OT - migraines Erin

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--- Erin <truepatriot wrote:

 

> Thanks. Yeah, they're sneaky. Just when you think

> it

> may be gone, if you exert yourself too much, it's

> right

> back.

 

Isn't that the truth.

>

> Jackie mentioned a couple meds she has tried.

 

I can't use the maxalt because it dissolves under your

tongue and tastes like MINT, my least favorite flavor

and you know how taste, noise, scent and all those

things are with a migraine.

 

 

> Unlike

> yourself and Jackie, I don't even have an emergency

> med for the situation. I refuse to take anything

> for

> my headaches, even aspirin. I just suffer through

> it.

> Feverfew is an herbal supplement, but it's only for

> long-term reduction of frequency and severity, not

> for

> helping once it hits.

 

Feverfew never helps reduce the frequency for me.

I can't tough it out, if it gets out of control I'm

gone for 3 days. Imitrex zaps it right out for me.

>

> Guru mentions yoga. I like yoga, though it has been

> quite a while since I've practiced. However,

> migraines

> are vascular not tension-related, so I don't see it

> helping much in that regard. (Perhaps the

> headstand,

> but I wouldn't want to do one once I had the

> migraine,

 

LOL You can't even bend forward when you have one. I

never get hit with a migraine when I have tension or

stress, it's usually the other way around, can be a

great relaxing day and boom!

> that's for sure, lol).

>

> Thanks all for your well-wishes.

 

Now I had better shut up, just talking about them

scares me, I don't want bad migraine karma to hit me.

 

Feel better!

 

Donna

>

 

 

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