Onset of debilitating migraines at 58...a more comfortable position for her (her normal sleeping / laying down), smoked and was around smoke, noisier than the hospital, tried to sleep in a water...Reactions0reactionsComments5 replies
Importance of exercise, diet, eating habits, sleeping patterns...wife, which is beyond the scope of my posting here in this forum), namely exercise (none), diet (high carb/sugar/starch, minimal vegetables, lack of water...Reactions0reactionsComments3 replies
Chronic Aura...Computer screens, my iphone, looking at water etc. can all set off this dizziness and when it starts I just don’t know when it will end....Reactions0reactionsComments3 repliesSymptoms
Desperate...I've developed wee spasms in either my eye or cheek when it gets really bad. I wear sunnies everywhere and it still hurts....Reactions0reactionsComments1 replies
Botox injections & Success Rate?? And Midrin Experience Please Share...dose of 2 narcotics for chronic widespread pain due to other health issues-I do not take extra narcotics when I get a migraine b/c it tends not to help, Reactions0reactionsComments10 repliesTreatment
First migraine one month ago, haven't felt right since...I had 2 cups of coffee that day and I drank little water....Reactions0reactionsComments4 repliesDiagnosis
Suspect Sleep Study Misdiagnosis...He made me drive 30-miles one-way to pick it up in person, rather than mailing it to me....Reactions0reactionsComments2 replies
Feeling abandoned by migraine "specialists" ...After 2 more trips to the er for more cocktails and supposedly zero pain after the cocktail only to wake up with the same pain level, I asked whether...Reactions0reactionsComments5 repliesDiagnosis
Lifelong chronic migraines and new(ish) loss of libido...Either pills or the IUD?...Reactions0reactionsComments3 repliesDepressionCopingHormones
Searching for the right treatment path...I have ordered her a posture brace, have an appointment scheduled for a medical massage and am wondering if the issue is not neurological but rather, some...Reactions0reactionsComments2 repliesDiagnosis
New Year, new thread... Same frustrations ;)...We tried a movie earlier in the evening (cool, fun but way too loud and driving in circles for 25 mins to find a parking spot didn't help either)....Reactions0reactionsComments4 replies
A combination of somewhat frightening symptoms...feeling and ability to use my arms and/or legs and I exist in a hellish realm somewhere between awake and asleep, only able to sleep with high doses of Reactions0reactionsComments1 repliesSymptoms
Need one-sided headache help...I was to the point where I was having to take either Fioricet or usually Tylenol around the clock for 1-3 days at a time....Reactions0reactionsComments7 repliesDiagnosis
What type of migraine do I have?...He said I either had to have some sort of headache pain, even mild, every day, or i had a standard flow of migraines where the migraine only lasts...Reactions0reactionsComments3 repliesDiagnosis
Daith Piercing Sept-2014...(technically I don't think they can fire me for medical reasons but that's neither here nor there) So on the 6th I went and got my daith pierced....Reactions0reactionsComments3 replies
Alternative treatments...is some success in prevention with this cocktail and I was wondering if anyone had any advice, tips or suggestions or if anyone has tried these with either...Reactions0reactionsComments1 replies
Working a Full Time Job with Migraines?...Also in my monthly GP appointment next week I am going to ask to have Optic Nerve Injections - so any advise on either of these would be great?...Reactions0reactionsComments9 replies
4-months of near-chronic "silent" migraine/ history of hemiplegic migraine...Never had either of these before in my life....Reactions0reactionsComments7 replies
Ongoing migraine symptoms?...Questioning whether it was all in my imagination, eventually I saw a doctor after 2 weeks who checked my eyes which were fine and she suggested i come...Reactions0reactionsComments7 replies
My Experience...As the numbness teases my lips and a metallic taste hits my tongue, my mouth begins to water involuntarily....Reactions0reactionsComments1 replies