Daily Migraines - How do we function?

Posted by heysie @heysie, Jul 26, 2025

Medications, PT, sound baths, massages, the ice gel cap helmet thing, occasional fevers. The vice grips tightening on the temples. The thunder claps through the top of the skull. The bludgeoned feeling at the back of the head. The nausea - oh god the nausea. And the advice is to eat well and go for a walk and don’t overdo do it on the ibuprofen, which might as well be tic tacs at this point!

If any of this rings a bell or resonates, please join me in this conversation on how to survive and function with these symptoms and headaches as part of our lives. Granted, I’ve had two sinus surgeries for sphenoid sinusitis in the last year and an infection for meningitis, but the migraines remain and continue to develop the cruelest symptoms.

I need help understanding this and knowing I’m not alone. All I’ve got in my arsenal is rizatriptan and Tylenol #4 oh and topamax.

How about you?

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dlydailyhope | @dlydailyhope | Jul 27, 2025

@heysie
My teen son has migraines and I have had them too. Both of us have had mild to moderate concussions when young so this doesn’t help. I also believe ours get triggered by hormone fluctuations, stress, too much screen time, dehydration, poor sleep, etc.

My son's neurologist suggested taking omega 3, vitamin D and magnesium supplements and this has helped. He also suggested making sure to stay well hydrated and add electrolytes to water to help retain more of it. When my son gets aura visual changes starting, his neurologist suggested taking Motrin or Tylenol as soon as possible before the pain and nausea sets in. This all has helped. If my son doesn’t take the pain medication at the first sign of visual changes with aura, he gets significant pain soon after then the nausea and vomiting follows. Putting a cool wash cloth in his head, lying down in a dark room while letting the pain medication kick in also helps.