things you could try altering:
Sleep
Sleep position/environment
Light (exposure of your eyes to light)
Food
vitamins
exercise
Posture
allergies (non-food, may include fibres, washing powder, local plants , anything that touches your skin i.e. Jewellery, skin-cream, toothpaste, dust, fungi, mould and bacteria)
Other misc:
metal toxicity, check for lead in your environment/blood (kits can be purchased online)
radiation
inner-ear problems (causing potential dizzyness and leading to migranes)
Other other:
Someone I knew had a 6 week long reccuring migrane, a doctor recommended taking the maximum safe doses of 3 different panadol (paracetamol), neurophen, aspirin, drugs at once (the ones that work with different mechanisms, I think it was those 3). She woke up in the morning and has been fine since (several years ago).
other other other:
any epilepsy run in the family?
some people grow out of them as they grow through their teenage years. Have you finished your growing?
I try to limit my drug intake to what is safe. But I sometimes use as much as I possibly can in one go. Usually, that is when I either have a few days off so I can just get my migraine down to a headache with a lot of drugs (lasts for a day, max) or when it is very bad. When it is very bad, it just reduces it to my normal levels. And I don’t think anyone in my family has epilepsy, though quite a few have had migraines. I have stopped growing.
Thanks for the advice, I hadn’t heard about the lead kits, or the inner ear problems before. I’ll try and get on that.
The use of the maximum safe dose of all 3 and having success was one piece of anec-data. But if you are trying various things, its still within safe dose.
Do you know what the family members did to help with their migranes?
Side thought—where did your family come from? Perhaps modify your diet (or other factors) to be something like your ancestors, assuming that in an era with less technology, migranes this bad would have meant—less-likely to procreate and pass on the relevant migrane genes.
this site is relevant to my location: http://www.lead.org.au/
Be weary that they may make lead out to be a bigger problem than it actually is. They sell test kits on that site, but you might be able to make one yourself for cheaper, or find one more relevant to your location.
Your inner ear controls which way your brain thinks is up. You have teeny crystals on teeny hairs in your ear, if they become dislodged or moved, or you just have an odd inner ear, it may not work properly (or also inner-ear infections). and you may get all kinds of related sensory troubles like migranes, dizzyness.
Also if you are trying things; add to the list all kinds of alternative medicine that is frowned upon but sometimes seems to work for some people some of the time. (lower down the list. Where a treatment will hopefully do no harm, it may also do no good, and so only be worth spending the time and money after other options are explored)
While I am asking questions, what happens if you put your head below the rest of your body; increasing the blood pressure, (for say 5-10 minutes) and then lift your head again above your body? Would that relieve or worsen things?
Consider also dehydration and water intake? Are you dehydrated? (Best way to tell is that your pee should be a very pale yellow colour) (although this is more like a regular-headache problem. Also sun exposure is similarly a regular-headache cause)
I do not hold a high opinion of alternative medicine, but I accept that there is something to it. Some things are genuinely helpful i.e. acupuncture. That said, I don’t have them highly placed on my to-try list. However, my father is a big believer in alternative/folk medicine, and the sheer amount/variety of stuff I’ve tried is just too much to note down here. Not one really did anything. But I’ll still try it, as long as it isn’t too dangerous.
Also, in regards to the blood pressure thing, I sort of get why that helps some people. Some migraines either cause an excess/deficiency of blood and you can ease the pain by getting blood away/in there respectively. For example, a cold compress causes vasoconstriction (constriction of blood vessels) and cuts the amount of blood in the brain. A heat pack/headstand does the reverse.
Usually, you get one or the other. For me, I get both. They usually result in an increase in pain, but I can combat them relatively quickly. I am also quite hydrated, so that’s not an issue. My salt intake is about right, so that’s not a worry.
I hadn’t thought about modifying my diet, but I eat my culture’s food fairly often, so it’s probably no that. I’ll still put it on the to-try list though.
Thanks for all the advice, you’ve been really helpful.
things you could try altering: Sleep Sleep position/environment Light (exposure of your eyes to light) Food vitamins exercise Posture allergies (non-food, may include fibres, washing powder, local plants , anything that touches your skin i.e. Jewellery, skin-cream, toothpaste, dust, fungi, mould and bacteria)
Other misc: metal toxicity, check for lead in your environment/blood (kits can be purchased online) radiation inner-ear problems (causing potential dizzyness and leading to migranes)
Other other: Someone I knew had a 6 week long reccuring migrane, a doctor recommended taking the maximum safe doses of 3 different panadol (paracetamol), neurophen, aspirin, drugs at once (the ones that work with different mechanisms, I think it was those 3). She woke up in the morning and has been fine since (several years ago).
other other other: any epilepsy run in the family? some people grow out of them as they grow through their teenage years. Have you finished your growing?
I try to limit my drug intake to what is safe. But I sometimes use as much as I possibly can in one go. Usually, that is when I either have a few days off so I can just get my migraine down to a headache with a lot of drugs (lasts for a day, max) or when it is very bad. When it is very bad, it just reduces it to my normal levels. And I don’t think anyone in my family has epilepsy, though quite a few have had migraines. I have stopped growing.
Thanks for the advice, I hadn’t heard about the lead kits, or the inner ear problems before. I’ll try and get on that.
The use of the maximum safe dose of all 3 and having success was one piece of anec-data. But if you are trying various things, its still within safe dose.
Do you know what the family members did to help with their migranes?
Side thought—where did your family come from? Perhaps modify your diet (or other factors) to be something like your ancestors, assuming that in an era with less technology, migranes this bad would have meant—less-likely to procreate and pass on the relevant migrane genes.
this site is relevant to my location: http://www.lead.org.au/ Be weary that they may make lead out to be a bigger problem than it actually is. They sell test kits on that site, but you might be able to make one yourself for cheaper, or find one more relevant to your location.
Your inner ear controls which way your brain thinks is up. You have teeny crystals on teeny hairs in your ear, if they become dislodged or moved, or you just have an odd inner ear, it may not work properly (or also inner-ear infections). and you may get all kinds of related sensory troubles like migranes, dizzyness.
re: inner ear—consider this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epley_maneuver but also an ear practitioner would be able to help you more.
Also if you are trying things; add to the list all kinds of alternative medicine that is frowned upon but sometimes seems to work for some people some of the time. (lower down the list. Where a treatment will hopefully do no harm, it may also do no good, and so only be worth spending the time and money after other options are explored)
While I am asking questions, what happens if you put your head below the rest of your body; increasing the blood pressure, (for say 5-10 minutes) and then lift your head again above your body? Would that relieve or worsen things?
Consider also dehydration and water intake? Are you dehydrated? (Best way to tell is that your pee should be a very pale yellow colour) (although this is more like a regular-headache problem. Also sun exposure is similarly a regular-headache cause)
Also do you regulate your salt intake?
I do not hold a high opinion of alternative medicine, but I accept that there is something to it. Some things are genuinely helpful i.e. acupuncture. That said, I don’t have them highly placed on my to-try list. However, my father is a big believer in alternative/folk medicine, and the sheer amount/variety of stuff I’ve tried is just too much to note down here. Not one really did anything. But I’ll still try it, as long as it isn’t too dangerous.
Also, in regards to the blood pressure thing, I sort of get why that helps some people. Some migraines either cause an excess/deficiency of blood and you can ease the pain by getting blood away/in there respectively. For example, a cold compress causes vasoconstriction (constriction of blood vessels) and cuts the amount of blood in the brain. A heat pack/headstand does the reverse.
Usually, you get one or the other. For me, I get both. They usually result in an increase in pain, but I can combat them relatively quickly. I am also quite hydrated, so that’s not an issue. My salt intake is about right, so that’s not a worry.
I hadn’t thought about modifying my diet, but I eat my culture’s food fairly often, so it’s probably no that. I’ll still put it on the to-try list though.
Thanks for all the advice, you’ve been really helpful.