I feel you!! I have had migraines since I was 5 years old(now 34) and at times I will have them for 30 days or more. I get them checked every so often when my veins on my head hella pop out and can't hold anything in my stomach. My brother passed away when he was 23 from a brain aneurysm and he had chronic migraines like I have. Usually they will give me a shot of a narcotic and phenergan and a couple other meds. Like others have said keep yourself hydrated and I've learned through the years to try and relax take a nap and avoid bright lights. Migraines can be a sign for many issues and if you haven't been checked out before would be good to be seen.

 

I get migraines from time to time and I have to switch back and forth between excedrin migraine and advil migraine. Ibuprofen works best for me.

What always works for me is either a couple of advil liquigells and some excedrin migraine and a nap or 4-5 Advil Migraine liqui-gells and a nap

 

+1000 for drinking water and staying hydrated
(do you eat regularly too, sometimes when i dont eat for a long period of time i get one)

Have you been under a lot of stress with work/school?
When I was in my last office job (after 2 years of office politics and BS) i would get super stressed out and started having migraines like 2-3 times a week. Lucky for me mine dont last for days, but they are still no fun.

My fiance and mom both have perscriptions on diff pills.

My fiances disolves on her tounge and works super fast. You can take it on an empty stomach, stay awake, take a nap (seems to work better when sleeping), dont need to take it with water or anything t swallow.

I dont remember the names of the pills they take but ill deff try to ask, migraines are no joke!

 

Sorry to hear.

My dad would have them, and he would pretty much advil it and just rest. I've only had them 1 time, and man, it was horrible. I had them after a short flight to Vancouver.


-Gagan

 

Please find out the name of the dissolving one! When I get them it slows down my digestion, so if I don't take anything soon enough, the pills do nothing since they aren't being digested/absorbed.

 

the dissolving pill is Maxalt-MLT (rizatriptan banzoate) only 10mg

 

Cool, I'll talk to a doctor about that next time I actually see one. Reading the site quickly reminded me of something though.

Danielle, caffeine dilates the blood vessels in your head allowing more oxygen to your brain (the cause of the migraine pain is typically lack of oxygen to the brain) so sometimes for me a large (err, Vente) coffee will finish off whatever residual pain the excedrin didn't.

 

Ya caffeine does help sometimes, for me tho it usually helps more with plain headaches and not migraines. But its deff worth a shot.

Sometimes even eating some really strong mints kinda helps too

 

Oh man... I've had chronic migraines since I was 7 years old. I remember the first time I got one, I asked my grandparents to cut my head off so the pain would stop @_@. Yeah, mine are f**king awful. They did all sorts of tests on me (mri, cat scan, x-rays, blood work, etc.) and never found a reason for it. I typically get a few migraines a year and I just had one last week while on the job . The only thing that works for me guarenteed is ibuprofen (typically Motrin IB, I take 800mg) and a nap. No other type of medicine has ever stopped the symptoms completely.

In my experience, anything with caffiene actually made my migraines worse. Also, if I go too long without eating I will definitely get a migraine or at least a headache. This is just from my experience, take from it what you will.

 

I think thats why treating them is so tough, everyone's are different. Caffeine works for the majority of people, which is why it's in Excedrin Migraine, but its obviously not for everyone.

 

Wow, you guys have way more advice than I was thinking you would!

Paul, you are ADORABLE But seriously good article, sex makes my migraines worse so clearly I need to have more. I'll let you know if I need your assistance

There seems to be a lot of brain anuerysm-action happening around here, scary! Gibz, does the phenergan totally knock you out? I read a little bit about it and it says it can be used as a sedative/sleep aid.


Not eating def gives me a migraine so I'm pretty on top of my food consumption.
I think that stress does cause some of my migraines... the one I have rt nao started while I was taking a midterm
I really think that a lot of them start because the pillow I sleep on is a piece of crap... is that totally nuts? Because they all feel like they start in my upper back/ shoulder/ neck (like they start as back pain and then turn in to a migraine). Any of you guys experience that?

And I've been reading up on migraines and it seems that caffeine can become a trigger, so I'm cutting my caffeine consumption. I also read that people that use migraine meds too much can get rebound headaches (headache comes back every time you stop taking meds) so I'm concerned that I've reached that level and that's part of the reason I'm looking for alternatives to excederin migraine... I swear, I live on that stuff and it appears I need to stop.

I'm trying a new drug concoction suggested by you guys right now, so I'll see how that works. Thank youuuuuu!

 

Well I know the one my fiance takes, you only take it when you have a migraine. Its not an everyday pill you take everymorning to prevent getting one or anything like that