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| Rebekka Mae |
Posted - Jan 05 2006 : 4:13:30 PM
I am hoping someone out there will be able to recommend a natural migraine tip. Mine are totally hormonal and since I have been nursing for two years I did not have periods or migraines- I am having my first period now and MAMA'S IT IS THE WORST!!! I have had two debilitating migraines in four days- throwing up, visual problems, the works. I used to get these two or three a week for about 7 years and they stopped just before I concieved my daughter- now they are back and I am so sad. I used to take imitrex but in studies it builds up on lab animals eyes- plus we are trying to concieve again and I don't want the drugs in my body. So, i any of you have tips please let me know- there must be a way to calm these down a bit without nasty drugs.
Loving Thanks, Rebekka
(I have tried dietary changes, osteopathy, homeopathy, massage, essential oils, hydration, neurologist visits, etc.) |
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| laluna |
Posted - Feb 05 2007 : 06:22:19 AM
Thanks ladies! I recovered well enough by Saturday evening, which is a good thing considering I was on snow-blower duty yesterday while hubby was working all day! ;-)
Re: the chocolate, it reminds me of a little story - about 10 years ago when I was getting migraines with rather regular frequency, my doc sent me to a neurologist. He was this, erm, older gentleman who barely even took a history and then proclaimed to me that "you know, when most *women* stop eating chocolate, the migraines go away"! When I recounted this story to my (female) gynecologist years later, she said to me "oh, I know who you're talking about - he's an ass! And he's dead now too!" Not very kind, but it's good to see that most doctors these days are taking these conditions more seriously :-) |
| ddmashayekhi |
Posted - Feb 04 2007 : 7:49:37 PM
I worked with a women years ago who's son suffered from migraines. She did a lot of research at the library (pre internet) and said that sipping a strong cup of black coffee helped release the constricted blood vessels in your head. Chocolate was also another good source of caffeine. Both have worked for me whenever I get a migraine, which fortunately isn't too often. Good luck and take care.
Dawn in IL |
| Aunt Jenny |
Posted - Feb 03 2007 : 12:09:33 PM
Oh Laluna...here is a hug from Utah...I hope you are much better soon...and husband too...yikes! That happened to my oldest son once and he was in so much pain!
My headaches are usually stress related too. I hope you get the rest you need and that you get some releif soon!
Jenny in Utah
Inside me there is a skinny woman crying to get out...but I can usually shut her up with cookies
http://www.auntjennysworld.blogspot.com/ visit my little online shop at www.auntjenny.etsy.com |
| laluna |
Posted - Feb 03 2007 : 12:05:35 PM
*sniff* I'm just posting here to whine a bit, as I lay here in bed recouping from an awful migraine that started with an aura at about 8:00 this morning followed by severe pain and vomiting for several hours (sorry to share that) followed by a bit of sleep. I still have the residual headache behind my eyes now...blech. I'm somewhat frustrated because at the first sign of aura, I took Relpax (Rx med from my doc), followed by my Migrelief supplement, and then a dose of Phosphorus (my homeopathic remedy). I was really hoping *something* would have stuck, but sadly, I threw up and so much for that - I had to "wait it out" in bed with an ice pack on my head. Oh, and the sun is shining incredibly brightly today. And it's snowing. Heh. I think I'll have to go back and read through some of the other relief suggestions posted above again to see what else I can have on hand for next time. (Oh, one more thing - I'm pretty sure it was stress-related as mine usually are, since I was in the ER with hubby the other day followed by a visit to an eye specialist as he had a little metal grinding accident and ended up with a piece lodged in his eye! He's healing up now, thank goodness.) |
| Aunt Jenny |
Posted - Sep 19 2006 : 12:12:10 PM
I wish we had choke cherries here..I remember having choke cherry jelly as a kid when we lived in Idaho for a couple years!
I am much much better...only lasting affect from the bad cold seems to be that I am tired all the time. I hate that!! Don't have time for it!!
I did finally end up canning 130 jars of peaches total. Jeesh! I have a box of pears in the kitchen to can that I can't stand to even look at. I will do them up tonight I guess. I am in the mood to sort of wish they would just dissapear!! I have been pushing them on the kids..putting them in their lunches, feeding them as after school snacks and any way to get rid of them..but there are still alot there. I will be doing salsa here soon too. I have a box of peppers and two boxes of almost ripe tomatoes in the laundry room. I had to pick them all quick since we have had big bad frost the last three nights.
I think Mary Lou is such a cute name. Sounds really happy!!
Jenny in Utah
Inside me there is a skinny woman crying to get out...but I can usually shut her up with cookies
http://www.auntjennysworld.blogspot.com/ visit my little online shop at www.auntjenny.etsy.com |
| lavenderfarm |
Posted - Sep 19 2006 : 11:39:18 AM
Hi Aunt Jenny ! What a busy girl. I read your blog. I hope you are over your cold. Wow, what a load of peaches 71 jars!
My extreme canning consisted 41 quarts of pears. I love watching the home canned produce pile up. Pears, peaches, jams, pear butter, jellies, (including mint jelly), pickles, beans, salsa. Today I am going to forage for choke cherries to make jelly.
Happy canning! Sincerely, Mary Lou |
| GaiasRose |
Posted - Sep 19 2006 : 11:17:08 AM
hemp tinctures are good for headaches.....if you can come across it commercially.
~*~Brightest Blessings~*~
Tasha-Rose |
| Aunt Jenny |
Posted - Sep 19 2006 : 10:42:00 AM
They sounds wonderful Mary Lou!!!! I will have to check out that article..I am still slowly reading the last issue as I have time...I guess I missed that part!! I love to support our farmgirls when I can. What a wonderful smell your home must have!!
Jenny in Utah
Inside me there is a skinny woman crying to get out...but I can usually shut her up with cookies
http://www.auntjennysworld.blogspot.com/ visit my little online shop at www.auntjenny.etsy.com |
| lavenderfarm |
Posted - Sep 19 2006 : 10:26:12 AM
Good morning everyone. I am responding to finding an alternative relief for migraines. I have been making aromatherapy pillows for several years now and you can see my small article in the September issue of MaryJanesFarm magazine (page 128). I have received feedback from many migraine sufferers, telling me that they have found relief from the pillows sometimes when heated in the microwave or used cold by placing in the freezer . You might give it a try. I suffer from migraines myself (only since menopause), and use the pillows. If I use the pillow when I first start getting the migraine it helps me relax and most of the time will rid me of the migraine. Omiting sodium from my diet also helps.
You can use the pillow in other ways. Sore achy muscles, strains, warm it and place on your lap or behind your back on your way to work on a cold winter morning. Many warm it in the microwave and take it to bed on cold wintery nights. It will stay warm for hours under the covers. It is filled with buckwheat and my home grown lavender buds. MaryJanes farm girls also use them and have found their own creative uses.
Sincerely, Mary Lou Mathyer (From a farmgirl in Washington who loves to garden, knit, sew, can produce, grow chickens, and play with my grandchildren.) |
| mommom |
Posted - Sep 14 2006 : 08:08:22 AM
I have the remains of a headache right now and I too use Head-On. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. Lavender makes me nauseous. If I can take medicine before it gets too bad I'm okay. The doctor says mine is from menopause. I went thru menopause completely at 49 years of age and up to that point never had a headache...let alone a migraine. I get maybe one a week. But, I am the first one to know when I've done too much. And with FM and migraines, it doesn't really take a lot. But, I keep on keepin on! If someone comes up with something new , please let me know! and thanks. Susan |
| Libbie |
Posted - Sep 13 2006 : 10:59:38 PM
I've been slowed down for the past night and day with my first migraine since having a babe, and wow - it was a doozy. I didn't take anything for it because I'm nursing. Does anyone have any nursing-safe migraine hints or helps?
XOXO, Libbie
"Nothing is worth more than this day." - Goethe |
| LJRphoto |
Posted - May 04 2006 : 5:40:52 PM
Thanks Allison. I think that I will make her an appointment with the chiropractor for a workup and ask her to keep a journal for the auras and headaches.
"I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority." -E. B. White
http://www.betweenthecities.com/blog/ljr/
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| rabbithorns |
Posted - May 04 2006 : 3:39:11 PM
The sparkley things are called auras and she will need to know that makes her a stroke risk if she ever takes birth control pills.
I tried lysine to counteract the high arginine in foods that can trigger herpes-related syndromes. I don't remember whether or not that worked. But when it comes to feverfew - I don't know if the reason it stimulates the nerves to react is due to aginine. Lysine is only beneficial when the diet is also somewhat altered to reduce high arginine foods such as cheeses, chocolate, and nuts.
Personally, I take 2 extra strength tylenol or excedrin migraine (actually the generics) as soon as the aura begins. Then at least I don't have much or any pain after the aura goes away. It's not natural, but it's about the only thing that works for me.
She can also try chiropractics. I've caught migraines at the aura stage at the chiropractor and as soon as I was adjusted the aura went away and the migraine never came. But it was rare to be there at the same time as beginning a migraine. |
| LJRphoto |
Posted - May 02 2006 : 10:42:09 PM
Allison, do you suppose one could counteract the problems feverfew causes for shingles/cold sores/herpes with something like lysine or another natural remedy for fighting outbreaks? My daughter (13) had shingles last year and just recently started getting migraines which I'm assuming is related to her hormones. She gets the "sparkley" vision in her left eye and then a few minutes later the headache hits. I'm assuming that's a migraine based on what others have told me they are like.
"I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority." -E. B. White
http://www.betweenthecities.com/blog/ljr/
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| _Rebecca_ |
Posted - Apr 24 2006 : 1:15:47 PM
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For the allergy sufferers: Do you go to bed with a stuffy nose?? These days I'm afraid I'll wake up with a headache, so as soon a one nostril feels plugged I turn over. This isn't very restful, but the inhaled stuff like Nasonex and Rhinocort have made my nose perpetually raw.....this after using it as directed for a year.
I use Flonase, I think it's a type of steroid. I don't get raw and I use it every night as I will breathe through my mouth at night if I don't and I hate waking up in the morning feeling groggy & gross because of that.
.·:*¨¨* :·.Rebecca.·:*¨¨* :·.
Wife of Jonathan, Mother of Joel, Caitlyn, Elia |
| rabbithorns |
Posted - Apr 24 2006 : 1:00:34 PM
Feverfew (tincture) works great, but it stimulates herpes outbreaks so if you have shingles or herpes, it may not be worth the pain elsewhere... |
| Annab |
Posted - Apr 21 2006 : 11:48:19 AM
Bboopster,
After you used this newest holistic remedy how soon after did you get relief.
My biggest problem is getting all wound up and frustrated when the naturals don't work immediately. The pain gets worse as the frustration level rises. Sometimes even the RX doesn't and that's when I know it's more sinus rather than migraine.
I'v had to learn the hard way to quit the "tough guy" routine and DO something as soon as the littlelest twinge comes on.
For the allergy sufferers: Do you go to bed with a stuffy nose?? These days I'm afraid I'll wake up with a headache, so as soon a one nostril feels plugged I turn over. This isn't very restful, but the inhaled stuff like Nasonex and Rhinocort have made my nose perpetually raw.....this after using it as directed for a year. |
| bboopster |
Posted - Apr 16 2006 : 08:52:49 AM
Hello,
I too suffered from migraines and did the imitrex and other Rx drugs. My Chiro turned me onto a holistic drug and it's call ASAP Enzymatic migrain relif. It's taken similar to Imitrex 2 tablets at on set then up to three more. I have only found it at one local heath food market and haven't been able to find it on the internet. I will call them Monday and get the makers name. If you can't find it by you send me your address by e-mail and I will pick some up and get it to you to try. I loved it and it was all natural. 
Pray for our troops to come home safe and soon.
Enjoying the road to the simple life :>) |
| Paradise Creek Farmgirl |
Posted - Apr 13 2006 : 7:43:11 PM
I get the hormonal migraines as well. I never had them until I got pregnant with my first child. I had migraines the first trimester and then they went away, They came back in the first trimester of my second child, and again with my third. My third is now 7 months old and I just started my period for the first time, three days after my period ended what do you know....migraine. This just ended after lasting 8 days straight!!! I learned a lot after this one. Peppermint oil mixed with olive oil or vitamin E oil and rub it on your temples. works well for deadening the pain..but it won't take it away. Also, sniff the peppermint oil and will help with nausia. Chammomile tea whith the peppermint oil treatment is very soothing, with a cool cloth on your head. But the only way that you can truly get these migraines to go away is to do these things and lay down in a dark quiet room and sleep. A good solid sleep will usually take it away. Luckily I have a very understanding husband who takes care of the children while I am going through these. Now that I know it is completely hormonal I plan ahead. If I am on my period I stay away from loud noisy areas, bright light and certain trigger foods...especially caffeine. When the migraines get that bad coffee or any caffeine will not take it away but compound the migraine and it will get worse. Best thing I can tell you is to plan for them and try to put yourself in a calm and relaxing atmosphere...massages work great to. Hope this helps..Shellie |
| Amie C. |
Posted - Apr 12 2006 : 1:26:45 PM
I get the hormonal kind of migraine, too. I'm lucky to only get a mild version, lasting about 8 hours on one day only. Usually it goes from about 4-midnight on the day before my period starts. Occasionally, if I don't get it before my period, I get it the day after. I was told that estrogen contracts the blood vessels, so they start to expand when the estrogen level drops and then contract again afterwards. The change causes the headache and other effects. Caffeine also contracts the blood vessels, so that's why coffee and tea help for some people.
I can ward off the headache with caffeine and Tylenol if I catch it early. It doesn't work if I take any other type of pain medication, and it doesn't work if I only take the medication or only drink the caffeine. It has to be both.
I tried white willow bark, but it didn't work for this, although it did work for other kinds of headache (just like aspirin). I'll give the feverfew a try - I've got lots of it my yard.
I think all these treatments work for some people, but none of them work for everybody. Hope one of these tips will do it for you, because this migraine is the pits! As if getting your period wasn't bad enough!
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| _Rebecca_ |
Posted - Apr 12 2006 : 1:14:49 PM
Rebekka,
Feverfew was already mentioned--my mother has used feverfew for years and swears by it. She gets it at the health food store in caplet form.
I know that you said that they are hormonal, but have you been to an allergy clinic? Living in Oklahoma we know all about allergies here. When people start going to the allergy clinic and get the weekly shots, they get rid of their migraines. I get them if I am around perfume, or strong odors. Do you wear perfume? Try not wearing it at all. My sinus/allergy problems directly relate to my hormones. I think hormones bring them on.
Other possibilities--vision problems, internal female issues (my sister gets migraines due to her fibroid tumor in her uterus), TMJ (jaw problem--this causes my sil's migraines as well as her allergies-both she, my fil & my husband have allergy migraines. She has been treating her allergies at the clinic and has gotten some relief. But, her terrible TMJ has to be remedied by a mouth guard worn at night and she might need surgery).
When I weaned my first child I got a titanic of a period too, cramps that hurt so bad!
I have had the throwing up/cramping period only a few times when I was a teenager--I am sorry that you are suffering. And once I was at a waterpark the day before I was supposed to start and I almost passed out from a painful sudden headache! It was awful!. It didn't last very long, thank heavens!
.·:*¨¨* :·.Rebecca.·:*¨¨* :·.
Wife of Jonathan, Mother of Joel, Caitlyn, Elia |
| sonflowergurl |
Posted - Apr 12 2006 : 12:48:57 PM
I used to work with a teacher who would get migraines quite often. One thing she did to relieve the headache was to have someone firmly massage the base of her thumb on the palm of her hand. There's a pressure point there, and when you hit it while rubbing it rather hard, it will HURT!!! But it really does relieve the headache!!! I don't know why I forgot all about this, but I've been having migraines off and on and keep forgetting to do it. It really does work. You can do it to yourself, but it better to have someone else do it so you can relax while it's being done. Believe me, it does hurt where the "spot" is, but try it!
Katee
The end will justify the pain it took to get us here.
"Looking Toward the Son"---- http://sonflowergirl731.blogspot.com
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| Annab |
Posted - Apr 12 2006 : 11:39:05 AM
Just recently in the Raleigh News and Observer (Satruday, April 8, 2006) a study is being conducted that links some migraine sufferers to a small hole in the heart that is supposed to close sometime I think proir to birth....so it's congenital.
For you sufferers who get the aura, you might want to pursue this if it's of interest. The hole is of no other consequence I don't think....
I have finally gotten a grip on mine. Nine times out of 10 they stem from overexertion/exercise and tweaking of my neck and shoulder mucsles. I fell 7 years ago and landed on my face/neck. The pain frm this was enough to prompt a trip to the chiropractor a day later. Two years ago I stopped going here and started up with massage therapy. That's the best!
So this, coupled with popping a light muscle rlaxant after strenuous workouts really has helped! The other percentages come from a drop in barometric pressure. Those kill the worst, and I WILL pop something prescribed then. I sleep with lavender smellys around my head ,and somteimes dab an herbal salve with lavender under my nose before going to bed. |
| Clare |
Posted - Apr 04 2006 : 8:59:24 PM
I came across this article today about Mastering Migraines --Ten Holistic Remedies, and thought some of you may appreciate the advice that is offered. Some are new to me, easy to try and worth having a look at.
http://wholelifetimes.com/2006/04/wh_migraines0604.html
Humor is the prelude to faith and Laughter is the beginning of prayer. -- Reinhold Niebuhr
http://farmstyle.blogspot.com
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| laluna |
Posted - Feb 18 2006 : 1:03:40 PM
I use a supplement called "Migrelief" that I found at my local healath food store...it's a "combo" supplement with feverfew, B vitamins, and something else I can't quite recall at the moment. I take one every morning along with my other supplement. I'm also working with a homeopath (who is just wonderful) and a chiropractor. Unfortunately, I get the classic aura migraine, followed by hours of unbelievable pain and nausea/vomiting. Lovely. And I've found that my real trigger is stress, so I really try to keep things in perspective and exercise (yoga), and keep calm as much as is humanly possible. I find that Bach's Rescue Remedy works well to that end. Good luck! |
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