What are your treatment goals?
What are you looking for your migraine treatment to accomplish? What specific symptoms are you trying to treat?
I'm looking for something to help with the pain. I have had these Migraines long enough. I have tried all manner of medication that are/have NOT helping. All the meds, the exercises, the meditation, the different ways of thinking.
What is left???I hear your frustrations,
. It sounds like you've tried many, many things to try and resolve your migraines. Has your neurologist made any recommendations on what you may have not tried? My fear of piling on more suggestions is that they may have been something you've already tried. Only you and your medical team know the true extent to which you've covered your bases.
I would say the most infrequent treatment I have seen is the use of neuromodular devices. Here is a link to some examples: https://migraine.com/devices. Anecdotally, others have reported using something like the Reed procedure to reduce migraines. However, as I'm not an expert in migraines, I can't provide any guidance as to if you'd be a candidate or if it would work for you.
Wishing you well, and hope that you will find a path forward to resolving your migraines soon. - Cody (Team Member)
Less frequently
I'd like to be able to move without calculating if it will involve a jerky movement. For the eye swelling to go away. To open the blackout blinds and curtains, I seem to live in a cave.
I have had migraine headaches all my life. I am 68 and tired of being sick. I wish someone could figure out what causes the migraine and how to stop them from happening, but I have chronic migraines that are triggered by changes in barometric pressure, so none of the preventative medications seem to work. My doctors don't want me to take pain medicine that causes rebound headaches, so I feel stuck.
I love it when people share photos with us, thanks for doing that! Such a pretty shirt and an even prettier kitty. 😀 I am also a cat person -- my Ginny is keeping me company as I write this. I'm sorry you've suffered for so many years. I think the tricky thing about migraine is that we are all so different. I've been here on the site for almost six years, and it seems like no two people have the same experience. So, no universal solution.
I hate to be that person that says "did you try.....??" but I'm here to make sure people have all the information available. Have you ever heard of the WeatherX earplugs? Your mileage may vary, but they were created to help buffer the body's response to barometric pressure changes. We don't endorse any products, but they've been a help for some people with weather-related triggers. The website is www.weatherx.com if you want to look into them.
Another option I've heard about is the medication acetazolamide, which was previously called Diamox in the US. I think it's the only medication that's been useful in some people with weather triggers.
Hope those are useful -- and forgive me if I've mentioned these to you before! Wishing you the best. -Melissa, team memberI have so much in common with this poster, even down to the age and cat! My triggers have have increased over the years but started with the weather. Maybe if I could control the weather sensitivity better the other triggers would become less severe.
Thank you for some recommendations. These are both new to me and I look forward to trying them.
