[blackdragon]

Has anyone had a headache formed when u just watching a movie or sitting around... I wish i never get a headache.. im feeling very sick to my stomach so it might be a migrane... why do i get these bad headaches.... no one beleives that i get them but i do.. and i am forced to live with them....

[eskielover]

I have suffered with migraines for the past 9 years. I never had even a headache before I started taking anti-depressants. But they started when I took my first anti-depressant & only got worse as my psychiatrist tried all the other possible ones that might work for the depression. They got so bad that I went to a neurologist who hospitalized me for treatment which didn't work. I tried all the migraine meds with no help. Then they tried the beta blockers. Nothing worked. Then they decided that I had a neck problem that required neck fusion & that WOULD CURE THE MIGRAINES. I only ended up allergic to Morphine & the pain continued. I went my first pain specialist who ended up treating them with a low dose of narchotics which also didn't help. This went on for years until all I could do was lay in bed in my dark room, no sound, no light, no smells. Only a close bathroom fot those lousy times when I had enough food in my stomach to feel sick. I lived between ER visits when I would get a faint glimmer of releif from the Demerol shot which needed to be at a higher dose than the ER wanted to give.

I even stopped taking all anti-depressants, & removed all caffine & triggers from my diet in hopes that the pain would go away, but no such luck.

I now have a new pain specialist who's only concern is to improve my "quality of life". He is willing to give me the amount of meds that actually work & keep the migrain pain away. I must admit that at times, I can feel some symptoms, but never the pain. It doesn't take pain away from other places & I can tell when I am hurting with other problems, but NO MIGRAINE PAIN. I have been this way for 1 1/2 years without becomming tolerant to the med, so I feel somewhat successful.

I have never become addicted to the meds, wanting them for the feel, I just get the feel of no pain.

I hope you can find the same releif in the future because migraines can be as disabeling as any other problem. Because people can't see them, they don't believe...I do understand what you are going through & it is real.
Debbie K

[jetblackaura]

i don't get migranes often, but i get headache's ALL the time...and it really is crap. I got Migraleve from the doctor even though at that point i'd never had a migrane in my life.

I think it could be due to the depression...but i don't know that for sure...i just know that the doc's asked me if i was feeling down whilst i got headaches. Yeah sorry, that wasnt really much help!

[misty]

What was the movie about? Just curiouse since you mentioned the movie. Wondering if maybe it was something that might have tapped into something. Just a thaught.

[SweetCrusader]

skylr,

you might be interested to know that blackdragon is a teenager, too

blackdragon,
i've never had migraines and i get headaches very rarely. i can't relate, but i can only imagine if this was a regular problem for me how i would feel. i HATE headaches!!

Angela

[shakes]

Blackdragon,
I get migraines all the time and your symptoms sound a lot like mine. Everyday I see one of those check lists for migraine medicine they tend to look like this:
Sensitivity to light
Nausea
Pain more to one side of the face
dizziness

There are so more symptoms, but that is all I can remember right now. Have you seen a doctor about them? There are over the counter meds that can help. Excedrin makes a good migraine medicine that is the only one that works for me.

I hope the best for ya and keep us up to date on how you are,
Jessica

[LadyDragus]

Migranines can be a tricky thing to keep track of when they come on sudeen like that. I have lived with them for over 11 years, and been on countless medicane.

I will tell you this, Go to a doctor who speciales in them and do not take just one opion(sp) on it either. Get two of them and make sure it is just a migraine, not hormonal, since you are a teenager (not sure if you are male or female) Because differnt bodies react differntly to medicane..
I hate to say this but excedrine is one of the worst migrane meds to take because of the CAFFINE in it.. it can make your headace come back "tenfold" after it wears off..

Triggers of migraines are
1. Wheat
2. Chedder/ or aged cheeses
3. Caffine in any kind of drink
4. alcholo (spelling sorry) of any sort
5. chocalte any kind of this flavor can cause a migrane
6. not eating 3 well balnced meals a day

ther are other triggers to cause them, but these are the main ones that cause mine...

I am not a doctor, but I am on many differnt forms of treatment, and very few have worked for me over the past 11 years.

Pm me if you have any other questions ok..

[shakes]

I think that it depends on the person. My doctor has told me that caffeine would actually help make the migraine go away. Caffeine opens the blood vessels in the head to allow for more blood flow, which helps the headache go away. However, warm tea can do the same thing.
Of course this cannot be said for everyone, but I was simply offering advice as to what has worked for me and people that I know. Excedrin has been the only medicine to work for me since I have been getting them at 13.
If you find that one method does not work for you there are others available. I hope that something does help to ease your head.

Jessica

[SweetCrusader]

Caffeine is always supposed to help with migraines and headaches, actually. In fact, caffeine is found in a lot of headache/migraine medication. It increases the effects of pain meds, also, so if you are taking over the counter pain meds, take them with a coke.

If a person has ADD, that might be different because caffeine works as a depressent instead of a stimulant for people with ADD. I'm not sure, then, how caffeine works in terms of pain management when you have ADD.

Another thing to consider is that (I THINK, not sure on this one) that sugar affects migraines, so if you are being affected negatively by caffeinated drinks, it's probably the sugar rather than the caffeine.

You can get caffeine from other sources w/o sugar. Excedrin and Excedrin migraine both have caffeine in them, for instance.

[LadyDragus]

well some people it does work for..

You are correct, but I am just giving my list of what tirggers my migranes..

I hope I did not offend anyone

[SweetCrusader]

No, no offense! I think we're all just trying to help out by sharing our knowledge! It's ok

[shakes]

Angela,
I think you are right about the sugar part...do not know for sure though. I have def heard that some people get triggered by caffeine though...I never knew why, but I figure that some people just do not handle caffeine very well. I know that drinking too much can lead to headaches. Maybe some people just have a lower tolerance then others.

Jessica

[LadyDragus]

ok...

I wonder if they had the lights on while watching Tv, or off.. sometimes if I have too many lights on while I watch tv it can hurt my head, but then I also have glasse,,
Does BlackDragon where glasses???????/????????

[shakes]

Lady Dragus,
I just realized that I never responded to your post. Of course I was not offended. I was just annoyed that I thought my doctor lied to me. *L*
Lights trigger you too? That sounds awful...

Jessica