migranies

kabo0831 Posted: Apr 07, 2008 10:34 AM

migranies

I hate them. Im getting one and i cant see, my hand is numb and my lips are numb. I just want to go home and go to bed and sleep this off.

EsquireBride Posted: Apr 07, 2008 10:46 AM

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I used to get horrible migraines. The types where I would have to immediately leave work and go to sleep, the type that would pound at my head and I couldn't even eat or sit up.

Exederin migraine actually works a bit.

I also cut out ALL caffeine, and the majority of my headaches are now gone! That means all caffeinated soda, teas, coffee, snapple, etc.

For something more drastic, a friend got botox in certain places in his forehead to help stop migraines (I guess like some people get botox in their jaws to stop lockjaw). If they don't go away with traditional remedies like medicine and diet changes, etc., you might want to ask a doctor about it. I am not sure how common it is.

Cacarina Posted: Apr 07, 2008 10:49 AM

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ugh, i feel your pain. i always start seeing spots and it drives me crazy. whenever i get a migraine, i dont care what i am doing, i drop everything, go home and lay down.

sorry...i hope you feel better soon!

kabo0831 Posted: Apr 07, 2008 10:53 AM

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Posted by Cacarina

ugh, i feel your pain. i always start seeing spots and it drives me crazy. whenever i get a migraine, i dont care what i am doing, i drop everything, go home and lay down.

sorry...i hope you feel better soon!

i wish i could but my boss yelled at me a couple of weeks ago for taking to much time for migranies so now i cant even call out anymore. So i went and got a letter from my Neuro to show him that im not lieing and im just scared to take another day and get fired from this.

frenchy702 Posted: Apr 07, 2008 11:00 AM

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Maybe you could lie down in your car at lunch? I used to do that when my I had bad migraines. I know how you feel though,

tinadansr Posted: Apr 07, 2008 11:05 AM

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Posted by kabo0831

Posted by Cacarina

ugh, i feel your pain. i always start seeing spots and it drives me crazy. whenever i get a migraine, i dont care what i am doing, i drop everything, go home and lay down.

sorry...i hope you feel better soon!

i wish i could but my boss yelled at me a couple of weeks ago for taking to much time for migranies so now i cant even call out anymore. So i went and got a letter from my Neuro to show him that im not lieing and im just scared to take another day and get fired from this.

THey can't fire you for medical reasons
WHat does your neurologist say? Did he say you can take time off for it cause that would be a different story

I know how ya feel and i hope you feel better
mine usually come and go with the weather when the pressure drops and it rains i know my head is gonna pound

crazeee18 Posted: Apr 07, 2008 11:27 AM

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i feel ur pain...i have had terrible migraines since i was 8...r u on meds for them??? i hope u feel better...try going in a dark room w/a hot face cloth for ur head and take a pergogesic and exederine migraine thats been working for me...drink coffee too minus the milk

baba022 Posted: Apr 07, 2008 11:43 AM

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Posted by crazeee18

i feel ur pain...i have had terrible migraines since i was 8...r u on meds for them??? i hope u feel better...try going in a dark room w/a hot face cloth for ur head and take a pergogesic and exederine migraine thats been working for me...drink coffee too minus the milk

Same here and that is my remedy for them - except for the hot rag - I use a cold one and no pergogesic....

It does work!!!

aliska21 Posted: Apr 07, 2008 11:51 AM

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FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT CANT SEE..CANT SLEEP AND ALL THAT STUF..I PERSONALLY DONT HAVE MIGRAINS THANK GOD...BUT MY FH AND MOM DO...MY MOM STARTED USING PEPPERMINT OIL..YOU PUT IT BEFORE U GO TO SLEEP..PUT SOME ON UR FOREHEARD...ITS WARMING FEELING ..SMELLS VERY GOOD AND IT REALLY CALMS UR HEADACHE DOWN!!! TRY IT !!! IT REALLY WORKS...USE COUPLE OF TIMES..
MY MOM GOT IT IN FAIRWAY

jbean36251 Posted: Apr 07, 2008 11:56 AM

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Someone told me once to drink apple juice when you feel one coming on. I tried it once and it did work but that could also be coincedence.

mtegay Posted: Apr 07, 2008 12:15 PM

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I feel your pain! I have had migraines since 11 yrs of age and the whole blindness aura thing about 30 minutes prior to the onset of the pain. I find that if I take Imitrex as soon as I notice I'm losing my vision it does prevent the pain from setting in. Don't feel normal, but at least I can get through the day. It takes about 1 hr for my vision to correct itself. (that is the most annoying part).

JackieV Posted: Apr 07, 2008 12:18 PM

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awww feel better!!!!!

2009wedding Posted: Apr 07, 2008 12:44 PM

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I get migranies a lot. I get it from my neck and from stress. I hate it.

bkposh Posted: Apr 07, 2008 12:48 PM

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i used to have them as a teenager they were the worst..i couldnt handle noise or light but they seem to have gone away.

monkeybuttz Posted: Apr 07, 2008 03:56 PM

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I feel you rpain. Ive been getting them since 6th grade and they are horrible!!! Im sorry that you cant go home. Have you tried using pressre points to help open the vessels back up? If you get someone to squeeze really really hard using their thumb and the finger next to it (gosh what is that finger called)on the fleshy part of your hand between your thumb and that next finger sometimes the pain will ease up. It hurts and thats how you know they are squeezing hard enough.

Did that make any sense?

HTH

RobNCyn Posted: Apr 07, 2008 06:10 PM

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omg. . .that's terrible! I hate them too, I can't do anything BUT go home and go to sleep otherwise I get sick to my stomach and end up in the bathroom anyway.