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2006-01-04 3:19 PM

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Subject: Migraine Headache relief - help
Hi! I was wondering if anyone out there suffers from migraine headaches. Lately mine have been pretty bad and I have been missing workouts as a result. I know some of them are simply caused by stress but then again there are days I just wake up with them.

Could anbody share what they do to help ease the pain. I have had these headaches for years and will take any advice I can get.

Thanks so much!
Laura


2006-01-04 3:58 PM
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2006-01-04 4:20 PM
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Subject: RE: Migraine Headache relief - help
Lara - 2006-01-04 3:58 PM

immediate non Rx (perscription) releif.. find a cold dark room.. take two excedrin.. grab an ice pack for your head and threaten anyone who comes near you with death..

I'll come in with a big second on the ice pack and excedrin. I lay on the ice pack with it at the base of my neck -- if nothing else it will help make the pain bearable until the drugs kick in.

Finding excedrin was huge for me -- it's about the only over the counter drug that helps. I just need to recognize if I feel one coming on and take it post-haste, though -- as soon as I get nauseous, I'm done because I can't keep anything down.

Finding triggers is invaluable, though... for me it was realizing that I can't skip meals, especially breakfast and lunch. I can go from hungry to migraine in about 15 minutes, no joke.

Good luck. Migraines suck.

2006-01-05 10:45 AM
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I too have been getting headaches since I was very young. I have kids of my own now and unfortunately they suffer from them as well. That Sucks. Thanks for the advice.
2006-01-05 10:46 AM
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I don't get them very often, maybe several a year and its usually stress and exhaustion related. The only thing that works for me is to turn off all the lights and sleeeeepppp....
2006-01-05 10:47 AM
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Subject: RE: Migraine Headache relief - help
StartingToTri - 2006-01-04 5:20 PM

Finding excedrin was huge for me -- it's about the only over the counter drug that helps.


Excedrin is the only think that works for me as well as far as over the counter drugs go. I have tried Imitrex and it does not really work for me - but I do take Amerge if a bad one comes on.

I cannot eat anything if I have a headache - it just comes back up. I have been trying to figure out what triggers them, besides hunger and I have noticed that if my Heartrate gets to high during a workout it will bring one on. Does that happen to you?

2006-01-05 11:05 AM
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Subject: RE: Migraine Headache relief - help

CURSES!!! The current issue of TRIATHLETE magazine has an article or Q & A section about migraines after races (similar to your heart rate question). They had some very specific ideas about what various sufferers did about that problem. I don't get migraines, so I "grazed" the article without much further thought. I just threw away the issue yesterday.

I'd highly recommend going to a magazine store or Barnes and Noble and looking through the current issue (Faris al Sultan is on the cover).

2006-01-05 11:59 AM
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I get hormonal migraines every month (yeah, I know, my poor sweet boy toy has to live with me during all of this--he is a saint!).  Execedrin Migraine will dull the pain but not take it away completely.  But, if I can stomach a Diet Coke along with the med, it will usually help. 

Also, endorphin or serotonin production helps mine, so if I can exercise, I do.  If I cannot exercise, well then my boy helps out  

Finally, the computer screen really bothers me and makes the headache worse, so I don't use it at all during an episode.

2006-01-05 12:50 PM
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Subject: RE: Migraine Headache relief - help
morey1 - 2006-01-05 12:05 PM


CURSES!!! The current issue of TRIATHLETE magazine has an article or Q & A section about migraines after races (similar to your heart rate question).


Thanks! I will go check it out.
2006-01-05 12:52 PM
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fitphd - 2006-01-05 12:59 PM

I get hormonal migraines every month.

I get hormonal migraines as well. The doctor tried to put me on the patch but that didn't solve my problems. For those headaches - I start taking Excedrin the day before and it helps a lot. I usually don't exercise that day because I would probably end up getting sick.

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