Migraines are ruining my life.. help?!?

Question

To make it short, I'm 18, have had migraines since I was 14. They do not run in my family. I had a horrible migraine yesterday, threw up 6 times, dry heaved. So much throbbing pain, miserable. I'm so so tired of them, sick of them. I cannot afford presc. medications right now because I am supporting myself right now. I went to the ER one time and have to pay a $500 bill for that. They come ever 1 1/2 - 2 weeks. They are controlling my life. Affecting my work and college. I can't take them anymore, they worsen everyday. I feel so down and depressed and even thought about suicide. I want a normal life. I want to wake up every morning and not have to worry if I will have a migraine. Alot of people don't understand only if you're a sufferer as well. Please, does anyone have any advice or anything theyve tried that has helped? Please, email me or respond. Thank you so much - any help is greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

I used to get very severe ones when I was younger, I could be in bed for days with the pain. For a while I even had hemiplegic migraine where the entire left side of my body would go numb.

They get less severe with age but what helped me was taking extra iron in my diet in the form of supplements. I'm anaemic which is what was causing mine. Making sure you get a good night's sleep, avoiding caffeine and avoiding looking at direct light are all great ways to prevent them being triggered, but usually they're difficult to avoid.  

I also found tablets called Migraleve which were fantastic. My prescription meds were €8 a tablet but these were over the counter and really affordable. There's 2 tablets, you take a pink one at the first sign of migraine and after 4 hours if it's still bad take a yellow one. It's all on the box. They also have stuff in them to ease our stomach and get rid of the nausea.

I wrote a blog about them a while ago, I know a few people who suffer from them and when I was researching it I found some really interesting stuff. http://janeward.wordpress.com/2008/05/02...

I know they're a burden though so I really do hope this helps you.  

Answer 2

Migraines can be caused by the killer sugar table sugar or white sugar or refined sugar and sweet foods loaded with sugar include desserts, cakes, cookies, biscuits, chocolate and ice cream and many others.  See item 71 in http://www.rheumatic.org/sugar.htm .

Answer 3

I have been getting migraines since i was 10. they are terrible i know!!! I went to a neurologist and she gave me to medicines. one migrinal and the other one i forget the name sorry. but when you first know its comming try taking an advil liquidgel. it works until you can get home. what i usually do is sleep. ill sleep for like 7 hours and when i wake up i feel totally fine and i am EXTREMELY HUNGRY. lol. i threw up 8 times last time i totally know how you feel. i think the best thing to do is to go to a neuroligist. thats all  i got hope it helps. sorry i dont have to much info.. just personal experience.

Answer 4

Try Feverfew, its an herbal supplement...you take it everyday to prevent migraines, it works to support healthy blood flow or something...I would look into that.

The pills I get are only 5 bucks per pack (30 in a pack, take one per day, everyday) so like 5 bucks a month to prevent migraines!

Mygrafew is the kind I take, you can look up more on feverfew if you want, I think you can get them at the grocery store, or check vitamin store. But you will find tons online at good prices!

Answer 5

You have my sympathy, a migraine is no picnic.  I have found the herb feverfew will cut the intensity about 20% which is a huge help.  You can take like five capsules, because it is a mild herb and has no side effects.

In the long run I would recommend you see a holistic physician.  They go for the root cause of a problem.  The typical medical doctor will only treat the symptom.  You need to find the root cause and fix it.