This is my story on how I suffered with the excruciating pain and pressure of migraine headaches for over 40 years.
I am 62 now and I think my migraine relief is here.
At lease I hope so! I have not had a migraine for over a year.
To this day I can remember my first severe headache like it was yesterday.
The head pain and pressure was like experiencing a knife going into my right temple and cutting across my forehead to my left temple.
I felt like I had to hold onto my head for fear I would lose it.
The excruciating pain was so unbearable I just wanted to scream.
But just could not for fear I would just pass out.
The pain was so bad.
You could of had miner headaches as a teenager and not be prepared for what you will be experiencing later on in life.
Birth Control Pills Now the hormone change in your body can lead to migraines, but in 1966 there was not enough research done for migraine headaches.
In fact you did not hear about migraines.
Or how to relieve the headaches.
You suffered with them and took the medication you could buy at the store.
We did not have the medicines we have today.
Anxiety and pressure We all have worries and uneasiness in our lives and the pressure of every day life can be over willing and lead to migraines.
I was told that the anxiety and pressure of being a new mother was the cause of my headache and not to worry for it will go away.
(Ha!) Not for a migraine sufferer.
Migraine headaches are very painful and most of them are on the right side of the head.
Once in a while they can be in the front of the head, or in the back of the head.
And can feel like a sinus pressure headache.
Nausea and Vomiting Most migraine suffers have nausea and vomiting or just an upset stomach and can not take any medicines to help with the pain.
If you have symptoms of nausea and are vomiting the main thing is not to get dehydrated! Dehydration will make your headaches worse.
How Is Vomiting Treated? Treatment for vomiting includes (regardless of age or cause): * Drinking gradually larger amounts of clear liquids.
* Avoiding solid food until the vomiting episode has passed.
* Temporarily discontinuing all oral medications (which can irritate the stomach and make vomiting worse).
If you have a child that has vomiting with there migraine headache you must make sure they get enough clear liquids and do not wait until they tell you they are thirsty.
Dehydration with children will cause the headache to get worse.
Post Nasal Drip Is what my doctor told me that I had.
I coped with migraines for years My remedies were * Aspirin * Excedrin * Tylenol ( any other over the counter medicine I could buy.
) * Advil, Cold and Sinus With Excedrin the pain was almost gone but the pressure was still there as in all medicines over the counter, plus I had an upset stomach.
I started to take Advil Cold and Sinus Plus Aspirin.
That seamed to help and I had to take them 3 times a day.
I started to plug up my noise on the side that hurt and that seamed to help.
But the pressure was still there.
I had another doctor give me a nasal spray and it gave me a bloody nose.
Still had bad migraine headaches.
Sensitivity To Light and Sound The best thing you can do is close the bedroom door and curtains to make the room as dark a possible.
Turn off all sounds and try to fall asleep.
When you wake up you might still have a migraine or the effects of the medicine you took before going to bed.
Plus the pressure of your migraine (could be light pressure) or your migraine headache coming back.
Light sensitivity to your eyes can hurt and it is hard to see.
When you have light sensitivity you should not drive even with sunglasses.
Sounds can be as loud as a hangover.
closing your ears and eyes will help for a few seconds.