- anything reflective actually. But the debilitating pain has gone away which is good.
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Post by baby bonnet on Nov 28, 2007 17:55:55 GMT -5
I'm another migraine sufferer. I started getting them in High School. I'd sometimes get them on the public bus to school and felt like those vertical poles that you hold on to were shooting right into my eyes and my eyes would start burning and tearing up. People thought that I was crying. I had to shut my eyes during most of the ride and try to avoid looking at the poles. So I'd look out the window and the street lights and car lights would get me.
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Post by szarlann on Dec 31, 2007 1:04:00 GMT -5
Hi Mimi, I have been seeing a neurologist for the past 3 years, along the side with my GYN they both are convinced that My periods and ENDO are factors of my migraines. I am taking Topamax a preventive for my migraines and This help a lot
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Post by szarlann on Dec 31, 2007 1:05:48 GMT -5
I too take Fioricet along the side with my preventive Topamax and Maxalt
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Post by mommajo on Sept 10, 2008 12:48:04 GMT -5
Ok this might be a dumb question, but whats the difference between a huge, sharp stabbing headache and a migraine? I've had migraines before... I end up in bed for days, mostly vomiting with a sensitivity to light and sound. I also go numb on the left side of my body. I usually can't feel my left arm and hand for the first few hours of the migraine. I can barely stand up the pain in my head is so bad, and my husband has to help me to the bathroom. I get really huge, bad headaches a lot right before my period, but have only had migraines like the described twice. I was 15 the first time and just attributed it to stress (my b/f was trying to get me to have sex with him, the next day I had a migraine.). I had one this past May and I have no idea what caused that one, was fine one minute and throwing up the next. So I was wondering, could these full blown "I'm gonna kill you" headaches before my period be migraines? Or is it just the major throwing up episodes that are migraines? My mom and Mother-in-law have them too, so I've never seen a doctor about it, the moms just give me some Imitrex and make me lay down.
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Post by kasiec23 on Oct 11, 2008 1:56:49 GMT -5
I'd like to know the same thing. I get headaches with my PMS and I always thought they were migraines. I know they are coming cause my vision blurs for a bit before the headache arrives but they aren't nearly as bad as the first one I had. I can still function and only have a slight aversion to light. Usually I can just take Tylenol and they are gone. Is it possible to have "light migraines"?
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Post by ouchy on Oct 11, 2008 2:23:53 GMT -5
I am photophobic and smellophobic (lol) when I have a migraine. Also, sound gets me, too!
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Post by puddleduck on Oct 11, 2008 5:41:46 GMT -5
Hi there,
As a sufferer of severe and previously crippling headaches, I was interested to encounter the following insights gained by Dr Ellen Grant (a gynaecologist who performed many years of research into the effects of synthetic hormones on women's bodies & minds):
"Women's headaches usually come on each month just before their periods start as part of the premenstrual syndrome, when the high levels of oestrogen and progesterone suddenly fall. Doctors have given women oestrogen or progesterone with no lasting benefit because hormone-level changes are not at the root of the problem. There is no reason why changes of hormones levels in healthy women should precipitate headaches. It is a man or woman's inability to metabolise and deal with changes in brain chemicals-the neurotransmitters-which cause the flashing lights, vomiting and excruciating pain. Headaches are a warning that something is wrong. The brain has become overexcited and there are changes in its electrical discharges. Blood vessels in the brain's surrounding membranes dilate and constrict excessively. The same chemicals control blood vessel reactivity and the transmission of message in the brain. Normally these chemicals, such as adrenaline and serotonin, are regulated automatically-excessive rises or falls in their levels are avoided. The enzymes facilitating these pathways have weak points. They need enough zinc, magnesium and B vitamins. When these co-factors are in short supply it is as if we have become stuck in the wrong gear and headaches or mood changes can result.
When I compare fifty men and women who got regular headaches with fifty who rarely did, there were significant differences in their sweat and blood levels of zinc and magnesium. The average values for those complaining of headaches were below the Biolab normal range. All were either zinc or magnesium deficient and most were deficient in both. When headache sufferers are supplemented, their zinc and magnesium levels usually rise into the normal range. This doesn't mean that they will no longer get headaches or hangovers from alcohol, but they will become much less susceptible, compensating for the familial tendency which probably stemmed from nutrient deficiencies during early development."
Ellen Grant also provides a great deal of evidence that the Pill creates and or worsens zinc and magnesium deficiencies, which predispose to a whole variety of problems including vascular reactivity and headaches/migraine, reproductive problems in the foetus, period pain, childhood dyslexia and much more. Adding any synthetic hormones to the body increases the body's requirements for these essential minerals.
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