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Kirata -> Help for Migraine sufferers (7/31/2015 11:33:11 PM)
If you or a loved one suffers from migraines, or the side-effects of migraine medications.... Fortunately for migraine sufferers, researchers from the University of Liege in Belgium set out to find a natural and safe preventative measure... The Belgian scientists first conducted an open study published in the journal Cephalalgia. For three months 49 migraine patients took 400 mg of B2 daily. At the end of the study, participants reported a 68 percent decrease in monthly migraines. The researchers were so excited by what they found, they followed up this experiment with a placebo-controlled study. This time, they tracked 55 patients. According to the journal Neurology, half the subjects received 400 mg of B2 daily. The other half took a placebo. After three months, 59 percent of people in the B2 group reported at least a 50 percent reduction in the number of monthly migraines. There were no serious side effects noted in either study. Source (referenced) K.

daniel1973 -> RE: Help for Migraine sufferers (7/31/2015 11:50:59 PM)
quote: If you or a loved one suffers from migraines, or the side-effects of their migraine medications.... Pot works just fine, nothing else really does. I take it this way that when I feel like I want to hate other people I'm never at a loss to come up with a very good reason for it.

DaddySatyr -> RE: Help for Migraine sufferers (7/31/2015 11:53:59 PM)
Ice cube; meet left palm. Job done. Michael

daniel1973 -> RE: Help for Migraine sufferers (8/1/2015 12:19:24 AM)
Today has been a good day so far! Left palm would be very harsh though.

DaddySatyr -> RE: Help for Migraine sufferers (8/1/2015 12:30:33 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: daniel1973 Today has been a good day so far! Left palm would be very harsh though. The blood vessel that "feeds" a migraine runs through the left palm. The ice cube slows the flow of blood, depriving the migraine of ... well ... its life blood and kills the migraine. Michael

daniel1973 -> RE: Help for Migraine sufferers (8/1/2015 1:03:04 AM)
quote: Today has been a good day so far! I was quoting the artist known as "Ice Cube". quote: Left palm would be very harsh though. Way worse than getting slapped with the right one, read your Russian authors if you please. quote: The ice cube slows the flow of blood, depriving the migraine of ... well ... its life blood and kills the migraine. Absolutely, I've lived with twenty-five years of episodes of pain which are so terrible that just watching me suffer that way scares the hell out of other people. But it just needs an ice cube to stop it and I have no idea about that. Makes sense.

Musicmystery -> RE: Help for Migraine sufferers (8/1/2015 4:57:07 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Kirata If you or a loved one suffers from migraines, or the side-effects of migraine medications.... Fortunately for migraine sufferers, researchers from the University of Liege in Belgium set out to find a natural and safe preventative measure... The Belgian scientists first conducted an open study published in the journal Cephalalgia. For three months 49 migraine patients took 400 mg of B2 daily. At the end of the study, participants reported a 68 percent decrease in monthly migraines. The researchers were so excited by what they found, they followed up this experiment with a placebo-controlled study. This time, they tracked 55 patients. According to the journal Neurology, half the subjects received 400 mg of B2 daily. The other half took a placebo. After three months, 59 percent of people in the B2 group reported at least a 50 percent reduction in the number of monthly migraines. There were no serious side effects noted in either study. Source (referenced) K. INteresting. I'll pass it along.

TheBanshee -> RE: Help for Migraine sufferers (8/1/2015 8:05:34 AM)
Thanks, I get migraines fairly frequently - I'll definitely look into this!

MariaB -> RE: Help for Migraine sufferers (8/1/2015 11:11:22 AM)
Thanks Kirata, I was only saying to Steve the other day that I haven't had a migraine in ages. Steve has an illness that has put him on a special diet that contains a lot more oily fish, nuts dairy products and eggs. I have joined him on that diet and interestingly these foods are the best source of riboflavin (B2)

Wayward5oul -> RE: Help for Migraine sufferers (8/1/2015 12:03:59 PM)
I have never found anything but prescription drugs to be of any use to me. And anything that could be described as natural or alternative treatments have never seemed to have an affect on me. Then, about 5 years ago I started having migraines. All the women in my family had had them their whole lives, and I never really understood just how awful a migraine can be, until that first one. After that, I started getting them all the time. I would just go to the dr and get drugs for it. After several months of this I got one so bad that friends were worried I was having a stroke, and they took me to the hospital. A neurosurgeon saw me, and started me on a vitamin regimen, and told me that if there was no improvement after a few weeks on them, then he would try prescription drugs. My heart sank, wishing that I could just go straight to the prescription, since my experiences taught me that vitamins would not be any help. But within 6 weeks my migraines had all but disappeared. I have never had to try any other treatment for them. Morning-400mg Magnesium, 100 mg CoQ10, 200 mg B2. Midday-100 mg CoQ10, 200 mg B2 Night-100 mg CoQ10, 200 mg B2 After a couple of months, I stopped the midday and night meds just because I kept forgetting to take them, but the migraines have stayed away with just the morning does.

daniel1973 -> RE: Help for Migraine sufferers (8/1/2015 1:25:18 PM)
Be glad. Kid stuff.

Wayward5oul -> RE: Help for Migraine sufferers (8/1/2015 2:35:04 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: daniel1973 Be glad. Kid stuff. I think its pretty clear that I am.

MercTech -> RE: Help for Migraine sufferers (8/2/2015 7:32:54 AM)
"Migraine" is a simple catch-all term that lets a physician quit looking for causes. I was diagnosed with migraines for two years even to the point of psychological counseling. Then one doctor finally said "we will do a CT scan to show there is nothing there" and they found the growth in my left maxillary sinus that was pushing on the optic nerve. I haven't had a "migraine" since the cyst was removed from my sinus cavity. Keep asking "why" until you actually get an answer.

ydd -> RE: Help for Migraine sufferers (8/3/2015 11:50:32 PM)
I once heard a doctor say that all head pain should be called a "migraine", regardless of the root cause. Head pain is not a normal condition. I got my migraines when I was 12. I am now 50, and they are still with me. I have been taking Almotriptan (Axert) 12.5 mg for onset pain. Recently I have aadded Metacloprimide (Reglan)10 mg with the Axert, and it makes a huge difference.

MAINEiacMISTRESS -> RE: Help for Migraine sufferers (8/4/2015 7:31:34 AM)
They gave Me Reglan once at the emergency room during a migraine. Ten minutes later I was up on My feet, urgently pacing the floor tethered by My IV, trying to remove it so I could WALK HOME...RIGHT NOW! Home being twenty miles away, it was 10PM, pitch black and the middle of winter with very snowy roads. I suddenly NEEDED TO GO..."Take this thing out of my arm, I need to leave!" It wasn't a fear reaction, rather an extreme "I've got stuff to do, places to be" type feeling. They then gave Me Benadryl to counteract it (it didn't really but it DID knock Me out for a bit). Reglan is now on My medical file DO NOT GIVE list. If it works for some that's awesome, but people should be aware of possible side affects. This one was pretty big. I have found avoiding certain foods (for Me tomatoes, red grapes, etc), and the chemicals/residue from cigarettes (specifically the CHEMICALS in cigarettes, due to excessive exposure as a child) really helps, as well as staying well hydrated. I can stay migraine-free for months, but when one does hit Me Excedrine Migraine (or the equivalent does of aspirin, acetaminaphine, caffeine it contains) zaps it within 20 minutes.

MAINEiacMISTRESS -> RE: Help for Migraine sufferers (8/4/2015 7:37:35 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: MercTech "Migraine" is a simple catch-all term that lets a physician quit looking for causes. I was diagnosed with migraines for two years even to the point of psychological counseling. Then one doctor finally said "we will do a CT scan to show there is nothing there" and they found the growth in my left maxillary sinus that was pushing on the optic nerve. I haven't had a "migraine" since the cyst was removed from my sinus cavity. Keep asking "why" until you actually get an answer. Several months ago a neurologist (with no exam) sat down and explained to Me I was having migraines in My TOE. I had numbness issues and this was his explanation.

ChatteParfaitt -> RE: Help for Migraine sufferers (8/4/2015 8:05:42 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: ydd I once heard a doctor say that all head pain should be called a "migraine", regardless of the root cause. Head pain is not a normal condition. A neurologist I was seeing for vertigo issues told me the same. He said he'd recently been to a conference (this was about 6 years ago) and it was confirmed that all headaches are migraines. It's just a matter of degree.

Wayward5oul -> RE: Help for Migraine sufferers (8/4/2015 8:32:50 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: MercTech "Migraine" is a simple catch-all term that lets a physician quit looking for causes. I was diagnosed with migraines for two years even to the point of psychological counseling. Then one doctor finally said "we will do a CT scan to show there is nothing there" and they found the growth in my left maxillary sinus that was pushing on the optic nerve. I haven't had a "migraine" since the cyst was removed from my sinus cavity. Keep asking "why" until you actually get an answer. My worst migraines include slurred speech and inability to say the words that I am trying to say, vision problems (seeing double or triple, and things look bendy, kinda psychedelic ), and memory loss. They ran all kinds of tests on me because my friends had taken me to the hospital and were convinced I was having a stroke, and would not give the staff any peace until every test under the sun was completed (there were two nurses in my group). But they found nothing. I still have one every once in a great while, but nothing like I used to.

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