Gatorade

Hi Laurie,

First let me take a moment and ask you to please thank your son for his service to our country.

I'm so thrilled to hear you've both found something to help with your migraines. But I must say I am more excited that your son doesn't take as much Excedrin Migraine. Excedrin Migraine can be a real double edged sword because it can create another condition called medication overuse headache or moh. MOH can occur when we take migraine abortive medications like triptans and ergotamines or pain relieves whether they are over-the-counter or prescription more than two to three day a week. Doing so will leave us in an unending cycle of pain and make migraine more difficult to treat. Let me share some information with you both; https://migraine.com/blog/driving-migraine-trigger/.

Thanks for sharing and good luck to you both!

Nancy

I started taking electrolyte supplements and I haven't had a migraine since.

It's important for everybody to be aware that these types of supplements can and often do contain MSG and things that can also be major triggers for some patients, some of the time. Gatorade and other drinks like this can be super easy and cheap to get hold of, but don't beat yourself up if they don't work, or may stop working. The fact is, everybody has their own triggers and what works for one may be disaster for another. It may be worth a try, just remember that Migraine triggers are cumulative. This means that they build on one another. Adding a sports drink to your other triggers today may be good, but adding it to your triggers tomorrow may send you over the brink. Just be careful 😀

~Ellen

I am a person that isn’t good at drinking water and so I do think that dehydration or under- hydration could be one of the issues causing my migraines which I used to get 3-4 times per month and treated successfully with a 50 mg Sumatriptan tab. As an experiment I started drinking a 12 oz Gatorade with my lunch ever day and it has cut way back on my migraine occurrences. However instead of getting 3-4 relatively shorter duration/intensity migraines per month i find I now get a longer more intense or cluster migraine lasting 2-3 days + 1-2 day hangover period perhaps once every 3-4 months. I need to use a higher amount of Sumatriptan to find relief from these episodes (100-200mg).