Migraine suffers

Bobbi, I was 26 the first time an aura hit me and I also got numbness in my face and hands. I truly thought I was having a stroke or something. Being 15, also track if she is getting them at her period, or where ovulation happens. These are two HUGE triggers with me, as well as strong cold fronts moving in with bad storms. Needless to say, this is a bad time of year, and so far in the Midwest, it has been bad.

A few weeks ago when a super cell moved through our area, both my son and I had the same dizzying sensation as the tornado and cell moved just west of us. My daughter and husband felt nothing, but we had this tremendous pressure, and dizzy feeling in our heads, which stopped once everything went by.

My son knows what he has to do to prevent them, but being a teenager, he stays up too late, eats badly, and drinks too much caffeine. Next year when he goes to college, it will be interesting how things work out.
 
As a frequent sufferer (have one today) I too have found that my diet plays a large roll. Too much caffeine especially will trigger one. I know to stay away from it but...

I too only use Advil to control mine as for some reason all the migraine specific meds in the world have not helped.

I can usually feel a dull headache before I feel the migraine and I try my darndest to get the advil in me then.

Now here is something that is funny. While caffeine will trigger a migraine for me it is also one of the first things that will kill one.

I take 3-4 Advil and down an entire REGULAR coke (do not drink them at all normally so the sugar kick is a killer). If I can do that in time I am usually good to go.

I hope your DD fairs better with her migraines, I know they are tough to deal with.
 
Wow, Susan, that is really scary. That is very interesting to find a possible correlation between, perhaps, the flood of endorphins during running and relief. My head is reeling with ideas about helping Sydney cope with this. It has been traumatic for her. She experiences the aura in her left eye which is her weaker eye. She got glasses last year. During the onset of her first migraine, she lost her peripheral vision and the headache came on after the dancing lights. It was very severe but I think her fear of losing her vision was as horrifying for her as dealing with the pain of the headache. I called an opthamologist who referred us to her primary doctor as her symptoms were classic for that type of migraine. I hope the ibuprofen does the trick and I need to sit and email each of her teachers to be certain she can immediately report to the nurse to take the medication at the onset. When she gets home from school, I am going to discuss triggers, diet and see if we can't find a way to keep them at bay. The more information I receive, the more impressed I am at how well Sydney has dealt with this so far. Thanks for your help. :)
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Hi Bobbi,
I also started at age 5. Throughout high school and collge they were awful. I am 42 now and have outgrown them, except for a few per year.

Hydrate, hydrate, hydrate. Now that I am a water addict, they really do stay at bay.

I have tried every prescription on the market, and was even a drug study subject in the 80s for ibuprofen and imitrex.

When I get one, I take a drug called Midrin (prescription). I get a little tingly for a few minutes down my back, but the headache is gone, gone, gone. I have said goodbye to dark rooms and washclothes. I have been using Midrin for about 10 years.

Part of the problem with migranes is the anxiety. You kind of feel one coming on, you know you will feel awful, you don't have time to be in a dark room, then you get anxious and that makes the headache worse. Midrin always works for me, so I don't get that big fat anxiety attack that makes it worse.

I also have auras, and when I do, I drink about 32 oz of water and can sometimes stop it. I lose peripheral vision and get numb as well. SCary! The world also looks like someone took my little view of it, tore it up and taped it together poorly.

Hope this helps. I think it helps a lot that docs believe that 5 year olds have migranes - another one of my anxiety triggers at that age was that no one believed me!
Melissa
 
I get migraines every month, and I take a prescription drug called Imitrex for them. I don't know how safe that would be for a child, so the only thing to do is consult a pediatrician, who might have some very good suggestions.

Good luck.
 
I get migraines every month, and I take a prescription drug called Imitrex for them. I don't know how safe that would be for a child, so the only thing to do is consult a pediatrician, who might have some very good suggestions.

Good luck.
 
Imitrex is safe for a child. My son used it at age 9-10 and this girl is 15, so more like an adult anyway.

I believe caffeine opens up the blood vessels in the brain, which is why it helps the migraines. However, caffeine can give you rebound headaches when you don't have it. This is also true of pain meds such as ibuprofen and Tylonel. If you take it too often, then you can start getting rebound headaches. If you google on rebound headaches, it explains this.

Today is stormy, and my head does not feel so great, so lots of water to stay hydrated and hope my son is not going to be sick from one.
 
I am sorry to hear about your daughters migraines, I used to get them and my daughter gets them too. After years of suffering, I tried something different. Dr. Deepak Chopra healing meditations, they work, your daughter is young, it is easier for her to accept the suggestions in the meditations, older people's brains are full of @#$%&* so they suffer more for their lack of humility and big egos. Visit Dr. Chopra's site and seek assistance.
 
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