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I had migraines from about age 12 til my 20s. They stopped when I stopped eating MSG. Glutamate is an amino acid. Its primary function has to do with the synapses in the brain. It opens and closes a gate that receives the firing to regulate it. When in its free form it doesn't function correctly, and the gate will stay open and burn out the cells. That's the only thing I changed in my diet. If I get a headache now, I can almost always trace it back to something I ate where I let it slip in. Or its from a hangover. To anyone with migraines I would recommend the experiment of just cutting out this one ingredient and observe the results for a couple of months.
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I have a co-worker with the same issue. He gets bad headaches the day after anytime he eats MSG and so avoids it like the plague.
Todd Smith
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i was getting about a migraine a week. Not sure if it was a full fledged migraine, never got it diagnosed. But i felt like pukin and had a pretty serious throb in the ole noggin. i quit coffee and tea (still 2-3 cokes/wk, but i don't feel the caffiene.) no headeaches for 1.5 (roughly) weeks now. i REALLY LOOOOOVE coffee, but i really hate headaches like THAT. i've also got high blood pressure, so, gotta say g'bye to that WONDERFUL drug. oh well, at least i feel more rested. but, ehm, i feel like less a programmer :( i can still do it, but only at about 3/4 my previous speed. ...Steve
You can get headaches from lots of coffee and tea if you stop drinking it abruptly (ie consume it like a black hole during the week then skip it on sat & sun and come monday all hell breaks loose). *gulp* *gulp* *gulp*
Todd Smith
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Every day I get out of bed and thank my God, all gods and any gods that I don't get migraines. For those of you that do (my wife included) I truly feel sorry for you as I've seen the havoc those things can wreak and I just don't want that. I've got some type of malady that is similar to a weak cold but is more achy and headaches are included. About 7 days worth of headaches. I'd go see a doctor as I find that alarming except my wife has it (headaches, not migraines included) and my 6 year old son has it (headaches included). My 2 year old has something that's got her all crabby and no doubt she's giving my wife and I headaches and Katie (the infector) is now over her symptoms which of course had me up all night for a few nights a few weeks ago. Anyway, I get like 2 headaches a year and even then 2 is a lot of headaches for me. How many of you get headaches/migraines? Do you get nauseated from them? My wife is completely bed-ridden from hers (migraines) and light, noise, everything hurts. My headaches are normally nothing and I can pretty much just lick the top of an Advil or rub the bottle on my head and they go away. However today my wife and I both have headaches and have tried sugar, Advil, caffeine and anything else we've heard works. The headaches haven't budged an inch and seem to be in total control. I'll fight to the death but I think for now at least the headache has something bigger than anything I can find to use against it...
One of the most annoying things about migraness is that other people seem to think it's a bad headache and will jump in with "Oh I get those too" and it's not worth the bother to try to explain the huge vast grand canyon sized difference between a bad headache and a migrane. My definition of a migrane is that it always starts with flashing lights in the periphery of vision, for my dad he would be reading a book and the print would suddenly be reversed. You can barely put together a coherent string of words. You need to puke badly and of course there is heavy duty pain in the brain. And light of any amount just physically hurts bad. I used to puke, fall asleep for a couple of hours and I was good to go. My dad got some sort of pen thingy that he can fail safe inject no matter how messed up his head is and it apparently helps but it's not perfect. Luckily I haven't gotten any bad ones since I was a teenager, but my dad didn't either until later in life so I guess I have that to look forward to! :)
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Every day I get out of bed and thank my God, all gods and any gods that I don't get migraines. For those of you that do (my wife included) I truly feel sorry for you as I've seen the havoc those things can wreak and I just don't want that. I've got some type of malady that is similar to a weak cold but is more achy and headaches are included. About 7 days worth of headaches. I'd go see a doctor as I find that alarming except my wife has it (headaches, not migraines included) and my 6 year old son has it (headaches included). My 2 year old has something that's got her all crabby and no doubt she's giving my wife and I headaches and Katie (the infector) is now over her symptoms which of course had me up all night for a few nights a few weeks ago. Anyway, I get like 2 headaches a year and even then 2 is a lot of headaches for me. How many of you get headaches/migraines? Do you get nauseated from them? My wife is completely bed-ridden from hers (migraines) and light, noise, everything hurts. My headaches are normally nothing and I can pretty much just lick the top of an Advil or rub the bottle on my head and they go away. However today my wife and I both have headaches and have tried sugar, Advil, caffeine and anything else we've heard works. The headaches haven't budged an inch and seem to be in total control. I'll fight to the death but I think for now at least the headache has something bigger than anything I can find to use against it...
I don't get migraines. As a kid, i'd get headaches due to eye strain - i read a lot. Now, if i have a headache it's usually due to one or more of: dehydration, tension (which in turn has many root causes of its own...), or sinus pressure (generally due to colds or allergies, once in a great while due to more interesting infections). The former are usually solved with fluids and exercise; the latter occasionally calls for Sudafed (which is almost worse).
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Yeah MSG will give my wife headaches (not migraines) and it doesn't even affect me. We always request MSG free food at restaurants.
Yeah, the headaches are just the tip of the iceburg. Funny enough, 60 minutes dedicated an hour long episode to it, and found that it was a leading cause of 160 major illnesses and diseases. Alzheimers being one of them. They tried to ban it in the 70s, but it got back to the shelves thanks to the lobbyists. Nowadays it only gives me a headache if it slips in. But the migraines haven't returned since stopping the steady intake.
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I have a co-worker with the same issue. He gets bad headaches the day after anytime he eats MSG and so avoids it like the plague.
Todd Smith
No doubt! It hides in some things also, so any kind of hydrolyzed protein will have trace amounts. It can hide in Autolyzed Yeast Extract, it can hide in Natural Flavors, since technically it isn't artificial. A total pain too, cause its in just about everything packaged on the shelves. Another funny thing is that its found naturally in tomatoes and parmesan cheese, so you won't find it in italian food. Heh.
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One of the most annoying things about migraness is that other people seem to think it's a bad headache and will jump in with "Oh I get those too" and it's not worth the bother to try to explain the huge vast grand canyon sized difference between a bad headache and a migrane. My definition of a migrane is that it always starts with flashing lights in the periphery of vision, for my dad he would be reading a book and the print would suddenly be reversed. You can barely put together a coherent string of words. You need to puke badly and of course there is heavy duty pain in the brain. And light of any amount just physically hurts bad. I used to puke, fall asleep for a couple of hours and I was good to go. My dad got some sort of pen thingy that he can fail safe inject no matter how messed up his head is and it apparently helps but it's not perfect. Luckily I haven't gotten any bad ones since I was a teenager, but my dad didn't either until later in life so I guess I have that to look forward to! :)
Strange... a hot shower and my headache is gone. Like I said I normally get 2 a year. My wife though... she gets the skull splitters.
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Yeah, the headaches are just the tip of the iceburg. Funny enough, 60 minutes dedicated an hour long episode to it, and found that it was a leading cause of 160 major illnesses and diseases. Alzheimers being one of them. They tried to ban it in the 70s, but it got back to the shelves thanks to the lobbyists. Nowadays it only gives me a headache if it slips in. But the migraines haven't returned since stopping the steady intake.
This statement was never false.
We might eat one meal a month out. Everything else we eat is at home and we carefully screen every package for MSG or "Natural Flavors". If it's got that or any other suspicious wording it stays on the shelf at the store.
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You can get headaches from lots of coffee and tea if you stop drinking it abruptly (ie consume it like a black hole during the week then skip it on sat & sun and come monday all hell breaks loose). *gulp* *gulp* *gulp*
Todd Smith
Yep. I got down to 2 cups of coffee a week to splurge and 2 cups of tea a day (to survive). I just couldn't STAND not having some sort of caffeine. (It -is- the programmer's nectar, after all) But, well, even just 2 cups a week and the day after the coffee cup right around lunch time, throbbing in the ole noggin that made me worry I was havin a stroke or somethin. Felt like a blood vessel got stopped up or somethin. And the ole nausea. I never actually puked, but man... Motrin made it almost bearable, but it still took a good hour of layin' in the car with my eyes closed to handle it. Eh, I don't need that. I'll stick with exercise as my last remaining drug. At least they can't take THAT away from me. But, oooooooooooooooooo, do i miss coffee :( ...Steve
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Every day I get out of bed and thank my God, all gods and any gods that I don't get migraines. For those of you that do (my wife included) I truly feel sorry for you as I've seen the havoc those things can wreak and I just don't want that. I've got some type of malady that is similar to a weak cold but is more achy and headaches are included. About 7 days worth of headaches. I'd go see a doctor as I find that alarming except my wife has it (headaches, not migraines included) and my 6 year old son has it (headaches included). My 2 year old has something that's got her all crabby and no doubt she's giving my wife and I headaches and Katie (the infector) is now over her symptoms which of course had me up all night for a few nights a few weeks ago. Anyway, I get like 2 headaches a year and even then 2 is a lot of headaches for me. How many of you get headaches/migraines? Do you get nauseated from them? My wife is completely bed-ridden from hers (migraines) and light, noise, everything hurts. My headaches are normally nothing and I can pretty much just lick the top of an Advil or rub the bottle on my head and they go away. However today my wife and I both have headaches and have tried sugar, Advil, caffeine and anything else we've heard works. The headaches haven't budged an inch and seem to be in total control. I'll fight to the death but I think for now at least the headache has something bigger than anything I can find to use against it...
During middle school I had terrible migraines. They think it was a combination of hormones and stress (my mother died and my dad was marrying The Devil). I get them once in a great while. When I do I have terrible light and sound sensibilities. Someone told me about lemons and I've found the citrus smell sometimes helps my headaches--no idea why.
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Every day I get out of bed and thank my God, all gods and any gods that I don't get migraines. For those of you that do (my wife included) I truly feel sorry for you as I've seen the havoc those things can wreak and I just don't want that. I've got some type of malady that is similar to a weak cold but is more achy and headaches are included. About 7 days worth of headaches. I'd go see a doctor as I find that alarming except my wife has it (headaches, not migraines included) and my 6 year old son has it (headaches included). My 2 year old has something that's got her all crabby and no doubt she's giving my wife and I headaches and Katie (the infector) is now over her symptoms which of course had me up all night for a few nights a few weeks ago. Anyway, I get like 2 headaches a year and even then 2 is a lot of headaches for me. How many of you get headaches/migraines? Do you get nauseated from them? My wife is completely bed-ridden from hers (migraines) and light, noise, everything hurts. My headaches are normally nothing and I can pretty much just lick the top of an Advil or rub the bottle on my head and they go away. However today my wife and I both have headaches and have tried sugar, Advil, caffeine and anything else we've heard works. The headaches haven't budged an inch and seem to be in total control. I'll fight to the death but I think for now at least the headache has something bigger than anything I can find to use against it...
I've had 3 migraines and they suck. The first time I thought I was detaching a retina or something because i started seeing this jagged flashing light in my center FOV and it didnt go away when I closed my eyes. By the time I thought about calling the eye doc, i noticed the jagged line was moving ever so slowly to my periphery... after about ~30 mins, it vanished out of view. (phew, i wasn't going blind)... well, not even 30 seconds later, I got the worst headache I ever had in my life. I couldn't even turn my head without it throbbing. I don't think I was over "sensitive" to anything (light, noise, etc), it just plain hurt, no matter what. Well, that lasted about 4 hrs, then I was fine. The second time I was building a deck out in the heat when I noticed the aura. I recognized it so wasn't worried as I knew what was comming. I took a break, grabbed a sandwich, and just sucked it up. That one only lasted ~ an hr or so, not too bad. The third one, about 6-9 months later, came on with a weak aura, just a little colored "fuzz" flashing at ~50Hz or so for about 10 mins and quickly escaped my FOV. The headach was more muted too, but it lasted almost 48Hrs! Well, i guess that really doesn't tell you much does it. :rolleyes: Anyway, it doesn't happen enough (thankfully) to be able to tie them to a particular "trigger". However, I did notice that the days I had them, there was an unusual amount of solar activity... It may sound odd, but I think it may be related somehow. Oh well, drink about a pint of gin and you won't even notice the headache ;P
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Every day I get out of bed and thank my God, all gods and any gods that I don't get migraines. For those of you that do (my wife included) I truly feel sorry for you as I've seen the havoc those things can wreak and I just don't want that. I've got some type of malady that is similar to a weak cold but is more achy and headaches are included. About 7 days worth of headaches. I'd go see a doctor as I find that alarming except my wife has it (headaches, not migraines included) and my 6 year old son has it (headaches included). My 2 year old has something that's got her all crabby and no doubt she's giving my wife and I headaches and Katie (the infector) is now over her symptoms which of course had me up all night for a few nights a few weeks ago. Anyway, I get like 2 headaches a year and even then 2 is a lot of headaches for me. How many of you get headaches/migraines? Do you get nauseated from them? My wife is completely bed-ridden from hers (migraines) and light, noise, everything hurts. My headaches are normally nothing and I can pretty much just lick the top of an Advil or rub the bottle on my head and they go away. However today my wife and I both have headaches and have tried sugar, Advil, caffeine and anything else we've heard works. The headaches haven't budged an inch and seem to be in total control. I'll fight to the death but I think for now at least the headache has something bigger than anything I can find to use against it...
I got sick two months ago for a month and a half. Coughing only. No cold, no pain, no sore through, but it did eventually lead to a bad headache. After the first month, I finally went to the doctor and he put me on a prescription for 10 days. That didn't do squat and I still refused to take any other medication. After feeling really foul one day, I took some Excedrin from my boss to be able to drive home. Left work early and slept for three extra hours for a total of 10. That kicked it. I'm not 100% better and I don't think I'll be until we get 100 degree weather, but I feel much better. Like you, if I get sick once or twice a year, that is way too much. Getting sick for a month and a half is a record for me. Hope y'all feel better. Thankfully, my family escaped it, but my boss was bedridden for a week. :)
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Every day I get out of bed and thank my God, all gods and any gods that I don't get migraines. For those of you that do (my wife included) I truly feel sorry for you as I've seen the havoc those things can wreak and I just don't want that. I've got some type of malady that is similar to a weak cold but is more achy and headaches are included. About 7 days worth of headaches. I'd go see a doctor as I find that alarming except my wife has it (headaches, not migraines included) and my 6 year old son has it (headaches included). My 2 year old has something that's got her all crabby and no doubt she's giving my wife and I headaches and Katie (the infector) is now over her symptoms which of course had me up all night for a few nights a few weeks ago. Anyway, I get like 2 headaches a year and even then 2 is a lot of headaches for me. How many of you get headaches/migraines? Do you get nauseated from them? My wife is completely bed-ridden from hers (migraines) and light, noise, everything hurts. My headaches are normally nothing and I can pretty much just lick the top of an Advil or rub the bottle on my head and they go away. However today my wife and I both have headaches and have tried sugar, Advil, caffeine and anything else we've heard works. The headaches haven't budged an inch and seem to be in total control. I'll fight to the death but I think for now at least the headache has something bigger than anything I can find to use against it...
I get both headaches and migraines. The headaches are usually defeated with some ibuprofen, water and a good warm shower. About twice a year I get a migraine that literally makes me sick to my stomach. Everything hurts, light, sound, the whole nine yards. The bad part is that it usually strikes while I'm out doing something and can't get home for about two hours. I take a hand full of ibuprofen with a coke crawl into bed in a completely dark room and pass out from the exhaustion of fighting to act relatively normal the whole time. I'll wake about four or five hours later and it'll be gone. Unfortunately they're getting worse as I get older. The last one had me in tears by the time I got into bed. I thought my head was going to explode.
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I've had 3 migraines and they suck. The first time I thought I was detaching a retina or something because i started seeing this jagged flashing light in my center FOV and it didnt go away when I closed my eyes. By the time I thought about calling the eye doc, i noticed the jagged line was moving ever so slowly to my periphery... after about ~30 mins, it vanished out of view. (phew, i wasn't going blind)... well, not even 30 seconds later, I got the worst headache I ever had in my life. I couldn't even turn my head without it throbbing. I don't think I was over "sensitive" to anything (light, noise, etc), it just plain hurt, no matter what. Well, that lasted about 4 hrs, then I was fine. The second time I was building a deck out in the heat when I noticed the aura. I recognized it so wasn't worried as I knew what was comming. I took a break, grabbed a sandwich, and just sucked it up. That one only lasted ~ an hr or so, not too bad. The third one, about 6-9 months later, came on with a weak aura, just a little colored "fuzz" flashing at ~50Hz or so for about 10 mins and quickly escaped my FOV. The headach was more muted too, but it lasted almost 48Hrs! Well, i guess that really doesn't tell you much does it. :rolleyes: Anyway, it doesn't happen enough (thankfully) to be able to tie them to a particular "trigger". However, I did notice that the days I had them, there was an unusual amount of solar activity... It may sound odd, but I think it may be related somehow. Oh well, drink about a pint of gin and you won't even notice the headache ;P
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The first time I thought I was detaching a retina or something because i started seeing this jagged flashing light in my center FOV and it didnt go away when I closed my eyes. By the time I thought about calling the eye doc
If you haven't already, call your doctor. My sister had something very similar to what you describe above, not too long after that she was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis[^]. Her doctor told her that what she experienced was a direct result of the MS. Better safe than sorry, you know? If I were you, I'd rather spend some time at the doctor's office getting a clean bill of health.
Mike Poz
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Every day I get out of bed and thank my God, all gods and any gods that I don't get migraines. For those of you that do (my wife included) I truly feel sorry for you as I've seen the havoc those things can wreak and I just don't want that. I've got some type of malady that is similar to a weak cold but is more achy and headaches are included. About 7 days worth of headaches. I'd go see a doctor as I find that alarming except my wife has it (headaches, not migraines included) and my 6 year old son has it (headaches included). My 2 year old has something that's got her all crabby and no doubt she's giving my wife and I headaches and Katie (the infector) is now over her symptoms which of course had me up all night for a few nights a few weeks ago. Anyway, I get like 2 headaches a year and even then 2 is a lot of headaches for me. How many of you get headaches/migraines? Do you get nauseated from them? My wife is completely bed-ridden from hers (migraines) and light, noise, everything hurts. My headaches are normally nothing and I can pretty much just lick the top of an Advil or rub the bottle on my head and they go away. However today my wife and I both have headaches and have tried sugar, Advil, caffeine and anything else we've heard works. The headaches haven't budged an inch and seem to be in total control. I'll fight to the death but I think for now at least the headache has something bigger than anything I can find to use against it...
Hello, I face the same problem, but it is not weekly or monthly it is more of my daily dozz :doh: One of my friend who was studying ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE told me the cure which is slow but very affective: In the time of low/medium migraine or bearable headache: ======================================================== 1) get a normal tab water poor it on the back of the head skull just above the neck and rubb it or massage it lightly/gently. 2) If you are not wearing any perfume, put on a good perfume close to neck so can feel it in every breath. 3) if you are sitting on chair try to put your head bent back on the chair back in a complete relaxing position so your face will be towards the sky. 4) Now close your eyes and press your right hand thumb's nail (from top) with your left hand thumb and vice versa (with the amount of pressure that you can bear) just for 5 to 10 mins now keep your eyes close and try to take the perfume in your breaths I do this and i get relaxed in half an hour and this doze lasts for more than 24 hours with my brain. I hope if some one else tries it and find it useful.
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Every day I get out of bed and thank my God, all gods and any gods that I don't get migraines. For those of you that do (my wife included) I truly feel sorry for you as I've seen the havoc those things can wreak and I just don't want that. I've got some type of malady that is similar to a weak cold but is more achy and headaches are included. About 7 days worth of headaches. I'd go see a doctor as I find that alarming except my wife has it (headaches, not migraines included) and my 6 year old son has it (headaches included). My 2 year old has something that's got her all crabby and no doubt she's giving my wife and I headaches and Katie (the infector) is now over her symptoms which of course had me up all night for a few nights a few weeks ago. Anyway, I get like 2 headaches a year and even then 2 is a lot of headaches for me. How many of you get headaches/migraines? Do you get nauseated from them? My wife is completely bed-ridden from hers (migraines) and light, noise, everything hurts. My headaches are normally nothing and I can pretty much just lick the top of an Advil or rub the bottle on my head and they go away. However today my wife and I both have headaches and have tried sugar, Advil, caffeine and anything else we've heard works. The headaches haven't budged an inch and seem to be in total control. I'll fight to the death but I think for now at least the headache has something bigger than anything I can find to use against it...
I get migraines - on average once or twice a month? Yes, I get the nausea. I usually take paracetamol (Tylenol in the US?) for non-migraine headaches, but I've got Migraleve[^] for migraines - and they really work. There's two sets of pills. They're both a paracetamol + codeine mix, but one has an anti-nausea agent. I normally only need one or (rarely) two doses to reduce the migraine sufficiently that I can function almost normally. I really appreciated them at Christmas 2005 - I woke up on Christmas Day with a migraine, but after taking Migraleve, I was able to enjoy the day almost as normal.
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Every day I get out of bed and thank my God, all gods and any gods that I don't get migraines. For those of you that do (my wife included) I truly feel sorry for you as I've seen the havoc those things can wreak and I just don't want that. I've got some type of malady that is similar to a weak cold but is more achy and headaches are included. About 7 days worth of headaches. I'd go see a doctor as I find that alarming except my wife has it (headaches, not migraines included) and my 6 year old son has it (headaches included). My 2 year old has something that's got her all crabby and no doubt she's giving my wife and I headaches and Katie (the infector) is now over her symptoms which of course had me up all night for a few nights a few weeks ago. Anyway, I get like 2 headaches a year and even then 2 is a lot of headaches for me. How many of you get headaches/migraines? Do you get nauseated from them? My wife is completely bed-ridden from hers (migraines) and light, noise, everything hurts. My headaches are normally nothing and I can pretty much just lick the top of an Advil or rub the bottle on my head and they go away. However today my wife and I both have headaches and have tried sugar, Advil, caffeine and anything else we've heard works. The headaches haven't budged an inch and seem to be in total control. I'll fight to the death but I think for now at least the headache has something bigger than anything I can find to use against it...
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How many of you get headaches/migraines? Do you get nauseated from them? My wife is completely bed-ridden from hers (migraines) and light, noise, everything hurts. My headaches are normally nothing and I can pretty much just lick the top of an Advil or rub the bottle on my head and they go away.
Unfortunately I get migraine attacks regularly -(usually every 28 days - go figure). When one is coming, I get about 2 days of intense tiredness (the sort that no amount of sleep can satisfy) and then it usually starts partway through the next day. The headache is usually accompanied by nausea, occasionally by a very mild aura (though that's only started recently) and while it's in full flow (usually about 3 days) I'm good for very little...I can just about function if it's urgent, but I'd really prefer to spend the time in bed with a rolling programme of full body massages (about the only thing that will relax me enough to sleep well when I'm in that state). It's just ghastly. Beth hates it as she can't get anything out of me when I'm in the middle of an attack. :( I've not found any medication that really helps, either. Ibuprofen can help a little, but only if I pop them like smarties (not recommended) and only for a short while. Tramadol doesn't touch it (but can help me sleep) and as for Paracetamol - forget it. I've recently tried Migraleve and that didn't work either. :sigh:
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I don't even get two headaches a year. In fact I have never knowingly had a headache and I hope I never do. I don't drink alcohol anymore, but when I did I wouldn't get hangovers either -- I would have to rely on the straight line test to see if I was really sober the morning after. In my case there is obviously some wiring crossed over because I 'miss out' on lots of those sorts of things. For example, I don't feel hunger: I could quite happily starve to death without feeling any discomfort, and sometimes it can be quite a chore to remember to eat. Thirst is fine, it's just hunger that doesn't flag anything up. My doctor believes it was due to some (legal) drugs I took in the past to help with an unrelated problem, which amongst other things caused two weeks of insomnia and shifted my body clock from a 10am rise to a 6am rise (totally screwing up my social life!!) The drugs caused terrible nausea and supposedly that triggered my problem, but IANAD. Fortunately I do still feel pain when I fall over, get hit, etc. That would be a serious disadvantage IMO. Imagine not knowing if you had broken your wrist or cut your leg! Personally I believe all of these things have evolved for good reasons, so despite me not knowing what a headache feels like you are likely the lucky one here. I do feel sorry for you during your headache though. Friends have told (and shown) me that they can be completly debilitating. Just to add another miracle cure to the list: my father used to get bad headaches a lot, but since he started taking anti-inflamatories for his bad joints he rarely gets them at all.
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I'm so gangsta I eat cereal without the milkOccasionally I do not have a headache. Normally it is bearable, just elevated pressure and throbbing with sometimes a sudden sting. With more stress and/or less sleep it gets worse. I can't stand bright light and loud noises. For me it helps to tense and relax mouth and jaw muscles or massage my eye sockets (like chewing on a tennisball), but not much.
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Every day I get out of bed and thank my God, all gods and any gods that I don't get migraines. For those of you that do (my wife included) I truly feel sorry for you as I've seen the havoc those things can wreak and I just don't want that. I've got some type of malady that is similar to a weak cold but is more achy and headaches are included. About 7 days worth of headaches. I'd go see a doctor as I find that alarming except my wife has it (headaches, not migraines included) and my 6 year old son has it (headaches included). My 2 year old has something that's got her all crabby and no doubt she's giving my wife and I headaches and Katie (the infector) is now over her symptoms which of course had me up all night for a few nights a few weeks ago. Anyway, I get like 2 headaches a year and even then 2 is a lot of headaches for me. How many of you get headaches/migraines? Do you get nauseated from them? My wife is completely bed-ridden from hers (migraines) and light, noise, everything hurts. My headaches are normally nothing and I can pretty much just lick the top of an Advil or rub the bottle on my head and they go away. However today my wife and I both have headaches and have tried sugar, Advil, caffeine and anything else we've heard works. The headaches haven't budged an inch and seem to be in total control. I'll fight to the death but I think for now at least the headache has something bigger than anything I can find to use against it...
I've had migraines all my life. Unfortunately, it was never diagnosed until I was in my early 30's. When I was a kid, the doctor called it 'the 24-hour flu'. Later doctors said 'men don't get migraines; that's for middle-aged women' :|. Finally, I switched doctors and the new one said "let's find out what's causing your headaches, and how to treat them(*)". ... time and a number of medications pass ... My triggers are stress and lack of sleep. I still get 2-3 bad ones a year, but that's a vast improvement over the 3-4 a month I used to get. Exercising regularly and developing a life outside of work seems to have helped a lot. (*) Thanks Dr. Potts :love:!
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code-frog wrote:
How many of you get headaches/migraines? Do you get nauseated from them? My wife is completely bed-ridden from hers (migraines) and light, noise, everything hurts. My headaches are normally nothing and I can pretty much just lick the top of an Advil or rub the bottle on my head and they go away.
Unfortunately I get migraine attacks regularly -(usually every 28 days - go figure). When one is coming, I get about 2 days of intense tiredness (the sort that no amount of sleep can satisfy) and then it usually starts partway through the next day. The headache is usually accompanied by nausea, occasionally by a very mild aura (though that's only started recently) and while it's in full flow (usually about 3 days) I'm good for very little...I can just about function if it's urgent, but I'd really prefer to spend the time in bed with a rolling programme of full body massages (about the only thing that will relax me enough to sleep well when I'm in that state). It's just ghastly. Beth hates it as she can't get anything out of me when I'm in the middle of an attack. :( I've not found any medication that really helps, either. Ibuprofen can help a little, but only if I pop them like smarties (not recommended) and only for a short while. Tramadol doesn't touch it (but can help me sleep) and as for Paracetamol - forget it. I've recently tried Migraleve and that didn't work either. :sigh:
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I've not found any medication that really helps, either. Ibuprofen can help a little, but only if I pop them like smarties (not recommended) and only for a short while. Tramadol doesn't touch it (but can help me sleep) and as for Paracetamol - forget it. I've recently tried Migraleve and that didn't work either.
The key for me was having a doctor who was willing to keep trying medications. Some doctors stick to a single medication, or whatever samples they have in their cabinets, and that's it. I tried several before we found a program that worked.
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