long term effect from migraines?
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Possible symptoms of migraines\nIntense throbbing or dull aching pain on one side of your head or both sides. \nNausea or vomiting \nChanges in how you see, including blurred vision or blind spots \nBeing bothered by light, noise or odors \nFeeling tired and/or confused \nStopped-up nose \nFeeling cold or sweaty \nStiff or tender neck \nLight-headedness \nTender scalp \n\nAre there different kinds of migraine headaches? \nYes. The most common are classic migraine and common migraine.\n\nClassic migraines start with a warning sign, called an aura. The aura often involves changes in the way you see. You may see flashing lights and colors. You may temporarily lose some of your vision, such as your side vision.\n\nYou may also feel a strange prickly or burning sensation, or have muscle weakness on one side of your body. You may have trouble communicating. You may also feel depressed, irritable and restless.\n\nAuras last about 15 to 30 minutes. Auras may occur before or after your head pain, and sometimes the pain and aura overlap, or the pain never occurs. The head pain of classic migraines may occur on one side of your head or on both sides.\n\nCommon migraines don't start with an aura. Common migraines may start more slowly than classic migraines, last longer and interfere more with daily activities. The pain of common migraines may be on only one side of your head. \n\nHow long do migraines usually last? \nMigraines may last from 4 to 72 hours. They may happen only once or twice a year, or as often as daily. Women are more likely to have migraines than men.\n\nWhat things may set off a migraine? \nCertain things that can set off migraines in some people include the following:\n\nStrong or unusual odors, bright lights or loud noises \nChanges in weather or altitude \nBeing tired, stressed or depressed or the let-down after a stressful event \nChanges in sleeping patterns or sleeping time \nCertain foods (see the list below), especially those that contain tyramine, sodium nitrate or phenylalanine \nMissing meals or fasting \nMenstrual periods, birth control pills or hormones \nIntense physical activity, including sexual activity \n\n Foods that may trigger migraines\nAged, canned, cured or processed meat, including bologna, game, ham, herring, hot dogs, pepperoni and sausage\n\nAged cheese\n\nAlcoholic beverages, especially red wine\n\nAspartame\n\nAvocados\n\nBeans, including pole, broad, lima, Italian, navy, pinto and garbanzo\n\nBrewer's yeast, including fresh yeast coffee cake, donuts and sourdough bread\n\nCaffeine (in excess)\n\nCanned soup or bouillon cubes\n\nChocolate, cocoa and carob\n\nCultured dairy products, such as buttermilk and sour cream\n\nFigs\n\nLentils\n Meat tenderizer\n\nMonosodium glutamate (MSG)\n\nNuts and peanut butter\n\nOnions, except small amounts for flavoring\n\nPapaya\n\nPassion fruit\n\nPea pods\n\nPickled, preserved or marinated foods, such as olives and pickles, and some snack foods\n\nRaisins\n\nRed plums\n\nSauerkraut\n\nSeasoned salt\n\nSnow peas\n\nSoy sauce\n \n What about prescription medicines? \nPeople with more severe pain may need prescription medicine. A medicine called ergotamine (brand name: Ergostat) can be effective alone or combined with other medicines. Dihydroergotamine (brand names: Migranal, D.H.E. 45) is related to ergotamine and can be helpful.\n\nOther prescription medicines for migraines include sumatriptan (brand name: Imitrex), zolmitriptan (brand name: Zomig), naratriptan (brand name: Amerge) rizatriptan (brand name: Maxalt), almotriptan (brand name: Axert), eletriptan (brand name: Relpax) and frovatriptan (brand name: Frova).\n\nIf the pain won't go away, stronger medicine may be needed, such as a narcotic (brand name: Stadol nasal spray) or medicines that contain a barbiturate. These medicines can be habit-forming and should be used cautiously.\n\nThank you and have a nice day dear
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Something in your environment may also be triggering them, for my wife it was either cleaning chemicals or personal products, both can be quite toxic, when we switched to safe alternatives her migraines stopped and have not returned.
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It could just be the air. Eventually you will adapt to whatever changes the changes may be. Drink bottled water if you are concerned about the water, or boil it for a minimum of one minute. Know your limit for alcohol. If it has nothing to with alcohol and you are drinking plenty of bottled water it should go away. Maybe you can take a closer look at where you are living, check to make sure there is no mold anywhere because mold has a way of hiding in remote areas. If you are really concerned, go talk to a doctor. Hopefully, it won't cost you too much since you are in a foreing country. If this persists for many months, I highly recomend you going to a doctor. If the doctor says there is nothing wrong I would also get a second or third opinion. I only say this because some doctors are stupid. I had one friend who suffered from severe migrains and he kept going to his doctor about it. He even suspected it could be cancer since he was a heavy smoker, the doctor said he was fine so he just put up with it. Not until he was on his honeymoon in Hawaii did he get a severe seizure,  and the doctors saw that he had cancer all throught his brain and body. The doctors were shocked that it hadn't been detected by the previous doctor he kept going to. Although, the doctors gave him two months to live he lived for two years more, enduring endless chemo. Had the doctor taken his migrains more seriously, he could have started chemo way sooner before it had spread way too much. Now, your headaches could just be simple non-threatning headaches, but it wouldn't hurt to get it checked out. If this goes on for a long time and the doctor thinks nothing of it, go to another doctor. Try not to become too dependant on pain killers.
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Get a carbon monoxide detector.  I had a friend who was diagnosed with migraines when they later found out was carbon monoxide poisoning.
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I was having them daily for a while about a year ago. At first I had no idea what was going on I thought I was going blind or something. The worst part about it is how fatigued you feel. It also causes serious issues with driving when you frequently have ocular migraines. I talked to an optometrist and found out extended amounts of physical activity can trigger an ocular migraine. I have since toned down my work out and haven't had an ocular migraine since.
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yes it is very possible!My daughter had them until around age 5 when we finally figured out she had low blood sugar.So we watched her diet very close and now she seldom gets a headache at all.  Although sensitivity to bright lights and loud noise are symptoms of a migraine. If he was truly suffering from a migraine he  most likely would be screaming from the pain!
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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 am a long standing sufferer of migraines and what u describe certainly sounds like one (but go to see your doctor to get it checked out). There are a number of prescriptions you can have but i have recently seen a neurologist and he has suggested pure oxygen. 5 minutes of pure oxygen apparently gets rid of the migraine. I am yet to try it but thought id pass this info on. You can buy oxygen in canisters online. very popular for hangovers aswell. chocolate/alcohol and stress are the main factors for my migraines which i now try to avoid. hope this info is of help to you.
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Check out the website msgmyth.com.  You could be experiencing acute allergy reactions to MSG.  That would not show up in the doctor's work but their survey might help.  For immediate help for the migraines, eat 2 tablespoons of wakame seaweed.  After 35 years of monthly migraines, wakame stopped them immediately for me.  You can find wakame at an oriental store, or some health food stores.  Good luck.
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The pathophysiology of migraine headaches is not clearly understood. Growing evidence supports the role of neurogenic peptides, such as serotonin and dopamine, in the brain. These vasoactive neuropeptides stimulate an inflammatory cascade with the release of endothelial cells, mast cells, and platelets. This inflammation causes vasodilation and a perivascular reaction (local inflamation around the blood vessel). The vasodilation may promote this perivascular reaction, in the sense that when vessels dialate they become "leaky" allowing a greater amount of inflamatory mediators to escape. The blood brain barrier is higly sensative to inflamation and can be disrupted. You must also consider, that the brain is very sensative to any for of irritation.
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Nothing, unless you take more than the recommended daily allowance or do it regularly. If you take painkillers regularly you'll end up with a headache when you don't take them, due to withdrawal effects.
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no, i had it for more than 2 yrs with no side effects,,,,and no benefits either, try exercise......its much better for your health and brain
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Caffeine is a migraine's best friend. One jolt of caffeine and a migraine can last for hours. It won't do much for the sufferer.
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just answered a similar question for someone else. I'll paste the answer below. Also...Excedrin now puts out "Excedrin Migraines". I've found that on the rare migraine I get now...it helps a lot! \n\nAnyway, here is how I finally stopped getting migraines so frequently:\n\nMigraines are caused by fluctuating hormones. I've suffered from them terribly! I finally found a doctor who gave me this advice...and it's very rare now that I get them! :)\n\nHe told me to stay away from the following foods for a week before my period is due..and until my period stops:\n\nOnions, caffeine, chocolate, red wine, cheeses, foods with electrolytes and nitrates (such as gatorade, bacon, ham, processed meats), nuts, dried fruit and yogurt.\n\nSounds like there is nothing left to eat..but you manage to find things when the alternate is those AWFUL migraines.\n\nI hope this helps you too
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My daughter suffered from severe migraines including vision loss, blacking out, fainting, tunnel vision and vomiting.  We were never able to find relief for her and I'm not sure the medical world actually has anything to cure this.  She tried everything.\nWe then found an all natural product that has medical validation that she decided to try.  She has not had even a mild headache since starting this and no longer worries about fainting at work.  This is an adaptogen which works on all auto-immune deficiencies and we have found it works when nothing else did!  Contact me if you would like to learn more about it.
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I have been searching and all the literature and the side effects listed are all short term, there is no mention of long term effects.  I would think that the experts know very little about this as Ritalin is a relatively new drug.\nYou have been on some pretty serious drugs in a short time frame, maybe its the combination rather than just one drug which has caused your problems.\nI feel for you, its rotten on top of the problems you have already had.  I hope you find a satisfactory answer to your question...good luck x
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Try FEVERFEW!!! it's an herbal supplement that rescued me 10years ago...I was having them twice a month, & had jsut had a baby...couldn't crawl under the covers for a day or so to get rid of it anymore...so the hospital gave me Imitres...and promptly discovered I'm allergic to that....so talking to a friend, she told me about it & I started taking 1 capsule every day for the next 2 months...didn't have a single headache! Then it was almost 6 months before I got a vision disturbance (here it comes...) so I took another capsule & it went away, without ever exploding into a headache. Like I said, it's been over 10 years, & I've only had 1 mingrane since then, when I was out of town without my supply of feverfew.