Anyone else suffer from Migraines?

I get them.  They're usually triggered by a lack of sleep and stress.  To help avoid getting them, I cut way back on caffeine.  I'm also on medication to prevent them because I was getting them to often.

If I do have a migraine, I take Zomig.  I don't train unless the headache goes away.  Doing something when the headache's there just tends to make it a lot worse when I'm done.  It sucks when they interfere with your life, but there's not much that I can do to stop them. 

   When I get migraines I usually wake up to it...horrible.    I have to force myself to eat some crackers or something then I take a big dose of caffeine and ibuprophen. It usually does the trick. I have a prescription for imitrex but I rarely take it because I get the side effect of feeling like I can't breathe.

Sometimes if I get very overheated and dehydrated...like going to the beach all day or riding in the hot sun... it will trigger a migraine.  I have to catch it early or I am doomed. (then I have to take imitrex).   I always wait till it's gone before working out.

I don't get them very often (a few times a year) but when I do, they are really bad.

I don't try and train through them, I'm in too much pain.

Triggers: stress, and just recently dehydration and heat - brought on a headache that turned into a migraine.  Nasty.

Once I get them: I take Tylenol with Codeine that I got in Canada.  Then I need it to be dark and quiet and I quite literally wrap my head in these flexible ice pack things that I have in my freezer, and I hold them on the worst spots which are usually my temples and behind one eye.  So if I hold the ice pack on top of my eye, it feels better.  Also, putting an ice pack on the back of my neck seems to help a lot. For some reason the super coldness really helps with the pain.  When I have a migraine, freezing my head sounds like a wonderful option. 

My mother had these same issues with food too and then she had to have a total hysterectomy due to other reasons and after that her migraines all went away.  EXCEPT she still can't have balasmic vinegar.   That one thing will start to make her mouth water and then the head ache starts in about 5 minutes.   

I so sorry to hear that there are so many of you that get these migraines, I really feel for you. 

Which one does he want you to take?

I don't think I was on a beta blocker.  I was on Topomax, which is an anti-convulsant.  I had a hard time with it.  I ended up feeling like I was shaky all the time and I couldn't really sleep.  I lasted a few months before I asked to be off of it.

It's probably worth a try, but keep track of side effects and call your doc if it starts interfering with the training.  There are a lot of options for different meds to prevent migraines.