Collarspace Discussion Forums


Home  Login  Search 

Help for Migraine sufferers


View related threads: (in this forum | in all forums)

Logged in as: Guest
 
All Forums >> [Casual Banter] >> Off the Grid >> Help for Migraine sufferers Page: [1]
Login
Message << Older Topic   Newer Topic >>
Help for Migraine sufferers - 7/31/2015 11:33:11 PM   
Kirata


Posts: 15477
Joined: 2/11/2006
From: USA
Status: offline
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.


< Message edited by Kirata -- 7/31/2015 11:39:56 PM >
Profile   Post #: 1
RE: Help for Migraine sufferers - 7/31/2015 11:50:59 PM   
daniel1973


Posts: 243
Joined: 6/16/2015
Status: offline
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.


(in reply to Kirata)
Profile   Post #: 2
RE: Help for Migraine sufferers - 7/31/2015 11:53:59 PM   
DaddySatyr


Posts: 9381
Joined: 8/29/2011
From: Pittston, Pennsyltucky
Status: offline
Ice cube; meet left palm.

Job done.



Michael

_____________________________

A Stone in My Shoe

Screen captures (and pissing on shadows) still RULE! Ya feel me?

"For that which I love, I will do horrible things"

(in reply to daniel1973)
Profile   Post #: 3
RE: Help for Migraine sufferers - 8/1/2015 12:19:24 AM   
daniel1973


Posts: 243
Joined: 6/16/2015
Status: offline 		Today has been a good day so far! Left palm would be very harsh though.

(in reply to DaddySatyr)
Profile   Post #: 4
RE: Help for Migraine sufferers - 8/1/2015 12:30:33 AM   
DaddySatyr


Posts: 9381
Joined: 8/29/2011
From: Pittston, Pennsyltucky
Status: offline
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

_____________________________

A Stone in My Shoe

Screen captures (and pissing on shadows) still RULE! Ya feel me?

"For that which I love, I will do horrible things"

(in reply to daniel1973)
Profile   Post #: 5
RE: Help for Migraine sufferers - 8/1/2015 1:03:04 AM   
daniel1973


Posts: 243
Joined: 6/16/2015
Status: offline
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.


(in reply to DaddySatyr)
Profile   Post #: 6
RE: Help for Migraine sufferers - 8/1/2015 4:57:07 AM   
Musicmystery


Posts: 30259
Joined: 3/14/2005
Status: offline
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.

(in reply to Kirata)
Profile   Post #: 7
RE: Help for Migraine sufferers - 8/1/2015 8:05:34 AM   
TheBanshee


Posts: 403
Joined: 7/19/2007
Status: offline 		Thanks, I get migraines fairly frequently - I'll definitely look into this!

(in reply to Musicmystery)
Profile   Post #: 8
RE: Help for Migraine sufferers - 8/1/2015 11:11:22 AM   
MariaB


Posts: 2969
Joined: 4/3/2007
Status: offline 		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)

_____________________________

My store is http://e-stimstore.com

(in reply to TheBanshee)
Profile   Post #: 9
RE: Help for Migraine sufferers - 8/1/2015 12:03:59 PM   
Wayward5oul


Posts: 3314
Joined: 11/9/2014
Status: offline 		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.

(in reply to MariaB)
Profile   Post #: 10
RE: Help for Migraine sufferers - 8/1/2015 1:25:18 PM   
daniel1973


Posts: 243
Joined: 6/16/2015
Status: offline 		Be glad. Kid stuff.

(in reply to Wayward5oul)
Profile   Post #: 11
RE: Help for Migraine sufferers - 8/1/2015 2:35:04 PM   
Wayward5oul


Posts: 3314
Joined: 11/9/2014
Status: offline
quote:

ORIGINAL: daniel1973

Be glad. Kid stuff.

I think its pretty clear that I am.

(in reply to daniel1973)
Profile   Post #: 12
RE: Help for Migraine sufferers - 8/2/2015 7:32:54 AM   
MercTech


Posts: 3706
Joined: 7/4/2006
Status: offline 		"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.

(in reply to Wayward5oul)
Profile   Post #: 13
RE: Help for Migraine sufferers - 8/3/2015 11:50:32 PM   
ydd


Posts: 129
Joined: 10/27/2014
From: a special place of wine and music
Status: offline 		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.

_____________________________

the poster formerly know as yourdarkdesire

(in reply to MercTech)
Profile   Post #: 14
RE: Help for Migraine sufferers - 8/4/2015 7:31:34 AM   
MAINEiacMISTRESS


Posts: 1180
Joined: 9/12/2012
Status: offline 		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.

(in reply to ydd)
Profile   Post #: 15
RE: Help for Migraine sufferers - 8/4/2015 7:37:35 AM   
MAINEiacMISTRESS


Posts: 1180
Joined: 9/12/2012
Status: offline
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.

(in reply to MercTech)
Profile   Post #: 16
RE: Help for Migraine sufferers - 8/4/2015 8:05:42 AM   
ChatteParfaitt


Posts: 6562
Joined: 3/22/2011
From: The t'aint of the Midwest -- Indiana
Status: offline
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.


_____________________________



(in reply to ydd)
Profile   Post #: 17
RE: Help for Migraine sufferers - 8/4/2015 8:32:50 AM   
Wayward5oul


Posts: 3314
Joined: 11/9/2014
Status: offline
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.


(in reply to MercTech)
Profile   Post #: 18
Page:   [1]
All Forums >> [Casual Banter] >> Off the Grid >> Help for Migraine sufferers Page: [1]
Jump to:





New Messages No New Messages
Hot Topic w/ New Messages Hot Topic w/o New Messages
Locked w/ New Messages Locked w/o New Messages
 Post New Thread
 Reply to Message
 Post New Poll
 Submit Vote
 Delete My Own Post
 Delete My Own Thread
 Rate Posts




Collarchat.com © 2025
Terms of Service Privacy Policy Spam Policy

0.094