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Post by nichole262 on Nov 22, 2010 23:47:56 GMT -5
I suffer from migraines too, have had them since I was 14, same story as Rin. I get them so bad when I go off my birth control pill that I get so sad when that time of the month comes luckily my gynecologist says to stay on the BCP for 6 months at a time. Not only do I get the endo pain and bloating but get major migraines!! so not fair! I have daily headaches and about 2-3 migraines a month just bought a hot tub! hoping it will help bascially at my wits end with the headaches and crankiness from having headaches everyday. I have tried a lot of different medication but also find ibuprofen helps the best advil liquidgel is my best buddy, tylenol #3 takes away the pain but not the nausea. anyways your not alone, must all be related to hormones.
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Post by JC on Feb 25, 2011 15:54:52 GMT -5
Interesting link between migraines and a relatively common heart defect. This is especially relavent to those of you who get the migraine aura: "There is debate surrounding the association between patent foramen ovale, or P.F.O., and migraine. A P.F.O. is a tunnel that connects the upper chambers of the heart — the right atrium and the left atrium. The opening allows blood that has given up nutrients and oxygen after traveling through the rest of the body to shunt into the left atrium, instead of going into the lungs to pick up more oxygen. This shunting also allows any particles in the deoxygenated blood, such as clumps of cells, as well as chemicals like serotonin that are normally filtered or metabolized in the lungs to pass into the left atrium, where they are pumped out to the rest of the body. Everyone is born with a P.F.O., but in most individuals it closes shortly after birth. However, in about 25 percent of individuals, the tunnel (or foramen ovale, Latin for “oval window”) remains open, or patent. There is considerable evidence to suggest that individuals who experience migraines with aura are at least twice as likely to have a P.F.O., and significantly more likely to have a large P.F.O., than individuals without migraine, or individuals with migraine without aura. That is, if you have migraine with aura, you have about a 50 percent chance of having a P.F.O. The reason for this association is unclear, but P.F.O. and migraine may have a shared genetic origin. Recent evidence also suggests that clumps of cells and other tiny particles in the blood that reach the brain have the potential to trigger what’s known as cortical spreading depression, or a wave of electrical activity in the brain’s cortex. This brain event is considered to be the cause of migraine aura. So, while the evidence is mounting that if you have migraine with aura, you are at increased risk of having a P.F.O. (and vice versa), there is no firm evidence that this association is causal. In other words, it may be like red hair and freckles. If you have red hair, you’re more likely to have freckles, but one did not cause the other. Because of this lack of a causal relationship, there is currently a lack of conclusive evidence that supports having a surgical procedure to close a P.F.O. as a means to reduce migraine frequency. While the medical literature contains a large number of reports of patients who have undergone P.F.O. closure and reported a significant reduction or disappearance of migraine, the only placebo-controlled study conducted thus far failed to show that P.F.O. closure is effective for the treatment of migraine. There is, however, one study ongoing in the United States and another in Europe and Canada that are currently recruiting subjects to determine whether closure of P.F.O. is safe and effective for the treatment or prevention of migraine. Individuals with migraine with aura and a P.F.O. who are considering P.F.O. closure can look into whether they are a candidate for one of these trials. The medical community and patients anxiously await the results of these and other well controlled studies." source: consults.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/0....a-heart-defect/For more information you can also google "PFO heart defect."
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Post by cassia on Mar 1, 2011 5:08:50 GMT -5
Hello, I have been having migraines for the past year as well, I would say it is hormone related for sure. The thing that's works for me is BC powder it is an NSAID aspirin and caffeine are the ingredients. I never knew that caffeine actually helps headaches but it does (in small doses) Anyway it's in powder form and works fast, tastes horrible but works.
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Post by JC on Apr 16, 2011 11:38:29 GMT -5
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