Comments on: Migraine news

By: Ian Random

Ian Random — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 17:42:05 +0000

My wife suffered from headaches since childhood. I was diagnosed with a weird wheat allergy a few years back. When she started to avoid it too, her incidents were greatly diminished.

By: colagirl

colagirl — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 17:31:41 +0000

Google “migraine art” for a fascinating perspective on our shared affliction. My stomach actually starts to churn when I see artistic renditions of the auras and whirling dervishes. Here is one slideshow of migraine art I've found. I've never had a migraine myself, but just *looking* at some of those images gives me eye strain.

By: Surellin

Surellin — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 14:32:05 +0000

The French language is not my strong suit, but rather than a “migraineur”, would you not be a “migraineuse”?

By: Nancy

Nancy — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 20:15:37 +0000

My migraines started later, in my early thirties, and are mostly due to hormone fluctuation. They come every month, like clockwork, and last for days unless I take some Imitrex.

In a way,I look forward to my menopause, hoping the migraines will disappear. Fingers crossed.

By: Nolanimrod

Nolanimrod — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 19:38:52 +0000

Dear Neo,

I have recently become a Linux fanatic. I love it, but I am constantly in search of a “workaround” to do things that are easy with Windows.

Perhaps there is a “workaround” for chocolate.

By: Nolanimrod

Nolanimrod — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 19:31:57 +0000

When you got those lights and other groovy visual distortions did your pupils get really large and did you have a permanent grin pasted on your face?

By: reader

reader — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 18:28:49 +0000

If you get headaches that have been resistant to treatment, explore the possibility of gluten allergy. Gluten (a grain protein, usually associated with wheat) is in just about everything these days. There are many causes of headaches, and one person can get them from multiple causes, but I strongly believe one under-reported cause is gluten sensitivity.

As an experiment, try going on a gluten-free diet for a week or so. If you start getting massive headaches within a couple of days of going *off* gluten, that means you are highly sensitive to it, were heavily dependent on it, and are undergoing serious withdrawal.

By: Dan D

Dan D — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 13:25:30 +0000

My migraines started when I began showing signs of sleep deprivation problems prompted by sleep apnea. After surgery intended to open air passages, I stopped snoring and had higher energy levels and the migraines disappeared.

Unfortunately, medical science now discourages the UPPP surgery because many patients later relapse with sleep apnea. That happened to me, and migraines are back with a vengeance. My sleep patterns are worse than ever, lots of fatigue, and CPAP therapy doesn’t seem to help.

Doctors encourage apnea patients to lose excess weight, but I am already thin and fit, so the next steps are not clear. Migraine medication is the last resort, it seems more fruitful to fix the sleep issues in the first place.

Nobody else in my family had a history of migraines, so we get no clues that way.

By: Harry the Extremist

Harry the Extremist — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 11:42:49 +0000

Odd that it effects people so differently.

Mine never came to auras or nausea but they were so painful I’d be out of action for almost an hour.

My migrane period started and ended without notice. I started getting them in my late 20’s and hadnt had them after my late 30’s. I dont know what triggered them, why they went away, or whether or not it will come back. When I did have them they’d appear more often than not in the evenings, but not with predictable regularity. It got so that I kept a bottle of asprin with me at all times.

The pain would start over my left eye and intensify in a vertical line above it that felt like my head was going to split open at that point. If I took a couple of asprin as soon as I felt a little pressure coming on, the migraine would be aborted. If I didnt get asprin untill the pain was full on, no amount of asprin would relieve it.

Odd that it just up’d and dissapeared like that.

By: Wilson

Wilson — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 10:10:55 +0000

Google “migraine art” for a fascinating perspective on our shared affliction. My stomach actually starts to churn when I see artistic renditions of the auras and whirling dervishes.