Migraines

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Hi all

 

As I couldn't get into chat and stay there, I wanted to slightly address

the issue of Migraines. One of the reasons that it's so hard to Kill a

migraine, why there is no one " cure " is because there are at least FOUR

different types of Migraines.

 

A few years ago, I read an article in Time magazine on this subject (for

some strange reason, it interested me ;-) ) and while I don't remember all

the names I remember the name of mine... it's the type that is most common

for men and can be themost debilitating, it's called a cluster Migraine.

 

These are usually focused on one point in the head and it's usually behind

an eye. Briefly from my own experience, it feels like someone has slipped a

sharp pencil behind my eye and is trying to push my eyeball out with the

SHARP end.

 

Migraines, as you know can last for days on end. I'm very lucky, it's

seldom that I've had one last for more than one day and almost never that

it lasts more than two. I'm also fortunate that it rarely gets to the

vomiting stage or that I can't function at all. It happens, but thank

goodness not often.

 

Different medications affect different migraines differently. Notice that

word " different " . And each person experiences their migraine in different

ways. Most affect smell and vision. But " fixing " them is a whole world of

experimentation. Medication is a start, but what helps one type of

migraine, won't touch another. And of course (never start a sentence with

and, very poor form! LOL!) then you start to bring in peoples own likes and

dislikes.

 

As a lot of you know, I don't like Lavender. Can't stand the stuff. I do

use it on my kids all the time, but if I have a headache, keep the stinky

nauseating stuff away from me. Caffine helps for some people, for most

others it makes things worse. Cheese and Chocolate are also Migraine

triggers for some people, or will at least make an onset migraine WORSE.

Again for some people, neither affect me much (or so it seems) one way or

tother.

 

Migraines can be hormonal as well, some are event triggered. I had one

triggered the other day by coughing violently over a tiny piece of turkey.

Burst a bunch of air pockets in me lungs as well, but fortunately they will

repair themselves. But the point is, Anything can trigger a migraine, so

you add that all together and is it any wonder there is no " cure all " for

the Migraine.

 

My best advice is to find out what type of Migraine you have and work from

there. And what works for you, Probably won't work for everyone.

 

This probably won't help anyone, but I thought I would lay it out a bit on

WHY it's so difficult to kill them.

 

Cheers!

Kathleen Petrides

The Woobey Queen

The Warming Touch, Therapeutic Pillows

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