Migraines

[velvett]

I've asked this before but I'm going to ask again.


Anyone here suffer from them?
If so, tell me your story so I might feel like less of a freak.


please...

 

[biteme]

All of my siblings get them very bad. My sister has been to the emergency room more than once with severe migraines. They have run all kinds of tests on her. I believe they are stress related. She is totally incapacitated by them.

 

[PatsFan34]

I get them all the time...it fucking sucks. On wednesday night I took 2000 mgs of Tylanol before I went to bed and I woke up in the morning with the same damn shit!!! Excedrine works so much better IMO!!!

Sometimes I get them so bad that I have to lay down in a dark room in perfect silence and hope it goes away...awful!!! Painkillers always seem to do the trick though!!!

 

[velvett]

Sigh....


I take so many prescription drugs for them my ins. company is threatening to cut me off.


I may be the first person the lose money on every month.

 

[biteme]

Sigh....


I take so many prescription drugs for them my ins. company is threatening to cut me off.


I may be the first person the lose money on every month.

Do you get stressed out easily? Worry a lot?

 

[PatsFan34]

Velvett, how do you feel when you get a migraine?

 

[velvett]

Stress being the only cause of migraine is huge misconception among people. Migraines can be caused by metabolic changes, hormonal changes, structural and/or environmental changes or disturbances, stress and other emotional/ psychological factors. Migraines may also be trigger by dietary changes, continuous hormonal imbalances, auto-immune disturbances, lifestyle factors, and of course stress.

There are several types of adult migraine as well:

Common migraine
Classic migraine
Basilar migraine
Retinal migraine


The headache one gets when they have a migraine is only a single symptom of the migraine; one can have a migraine, yet have no headache pain.
Headaches are one of the many symptoms of migraine, others include:

Anxiety, aura with or without headache, weakness, nervousness, depression, increased urination or bowel movements, dizziness, imbalance (sometimes vertigo), double vision or temporary blindness, cold and clammy hands and feet, tingling of the hands or feet, numbness, lightheadedness, bred or teary eyes, nausea or vomiting, intolerance to light and noise, water retention, hyperventilation or nasal congestion.

If you have migraines it is very important that you learn what your triggers are - especially the food ones as those are the easiest to control. Secondly, it is important to find meds that work for you as well as knowing what your warning signs are that a migraine is coming - food craving, severe mood or energy swings are also signs in addition to aura, ringing, nausea, dizziness, tension at the nape of the neck, or a twitching / popping feeling on either side of your temples near your eyes.

I've suffered from complicated migraines for 22 years with a short term 5 years diagnose for the mystery pain and unwell feeling I'd always experienced.

 

[nvrbuffenuff_girl]

Several years back I had a migraine for months. I woudl wake up and go to sleep with this migraine. It was the most horrific pain ever!

I had all sorts of tests, took every prescription there was in every strength for the pain and nothing made them go away. The pain was so severe my eyeballs would twitch. It was constant pressure. I could barely open my eyes somedays. Then one day I woke up and they were suddenly gone. It was weird. Ever since I've only gotten a migraine here and there. I always worry that the same thing will happen again but thank goodness it hasn't.

 

[velvett]

Velvett, how do you feel when you get a migraine?

Like some slammed an ice pick in my right or left temple.

Now add nausea and unclear spotty vision (stare at a bright light for a few second and then look away).

 

[biteme]

I feel for ya'll. I've seen my sister in tears from the pain.