Migraines

I have had migraines since I were 10 years old due to an accident I had,<br />
and suffered severe head trauma. They are so bad I lose consciousness, and<br />
throwing up the whole time. They can last up to 4 and 5 days. I usually<br />
have to get shots to get any relief. I take Tylenol 4, every day with other<br />
things. When I go to school once a month as an added bonus to what I have<br />
majored in, my Dr. Will give me oxic. to be able to tolerate the pain. I<br />
usually can't stay no more than two are three days. With my injures came<br />
arthritis in my neck, vertebras 1, 3, an 7 . I do go to the Chiropractor<br />
twice a month to help my pain, I do get relief for a few days with it. I<br />
will always have pain, so I do my best to find some type of purpose in<br />
life, myself, and in helping others. I have an appointment in a few months<br />
with my neurologist to see if I have MS. I was told that I could just be<br />
having repercussions from the head trauma, like scare tissue, which would<br />
cause the same symptoms. I have a lot of leg trouble and a hard time<br />
walking at times and they are in pain at all times. They gave me muscle<br />
relaxers but I just take them at night because I don't want to be groggy<br />
during the day, I'll take it during the day if I can't bear it. I hope and<br />
pray you find something that will work for you. Because when the head is<br />
sick your whole body is down.<br />
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salena<br />

Salena54, gee I thought my migraines were bad! I've never lost conciseness but wish I would ....the pain is so bad I throw up and sound light bother me. I fell so confused the day before sometimes even say things backwards. It makes u fell so helpless there didn't seem to be anything that helps with the pain. Sometimes I also have to go to the emergency room they give me a shot of pain meds and send me home! My head will still hurt really bad but the medicine makes u not care and if your lucky you can sleep it off. Have u found anything that works for you?

I found that beutibaltal with codeine helps. I'm sure I spelled it wrong.<br />
It was at a reasonable price for years and the last year it went up to<br />
$.160.. I can't just take anything so he put me on Tylenol 4/ w, codeine,<br />
and to take it as soon as I feel a migraine coming on. The only thing is I<br />
could get one while I'm sleeping, and just like you it's like nothing help<br />
and I feel like my head will blow!!! I to can't speak well and have stroke<br />
like symptoms. I get really fearful. They will put me out for at least 4 to<br />
5 days. When our head is sick our whole body is. I hate pain!! It seems<br />
that this past week and the first of this week the weather has been bad and<br />
it for some reason makes my pain even worse. My doctor had to prescribe me<br />
some oxicotin. I can't hardly walk this week went Monday to Chiropractor,<br />
it helps releave some of the pain. They wanted to put injections at the<br />
areas I have scare tissue that was caused by the accident, but I refused<br />
because if something were to rupture I wouldn't be aware because I couldn't<br />
feel it. Hope one day we will never have them anymore. Salena<br />
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salena<br />

Salena54,<br />
I've tried everything!!! Just about and it seems that nothing helps but time! When it is over my mind clears up and it is like it never happened???? To be that sick for 4-6 days to feeling great is strange, but that is how it works. This past month I had my nerves burned off from L2-6 and this has helped more then any pills! I'm still getting them but not as often and not as bad ! Hav u ever tried this???<br />
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I had sever head trauma when I was young and suffered from repercussions as<br />
my neurologist calls it. I've been living with the migraines and arthritis<br />
in the first third and seventh vertebras, along with the lupus. I do a MRI<br />
the end of this month to see if I have MS. I was told that became of my<br />
head injury I could have the symptoms of MS due to scar tissue around that<br />
area of my brain. I only pray I keep my right mind. When I'm tired I drag<br />
my left side and I forget simple things like how to spell. My mom and her<br />
family has an had RA, and I inherited that in hands, knees, feet, and<br />
because of my deceased it's hard to walk. I try to do what I can in helping<br />
myself in natural remedies for pain and discomfort, "but" I have to take a<br />
narcotic drug when I can't take the pain. I want keep them here at home, I<br />
call my doctor and he will prescribe what I need and give me a steroid<br />
injection. I have lost 6 pounds since Monday. I weighed myself last night<br />
because I noticed that my clothes were baggy. I bring my mom Tuesday<br />
morning to my doctor so I'll ask him about it. I've been feeling pretty bad<br />
this week anyway, my husband said that I have been doing to much lately, so<br />
I guess I need to slow down. Hope you have a very blessed day!!!!!<br />
<br />
salena<br />

Ladyjane,I'm glad this worked for you! I also Hav migranes all the time. Recently I had the nerves in the back of my neck burned off. This has helped more then anything. Still getting them but not as bad,shorter in length , less painful but I Hav a lot of other symptoms, as talking wrong stomach up set sound way to loud.. As a friend of mine said the lights r to loud and the sound hurts my eyes. Sharonmay7

Sharonmay7:I agree with you that the light get so loud, so does any noise.<br />
I hear so much about the nerves being worked on for relief. I'm going to<br />
talk to my Doctor about it. I know he didn't want to do the injection at<br />
the base of my brain where the scar tissue is because he said if I would<br />
have bleeding again I wouldn't know that it happened are about to. Now<br />
that's a pain you can't explain! It has been 5 years that had happened.<br />
They call my migraines, vascular migraines and if I don't get to the ER<br />
when they are that bad a vessel will rupture. It usually happens when<br />
everyone is at work. So if my family knows I'm suffering with a migraine,<br />
my daughter and daughter-in- law will keep looking in a me(they all live on<br />
our property). I can't help myself when I have a migraine, I have to have<br />
help to get to the restroom and carrying a bucket and keep it by my side at<br />
all times. I can pass out multiple times, my doctor told me that is the<br />
bodies way of protecting you when you have any kind of pain that sever. I<br />
usually have to stay in the ER for the day with shots and sedation, and<br />
watch at that time. I panic when I feel one coming on, and I will take 2<br />
Tylenol 4's and usually If it hasn't helped I call my daughter who works at<br />
the hospital for three days and home health for the rest of the week. She<br />
will go to my doctor who's office is by the hospital and he will give here<br />
a prescription for opiate. I don't take them all the time because I rain<br />
out my patches and my doctor was out of town an...... I detoxed for days,<br />
when I finally went to the hospital I truly thought I would lose my mind.<br />
So we made a system that works. When I go to Texas to school for a few days<br />
he will fix me a care package for my pain and blood pressure, and all my<br />
other problems.<br />
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salena<br />

Salena, well the dr. Said that when they burned of the nerves it would help with my other pain but WOULD NOT work for my migraines! But they were wrong!!!! It has helped with my headaches! So I guess they don't know everything!!! <br />
Any I was told that my migraines were coming from the nerve damage that occurred because of having migraines!!!!!! If that true then every time I had a migraine (since age 16. ). It caused brain damage. I saw my MRI of my brain and it looked like a spotted fire dog! Not kidding there must Hav Ben at least 30 spots on my brain! Very scary!! It worries me about the future. Sharon<br />
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Sharonmay7, I now how you feel, always praying that I keep my right mind.<br />
After a bad migraine I do forget things, are when all the other sickness<br />
flair ups attack I really have problems consatrating. Moms mother had<br />
Alzheimer's and mom mom has it also. They were both diagnosed in their 70s.<br />
With my head trauma, migraines, lupus and now possibly MS along with what's<br />
inherited, I can only hope.<br />
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salena<br />

Hi,<br />
<br />
From past experience of migraines (at least 2 a week), I've<br />
been on all items from Chloral Hydrate, Nembutal (age 13),<br />
Seconal, Fiorinal and Imitrix.<br />
<br />
I noted a while back to my epileptologist that I had occasion<br />
to face a hard stabbing like pain briefly in my head. He checked<br />
that out at an appointment and couldn't find a cause, even<br />
through my EEG and MRI.<br />
<br />
The migraines have been gone for over 4 1/2 years now. What<br />
did I do? When I felt this pain "I took my blood pressure and<br />
often found it at or above 170/85--I contacted my Cardiologist<br />
who had prescribed Losartan as needed and I took 20 mg. when<br />
that pain happened. It went away.<br />
<br />
Putting the things together with my doctors, we sought ways to<br />
lessen stress, anxiety, depression, etc. The pain stayed away<br />
as did the migraines and the Losartan has been used about 4 times<br />
in 2 years equalling suseptability of high blood pressure.<br />
<br />
Kay<br />