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Anyone suffer from them ,i have for years had two yesterday one after the other . What's your medication when you feel one coming on .
 
I found a tablet that kills them dead, but it's not available in the uk from what I've seen. I get it OTC in Spain. It's call Hemicraneal. Don't know if a web pharmacy can get it for you.
 
I used to get them maybe a couple of times a year, but don't think I've had a full blown migraine for a couple of years now.

Best thing for me was as soon as I felt an attack starting, blurry peripheral vision & heavy headache, I'd take a couple of strong painkillers & shut my eyes for 20 mins.
I keep some painkillers in the car too, as I once pulled off the main Rd for 10mins shut-eye in the works van.

Usually worked for me, although not always & occasionally had to go to bed & take a bucket with me. :puke:
 
Used to suffer from them but not any more. The only thing that seemed to make a difference were some diclofenac that I had left over from another problem.
 
Other than trying to sleep with the curtains drawn, I can't remember what I take. Last bouts of migraine I had were quite a few years ago now, but my head felt like it was in a vice with someone tightening the vice every time I so much as moved and it was constant lasting over a week at a time, I had to go to the doctors.
Probably worth finding out what is triggering them. For my sister it was fried food or some dairy such as cheese, for me it was chocolate or bananas. Avoiding those or seriously restricting the amount eaten has stopped the migraines all together or made them very rare.
 
Occasional migraine sufferer here too, about twice a year on average and usually in the Spring as light levels start to increase. Like others said, I get that "pixelated" effect in the vision, like trying to view a low res 144 p video on youtube, and that lasts for about 15 minutes. As soon as I see that happen, I quickly pop a couple of paracetamols in order to "cap" the immanent head but thankfully I've never been known to get properly ill with it. However, sometimes I do get the numbness on the right cheek and around the right eye while the migraine is in progress.
 
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fabs said:
then someone runs in and repeatedly hits me round the head with a lump hammer!
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I keep telling you to behave but you never listen .... :p
 
I close the curtains turn off the lights pop a few Ibuprofen and something cold on my forehead and not move for 30mins.

I suffer from mouth ulcers too and I think they're both related to my sugar intake.
 
My partner suffered for a few years eventually ended up in A&E as they got to a point where she was unable to withstand the pain, soon after she was diagnosed with 'cluster headaches' a lot of tests and scans she now has it under control with sumatriptan which is self injected and a supply of oxygen for when attacks occur. Prior to her current medication they tried her on verapamil which isn't specifically for migraines but they tend to try it as a last resort before going to the self injection stage.
 
I have them very occasionally, but my wife gets them regularly (chocolate/cocoa and oranges are 2 triggers we know of) and she has oral Sumatriptan on prescription.
 
I used to have them once every other month or so - for me they usually started with my peripheral vision going blurry (a bit like looking through shimmering air over a fire), then came intense nausea and photosensitivity.

No medication touched them, the only cure for me was a 2 hour+ nap - anything less and it would come back within 10 minutes of waking up.

Not that I'd recommend it but my cure was smashing my leg! I had a few operations under a general, then had 7 or 8 migraines in the month after the final anaesthetic and not had one in the 14ish years since then.
 
OldCarlos said:
I used to get them maybe a couple of times a year, but don't think I've had a full blown migraine for a couple of years now.

Best thing for me was as soon as I felt an attack starting, blurry peripheral vision & heavy headache, I'd take a couple of strong painkillers & shut my eyes for 20 mins.
I keep some painkillers in the car too, as I once pulled off the main Rd for 10mins shut-eye in the works van.

Usually worked for me, although not always & occasionally had to go to bed & take a bucket with me. :puke:
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Pretty much same here - I have found Alka Seltzer can help stop me feeling sickly if I'm having a bad one
 
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My partner suffered for a few years eventually ended up in A&E as they got to a point where she was unable to withstand the pain, soon after she was diagnosed with 'cluster headaches' a lot of tests and scans she now has it under control with sumatriptan which is self injected and a supply of oxygen for when attacks occur. Prior to her current medication they tried her on verapamil which isn't specifically for migraines but they tend to try it as a last resort before going to the self injection stage.
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Same here I suffer terrible with them. And ended up in a&e on 3 occasions so far this year. I take sumatriptan as well. A anti sickness tablet and go bed. The tick is to take the sumatriptan as first sign. If my vision goes then to late for me they don't work and end up in a&e. Last one I was alocitnating and could not move and was running a temp. I knew it was a migraine but missis could paramedic. They said suspected mengiutis as I get SA
E symptoms. 2 days in a&e

I'm under the London hospital for mine and they advised best thing which I found works as well is go in a dark room and have a cold fan and window open and get as cold as possible and try sleep it off.
 
So far the triggers I have found are mint chocolate. Banana. Strong coffee
 
My partner suffered for a few years eventually ended up in A&E as they got to a point where she was unable to withstand the pain, soon after she was diagnosed with 'cluster headaches' a lot of tests and scans she now has it under control with sumatriptan which is self injected and a supply of oxygen for when attacks occur. Prior to her current medication they tried her on verapamil which isn't specifically for migraines but they tend to try it as a last resort before going to the self injection stage.
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My sympathies had these myself for a number of years and diagnosed as chronic

They are not Migraine, completely different in cause and effect although some drugs do work for both. Unable to lay down and being extremely agitated is a sure sign its Cluster as is drooping eye and pain on one side of face/jaw.
Unlike migraine not usually affected by sound or light, no nausea either just extreme pain

There are a number of drugs (Verapamil, Topiramate, Lithium to name a few) that can be tried as a preventative, none worked for me although did have slight relief with high doses of Gabapentin a drug used to treat Epilepsy. I saw a professor who specialises in cluster headaches and there are injections to the nerves in the back of the head available, she said they are having good results from them. If my situation worsens I will give them a try, only getting two or three a week lately so Sumatriptan is coping with them, find the tablets and injections good, nasal spray not so much.
Oxygen is handy, but lot of faffing about in the small hours so gave mine back, hoped giving up caffeine, alcohol and smoking would help, not much difference though.
Heat and strong smell are my main triggers, this latest craze of very strong clothes conditioner/softener is a killer. Deoderizer that people mainly men use in lieu of showering is also very pungent and sets my head off too
 
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My mum had them really badly, the full works, as does my eldest brother.
I'm very lucky....3-4 a year which are mainly visual (quite trippy actually), but for an hour or so afterwards, the headache that follows isn't pretty.
 
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Unable to lay down and being extremely agitated is a sure sign its Cluster.....
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SWMBO commented on an article she read recently, that associated sleep apnoea as a factor with some folk re cluster headaches.
 
My migraines have been worse the last 8 or so years since I ruptured my right bicep. Definitely can be brought on more due to tiredness and stress; apart from the neuropathic pains associated with my arm - I can get warning signals of shimmering jagged coloured lines around the perimeter of my vision area which if ignored can lead to the centre part of my vision going completely such that I cannot see the keyboard or the number plate of the car ahead - obviously I can't and don't drive like that and have to; as others do above just lie down and rest as most medications just do not touch it - if I cannot stop it progressing (sometimes I just cannot sleep it off) it then moves to extreme nausea feelings and photosensitivity and then the equivalent of a 3 day or longer hangover.................. :) Oh joy!
 
SWMBO commented on an article she read recently, that associated sleep apnoea as a factor with some folk re cluster headaches.
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Very feasible given the Hypothalamus that controls sleep amongst many other actions is linked to cluster headaches
 
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my old ma used to get them very bad, she used to struggle and being epileptic the meds were few and far between.. so I have mucho sympathy for you all..

I get headaches and dizzyness sometimes, my head pounds like mad, then I have a minute ratty outburst and then I am asleep, its bonkers..
 
Used to suffer with them as a kid/teenager. Mum nearly OD'd me on Disprin once as she just assumed I was having bad headaches :lol:

Once diagnosed I was prescribed Migraleve where you took a pink tablet and then a yellow tablet if symptoms hadn't improved over 30-60 mins (I think). It was very rare I'd get to the yellow tablet although a decent migraine would take me out for a day.

I believe that strong sunlight was the trigger for them, walking to school in spring/autumn meant that I was walking into the rising sun which was very low in the sky at those times of year and directly in my eyes. Most "attacks" would be when I'd been at school for a short time.

Even now if it's remotely bright I have to wear sunglasses and get a thumping headache if I'm faced with direct sunlight for any length of time.

Think I've probably had only 2-3 migraines in the last 20 or so years (thankfully) and anyone who suffers with them has my full sympathy.
 
Russ77 said:
Used to suffer with them as a kid/teenager. Mum nearly OD'd me on Disprin once ...........
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Disprin!!!
Blimey, that takes me back.
*Pops off to Google to see if Disprin is still around...*

Edit....And it is!!
Can't take it....Allergic to Aspirin, (also discovered via mother's rather enthusiastic dosage :lol: )
 
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Funnily enough this thread popped up as I was doing some research this morning. I had the worst migraine on Sunday (stemming from a sudden onset of some pretty violent d&v, not nice!) which lasted for three days (the migraine). However, the visual auras I get at the onset phase have given way to a big blind spot in the left hand side of my vision (both eyes) which hasn't dissipated yet which is causing me some concern. My GP has been useless and referred me to an eye clinic (I did tell him it started and was likely caused by the migraine) and I am waiting to hear from them but I know they will only refer me on. Just very concerned as my sight has always returned to normal very quickly, not lasted 4 days :/
 
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odd jim said:
Funnily enough this thread popped up as I was doing some research this morning. I had the worst migraine on Sunday (stemming from a sudden onset of some pretty violent d&v, not nice!) which lasted for three days (the migraine). However, the visual auras I get at the onset phase have given way to a big blind spot in the left hand side of my vision (both eyes) which hasn't dissipated yet which is causing me some concern. My GP has been useless and referred me to an eye clinic (I did tell him it started and was likely caused by the migraine) and I am waiting to hear from them but I know they will only refer me on. Just very concerned as my sight has always returned to normal very quickly, not lasted 4 days :/
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Gp's are useless with anything to do with your eyes just go straight to a opticians they'll see you straight away and should be free on nhs.
 
rjbell said:
Gp's are useless with anything to do with your eyes just go straight to a opticians they'll see you straight away and should be free on nhs.
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True, but I don't think physically it's my eyes, more neurological (blind spot in the same place in both eyes, where the aura was during my migraine) :(
 
Yes - but they will be able and willing to refer you for investigations .

I get a form of migraine which shows as onset of complete loss of vision over about 15 mins . This lasts for about 3 hours then I have normal vision back in one eye and the other one slowly returns to normal over about 3 weeks . We have checked this out carefully - both with ophthalmologists and neurologists and everything else is OK. The hemianopea is a blasted nuisance but it does sort itself out.
 
I take Imigran for cluster headaches, it's Sumatriptan 100mg in tablet form
My latest prescription was filled with a generic type and it doesn't work as well as the brand name product.

Definitely not me imagining it and will be asking the GP for the good stuff again, so watch out if you rely on this medication
 
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