treatment or cure for Migraine headaches?
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B-Complex vitamins and magnesium work for some people.I read about it in Prevention Magazine and told several people and it worked for some.A negative ion generator(negative ionizer)is also supposed to work for migraine headaches as well as a lot of other things,including depression.
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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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Sleeping is the only way I can get rid of my migraines but to ease the pain I've found caffeine sometimes works, pulling on my hair, tying something tight around my head (in a kung-fu-fighting style... I use the belt from a bath robe), putting anything that is very hot or cold on my head... and when all else fails I just bang my head against a wall, I really do!
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Yeah, I get them! I found a medication that works for me. It's called Amerge and is from the triptan family that Imitrex is from (though imitrex did NOT work for me). I suggest you keep a diary for a few months. Write down what you eat, what your activities are, and if you come into contact with strong perfumes, etc. Also record your migraines with time, strength, duration, symptoms, etc. Often people have more than one type of migraine. This will help you figure out what triggers your migraines. Take the journal to your physician!!!
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Avoid wine, cheese and chocolate.\n\ntry Excedrin\n\nImitrex is a great drug to stop pain but you need a prescription.\n\nTo stop having migraines, ask your doctor about Topomax or Depakote.
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Lifestyle changes. Finding and avoiding things that cause headache is one way to reduce how often attacks happen and how painful they are. Your diet, the amount of stress in your life, and other lifestyle habits may add to getting migraines. Eating a healthful diet, quitting smoking, and reducing your alcohol intake may help improve your headaches. Learn stress reduction techniques and find other positive ways to cope with stress. Try to get on a regular sleep pattern.\n\nMedicine. There are two ways to approach the treatment of migraine headache with drugs: prevent the attacks, or relieve the symptoms during the attacks. Many people with migraine use both forms of treatment. Some medicines used to help prevent attacks include drugs that were designed to treat epilepsy and depression. To relieve symptoms during attacks, your doctor may start by telling you to take over-the-counter drugs such as aspirin, acetaminophen, or NSAIDs (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs) like ibuprofen. If these drugs don’t work to give you relief, your doctor can prescribe types of drugs called ergotamines or triptans. Ergotamines narrow the blood vessels, which helps the migraine’s throbbing pain. Triptans are new types of drugs that relieve pain by both narrowing blood vessels and balancing the chemicals in the brain. Hormone therapy may help some women whose migraines seem to be linked to their menstrual cycle. Work with your doctor to choose the best medicine for you.
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try the herb Feverfew it help stop a migraine and will prevent them also
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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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If you are constantly taking a medication to relieve or stop a headache, you need to go to a doctor.  The first step is determining what type of headache you have:  migraine, tension, or even sinus.  Depending on the type of headache it is, there are daily treatments that you can take to prevent the headaches.  They are very effective and can drastically reduce the number of headaches to start with.  \nNo, the dosage isn't toxic.  You do need to remember though, that those levels can build up and cause problems if you continue this on a long-term basis.  I certainly sympathize with you.
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See a neurologist.\n\nThey can prescribe meds to PREVENT headaches, and to stop them once they start.\n\nYou have to find out what is causing your headaches. Migraine? Tension? Cluster headaches? Sinuses?\n\nRight now, take either a hot rag, or one you have chilled in the freezer, and put it over the part of your head that hurts.\n\nTry to relax. Quiet. Dark...
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If Advil, Tylenol Excedrin hasn't worked. Have you eaten any protein today that might be it. If it's hot try a cool rag or pack of ice on your neck. or a ice pack on your forehead. I get migraines quite allot, I forget about food so I eat a tbsp of peanut-butter, drink a cup of coffee, then I take two Advil, if it doesn't work I take two Excedrin migraine, if it is still persistent ice packs on my neck and forehead really work. Rub your eye brows down real hard and if you have someone around with strong hands pressure to the base of your skull is a dream. Hurst at first but it does help. Eventually a combination of the above will work. I also read Lavender, rose, and Mandarin oils work really well as a aromatherapy.  Lavender I have tried it helps but I didn't want to wait so I popped the pills. I like immediate pain relief when it comes to my headaches. I wish you well.
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see a doctor.  Mine prescribed Relpax which works great for me when I have a migraine.  I just started taking Trazadone before bed to get rid of migraines before they even show up!  It's working,also.
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Depends on what kind of headache u have.There are several kinds sinus, stress, tension, concussion and so on. Most of the time excedrin or tylenol will work.
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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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Migraine: Natural Treatment \nI've collected a few suggestions that are reported to be helpful for migraines:\n\nCayenne Pepper:\n\nTaking cayenne inside the nose helps to open up the blood vessels. This enables the blood to get nutrients to all parts of the brain. Warning - this can burn a bit, so keep the grains of cayenne down to as few as possible.\n\nTo stop a migraine follow these simple steps:\n\nOpen the capsule and dip the flat end of a dry toothpick into the cayenne to pick up 3-4 grains. \nBlock one nostril and gently put cayenne up the other nostril. \nSniff deeply 3-4 times until you feel the flecks of pepper in your throat. (If you don't feel this, do it again). \nOnce you feel the warmth in your throat, you headache should be gone in minutes \nOther suggestions:\n\nTaking 500 mg of magnesium per day and increasing your water intake to 8-10 glasses per day can be helpful. One person reported that her migraines were still coming at the time they usually did (during her cycle), but were much less intense and went away faster.\n\nAnother person resolved her migraine problem by eliminating ALL animal fat the week before menstruation (skim milk, non-fat yogurt ok), and adding evening primrose oil to her diet.\n\nIf you feel that you need migraine meds, keep in mind that a number of migraine meds are considered compatible with breastfeeding, including Sumatriptan (Imitrex).\n\nHere are a couple of outside links:\n\nNatural Migraine Treatment FAQ. "This Natural Migraine Treatment FAQ, posted to alt.support.headaches.migraine, attempts to summarize all non-medical treatments that help prevent or cure migraine headaches. Most treatments mentioned here have worked for many people, and usually have a theoretical basis as well. This FAQ doesn't discuss drugs."\n\nHow to Prevent Primary Headaches/Migraines by Manipulating Caffeine Intake. The author theorizes that all primary headache, including all migraine, may be caffeine withdrawal - might be worth a try!
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See a doctor.  May be a migraine.
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it sounds like it might be a migrane.  there are no definite cures for migraines.  with mine i found out eating dark chocolate like bakers semi sweet or chocolate bars made to be put in milk (goya brand -- its in the latin section if you have one) help a lot -- it rushes endorphins to your brain.  \n\nyou can also try melatonin - -it helps reduce the pain some.  \n\ni usually drink a pot of really dark coffee and it helps more than anything else.  no sugar, no milk.  at room temperature.\n\nyou can also do the water -- i try to drink about a gallon a day -- it helps overall -- some other help listed is b complex vitamins and calcium magnesium suppliments.  \n\nfor me i do the chocolate and coffee and it works best. followed by lots of water.