Worst Migraine EVER!

[beccaB]

This may sound totally stupid, but I used to get migraines up until my late 20's.That was over 20 years ago and I haven't had one since then.The only thing I can think of that I started doing differently was taking multi-vitamins... Religiously. It doesn't seem to matter which brand either.

[colorisnt]

This may sound totally stupid, but I used to get migraines up until my late 20's.That was over 20 years ago and I haven't had one since then.The only thing I can think of that I started doing differently was taking multi-vitamins... Religiously. It doesn't seem to matter which brand either.

They can have something to do with age. My Dad got them when he was my age and now doesn't really have them anymore. So, that may be it.

And the medic ID is a good idea. The worst part is when my speech isn't all English (can't think of the English word). I may substitute words in Farsi or French or both at the same time. It can be confusing from the outside I could imagine.

[WindingRoad]

I used to get them much more frequently but I was also in hormonal birth control at that time which I had to stop because it was causing my migraines to get progressively worse. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that maybe this one was isolated being as I haven't had one in over 2.5 years at least, maybe longer? I hate to take meds with all the side effects if they will be this infrequent. Of course if it gets worse or I just can't handle it I will definitely get to the doctor. I am however going to try some of the herbs you all have mentioned. I guess it wouldnt hurt to just get an RX for 'emergencies'.

[northstar]

They can have something to do with age. My Dad got them when he was my age and now doesn't really have them anymore. So, that may be it.

Migraines are horrible things. I had them at least monthly for several years while teaching at a high school. They would start very tricky - like a sore jaw, and if I didn't catch it early, forget about the next day or two.

Then I quit that job, and bam, no more migraines. It could have been a collision of many factors, but I attribute it to my overall state back in those days (stressed and miserable). I'm learning more and more that my health is created by a multitude of factors, my happiness being a huge one of them.

No advice, really, just commiseration. Good luck with tackling those headaches. They truly are debilitating.

[smilingcat]

ughhh horrible thing.

Zomig made mine so much worse, if I had a gun, I would have shot myself. I have relatively high tolerance to pain but my migraine always got the better of me. My doctor was alarmed when I called afterwards. he told me to stop immediately.

Mine has more less gone away since I started on my HRT. Yes I'm making a trade off and my doctor is okay with it too for long term use.

I hope you can figure out what triggered your migraine. It could be stress induced. sometimes food... It's not the same as regular head ache that is for sure.

Only thing I can do is curl up in bed, totally dark and pass out till about 5:00pm. Wake up sweaty and exhausted. have light dinner, nice hot shower and go back to sleep.

Everyone is different and its effect is different.

[malkin]

Opiates never really make the pain go away for me. They just make it like it isn't my pain, or at least not my problem; I am still vaguely aware of it, I just don't care anymore.

And then, I can be easily distracted by things like a treasure map appearing on the wall...

[ny biker]

Opiates make me itch.

I never tried them for a migraine, though.