Has anyone tried "Head On" for migraines?
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Yes i have tried it. Its ok for a little while but i wasnt impressed with it. It also dried out on my head. I mean if you want something thats quick to dull the pain try it, or you can just use Migraine Ice, its the same thing to me.
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I've had problems with migraines for years, and used to go the drug route, until I found myself addicted to demerol (this was like 15 years ago). Fed up, I went to a clinical psychologist who specialized in migraine. He used a combination of biofeedback and hynosis on me, and it worked amazingly well. During one of our sessions, I had a full-blown migraine, so he did a hynosis session, which he tape-recorded for me. Ever since then, any time a migraine comes on, I drag out that tape and listen to it. It still works like a charm, and I have not used drugs for migraine ever since.\n\nOne other possibility - are you definitely experiencing classic migraine, or could it possibly be a histamine headache (aka cluster headache)? While more common in men, some women can also suffer from these, and surprisingly sometimes a simple antihistamine like Benadryl (diphenhydramine) can make a huge difference....
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Working in a hospital, i had a patient with a small spinal fluid leak, nothing too serious, but it was causing him terrible migraines.  So his doc admitted him to the hospital and we pumped his veins full of straight caffeine.  Headache went right away!  Im sure if your doc wrote u a prescription for some sort of caffeine pill, it would be for a headache, migraine, something along those lines.
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I get headaches all the time. I try not to take my prescription drug if i can avoid it. I don't know how old you are so I don't want to promote drinking coffee but what I do is drink a small cup of regular coffee with cream and a couple sugars eat a small meal and take three ibuprofen. Slow deep breathing exercises help too. It helps relax your neck muscles, face and jaw. The caffeine in the coffee helps the blood vessels in your head open up if they are constricted. It works for me because i don't drink anything with caffeine in it. But if you do drink a lot of caffeine it can cause a headache. If you can keep a headache diary it can help you to distinguish from what types you are getting and what kinds of treatments can help. If i have a headache on the right side of my head I know it isn't a migraine. Sometimes ice works sometimes a heat pack on the back of my neck works. If i sleep too little, or skip a meal i will get a headache. Once you start to monitor you headaches you can possibly avoid getting them all together and when you do get one you will eventually know which treatment work for each one. Try some of the things i do and see if they help.
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beside massaging the scalp, neck, forehead and a bath ..\nI suggest:\n\nAvoid bright light.\n\nAvoid loud noises.\n\nDrink plenty of water.\n\nTry Excedrin Migraine formula (which is just a combination of aspirin, acetaminophen, and caffeine, but it works better for me than any of the heavy-duty prescription drugs I've tried in the past).\n\nIf sleeping isn't an option due to the pain, go for even more caffeine. I recommend hot coffee or espresso, no sugar.\n\nRed Bull either makes everything somewhat better or much, much worse. Some people swear by it, though.\n\nA doctor once recommended filling the kitchen sink with hot water and then submerging my arms up to elbows for as long as I could stand it. This is only effective for me before the headache gets bad, but when it works, it works like magic. I don't know why.\n\nBaths seem to help, although showers are effective, too.\n\nMassaging the points mentioned is good - but it works much better if you can get someone else to do it so you can relax your neck muscles more.\n\nDo NOT watch the movie Pi\nMy grandma swears by this stuff called BC. You can find it at Publix - its usually on the bottom shelf under all the asprins, etc. Its a plain looking white box with blue trim.. It just says BC on the box then Fast Pain Relief.\n\nMy cousins wife get serious migranes and last time she was in Florida - she didn't have her medication. she got a real bad migrane and my grandma gave her this stuff - and it worked. Its old skool.. this stuff was created in 1906.\n\nIts powder form so you can mix it with anything.. its tasteless.\n\nIf grandma says it works, then it works.\n\nHere's their website so you can see what the box looks like. I think its real cheap too like $3 or $4 bucks:\ni hope i solved your problem especially with the last one
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Today is your lucky day.  I found a cure for migraines without medications.  I suffered for weeks at a time with migraines.  I was told that prescriptions didn't work, so I didn't go to a doctor.  One night, my head felt so solid tight, I could hardly breath.  I was so sick to my stomach. I could hardly stand.  If only I could stick my head in a bucket of hot water to open the pores in my head to increase the circulation.  Then I got the idea to get in a hot shower and let hot water hit my head.  I was so sick to my stomach, I had to hold on to the walls of the shower.  The pain was unbearable.  To my surprise, the pain started to leave the area where the hot water was hitting my head.  I noticed a pain in another place on my head, so I just moved the hot water to that area.  Within ten minutes, all the pain was gone, and the water was getting cold.  I got out of the shower with no headache.  I figured that if the pain returned, I would wait for the water to heat up again and repeat this.  I just left my hair wet.  My hair got cold and the pores in my head that were opened with the hot water were now closed.  The headache did not return that night.\nThe next day, I started to get another headache.  I jumped in the shower immediately to repeat the previous days shower.  This time, I did not have to wait ten minutes for the headache to leave.  It was gone in five minutes.  I again left my hair wet and my head got cold.\nThe third day, I waited for the headache to return.  No headache came.\nMonths passed and I was ready for another migraine.  I had one slight migraine ten months later.  Now remember, I was having migraine headaches that lasted weeks at a time, would stop for a few days, and then repeat for weeks again.  \nI wrote to the Institute of Migraine Headaches of this discovery.  The doctor warned me not to try things without a doctor and sent me lots of literature on the subject.  This doctor was a specialist on migraine headaches.\nTwo year later, I saw a large article from this doctor telling that he had found a cure for migraine headaches that his patients had found successful and stopped migraines completely for over two years.\nYou guessed it..He told the readers about the hot shower.  Everything was exactly as I had told him.  The only difference was that he said to turn cold water on your head to close the pores.  I just left my head wet.
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I get really bad migraines too. Normally if I have a migraine I drink tea, place an ice pack on your forehead( lay in the dark where its peacefull), or I learned this when I was younger. First keep your eyes opes and take your pointer and middle finger and massage your temples at the same time for about ten sec.. THen close your eyes and do the same thing. It works a little for more, and if that doesnt work take some advil.
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Excedrin Migrane works wonders for me. I take it at the first sign of a migrane and that takes care of it.
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Osteopathy.  \n\nI am a massage therapist, not an osteopath - but I frequently refer to osteopaths.\n\nMost of my clients who get migraines have had some kind of birth trauma.  In other words, their crainum (head) was compressed or hurt in some way when they were born.  An osteopath can gently ease up the restrictions in your head and the rest of your body - possibly helping with your migraines.  Do some research about your own birth and about osteopathy.  Check out this web site and take a moment to read the description:
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I get these alot I would try steam like boil a pot of water and put a towel over your head and breath in the steam a few times a day, also if you have bad headaches try putting Icy Hot on your temples or the areas afected be really careful with it though it is strong stuff
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Migraines: Essential Oils Lavender and Peppermint on temples\nTension Headache: Essential Oil Peppermint on spot that hurts most.  Peppermint helps with blood flow reduces inflamation.\nSinus: Essential Oils, Wild Oregeno, Peppermint, Tei fu rubbed on sinus area, avoid eyes.\nInhaling any of these also may work.  Peppermint is very uplifting.\nAlso the meaty area between your thumb and first finger, press on the muscle in that area, you will know when you hit it, very sore area.  Put good amount of pressure with your other first finger and thumb until the pain in head is gone.\nRub the bottoms of feet, I place my foot on a golf ball on the floor and use good amount of pressure and roll it back and forth.  Really relievs the pressure in head.\nHope one of these work!!!!
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Have you seen a specialist? I have complicated chronic migraine headaches with pretty bad pain daily so I know somewhat what your going through. I also have neurological side effects and left side numbness. ( I've been through much testing to see what its caused by and its just complicated migraines)\nI have optical disturbances where I go blind through the day  because the nerves in my head are messed up because of the migraines and I start to see flashing lights and colours. I have found releif with medications and weekly injections into the nerves in my neck and head. I've also found releif with massage. I dont know if that would work for you, but definately go see a specialist! Prayer gets me through it too!
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I don't know what's available in the US - is there no possibility to do something against the cause...?\n\nFor migraines and back aches (without organic cause) go for a one-time manual treatment called Atlasprofilax - the effects are amazing.
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I suffer from chronic migraine headaches.  I was unable to use any of the inhaled allergy meds.  They all gave me violent headaches.  Let you doctor know.
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You can take a look at this new health drink. I use it, but not for migraines, but there is alot of people who have had their migraines actually cease by using it. I can give you the link and you can draw your own conclusions. I hope this will help you, it has for many others.
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I had a dull migraine for 4 months before I decided to tell my doc. Topamax cured it right up. \n  If you can't get into the doctor, try a fruit diet for 3 days.. eat or drink nothing else (except a multi-vitamin) except fresh, canned or frozen fruit and it's juice, drinking plain water is fine too.\n  I have no idea why this works but a doctor told me to do it years ago and I tried it. It greatly relieved the pain but it's only a temporary fix. \n  Lay off the caffeine too.
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See your doctor and ask about Imitrex.  It's great for migraines although doesn't work for everyone.