Please give me advice about how to get relief from migraine without medication.
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There IS a natural treatment FAQ that I don’t remember the URL for, but I’m sure someone will post it for you. However, and I don’t mean to be negative, I know VERY few people who can handle Migraine DISEASE without medications. Unless you have heart disease, have had a stroke, or have risk factors for one of them, painkillers aren’t considered by most doctors to be the first line of treatment for Migraine attacks anyway. They can’t actually stop the Migraine, only mask the pain for a few hours while you hope the Migraine runs its course during that time. Please keep in mind that Migraines aren’t actually headaches; they’re episodic attacks of a neurological disease. The headache is only one symptom. Some people have Migraines without ever having a headache. Your best bet is either an exceptional neurologist who really knows Migraine or an actual Migraine specialist. Good luck, Teri Robert, Ph.D. Migraineur * Journalist/Patient Advocate www.helpforheadaches.com www.headaches.about.com * MAGNUM Support Advisor www.migraines.org
| Hello. | I’ve suffered from migraine since I was 15 years old. | My migraine symptoms have been terrible year after year. | However, I have difficulty experience allergic reactions to | painkillers, so usually I can’t take medicines for migraine. Thus, | once I suffer from migraine, I have to be absent from class for a few | days. I’ve been very nervous about migraine since I started to go to | college, because even though I was absent from class only one day, it | was hard for me to catch up on the class. | Could you please give me advice about treatment for migraine without | medication? | | Thank you.
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Hello. I’ve suffered from migraine since I was 15 years old. My migraine symptoms have been terrible year after year. However, I have difficulty experience allergic reactions to painkillers, so usually I can’t take medicines for migraine. Thus, once I suffer from migraine, I have to be absent from class for a few days. I’ve been very nervous about migraine since I started to go to college, because even though I was absent from class only one day, it was hard for me to catch up on the class. Could you please give me advice about treatment for migraine without medication? Thank you.
Migraines are not just bad headaches, although most times very bad headaches are one of the symptoms. The first thing to do is to make an appointment with either a headache specialist or a nuerologist to make sure what you have really are migraines. There are a few very serious things that can have similar symtoms to migraines that must be ruled out first. They are rare, but are serious enough not to take the chance with. There is a long list of preventative medications that can be very helpfull if what you have actually is migrane and they are frequent enough to indicate them. There are also a wide assortment of abortive medications that can be used. There is also the NTI Device from Dr Boyd. I’m sure some nice person will post the list of other helpful links. Welcome aboard, glad you found us, and sorry you had to. Bear
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Hello. I’ve suffered from migraine since I was 15 years old. My migraine symptoms have been terrible year after year. However, I have difficulty experience allergic reactions to painkillers, so usually I can’t take medicines for migraine. Thus, once I suffer from migraine, I have to be absent from class for a few days. I’ve been very nervous about migraine since I started to go to college, because even though I was absent from class only one day, it was hard for me to catch up on the class. Could you please give me advice about treatment for migraine without medication? Thank you.
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Actually, I think you need to understand and qualify your statements about low carb. It’s not an issue of just low carbing and that will fix things. It’s an issue of getting the simple sugars and processed flour and foods out of your life. I think laying out a blanket statement that people need to low carb and then pointing them to Atkins is irresponsible at best. Nutrition is a larger issue than that and we here at this newsgroup take a larger look at our health and realize it’s not a one size fits all approach. Migraines are a disease and are to be treated as such. To minimize the situation by simply trying to prescribe an Atkins diet is belittling and obviously you don’t understand migraines. Michelle
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Err, no. If it works that way, it’s because the diet eliminated migraine triggers for that particular person. It’s not going to work that way for everybody. I started eating a high carb, balanced diet AFTER eliminating my dietary triggers. There was no change in migraine frequency. I swear, LC diets are like a religion; you can find someone who thinks they can cure anything. -km, "If all you’ve got is a hammer, everything starts looking like a nail." Since you by implication still have some migraines, maybe you haven’t removed all your food triggers yet. Of course it doesn’t work the same way for everyone. But low-carb helps so many that it’s a very good place to start. Surely anyone with migraines should at least try this easy solution since it has very rapid effect. You can search usenet with google for people who have been very successful and plead with others try this method with groups.goole.com . http://atkins.com/Archive/2002/6/28-905283.html
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I don’t have food triggers other than sulfites and aspartame, both of which I abstain. Mine are hormonal…as in perimenopausal and such…I don’t think the elimination diet is going to identify anything I don’t already know. Michelle
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I’ve been doing low carb for two years…no such luck. I’ve not seen a good link between Atkins and my hormonally induced migraines. Michelle The next step is to get a cytotoxic blood test or try an elimination diet. http://atkins.com/Archive/2001/12/21-84989.html http://www.digitalnaturopath.com/treat/T137529.html
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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Err, no. If it works that way, it’s because the diet eliminated migraine triggers for that particular person. It’s not going to work that way for everybody. I started eating a high carb, balanced diet AFTER eliminating my dietary triggers. There was no change in migraine frequency. I swear, LC diets are like a religion; you can find someone who thinks they can cure anything. -km, "If all you’ve got is a hammer, everything starts looking like a nail." Since you by implication still have some migraines, maybe you haven’t removed all your food triggers yet.
Yes I have. Maybe you haven’t considered the idea that food isn’t the only thing that triggers me. My remaining triggers are not under my control, since they involve the choices of other people to drench themselves in chemicals that are toxic to me. Of course it doesn’t work the same way for everyone.
That’s right. Some people run on carbs. Some people run on proteins/fats. If you put a person who runs on carbs on a LC diet, they will be just as miserable as when you put a proteins/fats person on a high carb diet. But low-carb helps so many that it’s a very good place to start. Surely anyone with migraines should at least try this easy solution since it has very rapid effect.
Not necessarily. If you have liver or kidney issues, low carbing can be harmful. To address the OP’s original concerns, there is an option that hasn’t been discussed yet: auto-hypnosis. I hesitate to mention it, really, since it doesn’t work for everybody, and responsible hypnotherapists can be hard to find. Avoid the charlatans who advertise such services; what you want are responsible counseling psychologists who use it as an adjunct of therapy, not a primary tool. A good hypnotherapist can teach you how to get indirect control over the blood flow in your brain, which is what causes the pounding pain (at least in my case), and how to achieve a very deep state of relaxation, which will keep your other muscles from contibuting to the pain. I have been able to control migraines with auto-hypnosis without any medication whatsoever, although I prefer to use Aleve along with it (that’s probably just a crutch, really). There should be a local association of practicing psychotherapists in your area; that would be a good place to start inquiring about hypnotherapists. -km — Only cowards fight kids — unidentified Moscow protester the black rose proud to be owned by a yorkie http://community.webshots.com/user/blackrosequilts
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Not everyone has food triggers. Teri
| I’ve been doing low carb for two years…no such luck. I’ve not seen a good | link between Atkins and my hormonally induced migraines. | | Michelle | | | The next step is to get a cytotoxic blood test or try an elimination diet. | | http://atkins.com/Archive/2001/12/21-84989.html | | http://www.digitalnaturopath.com/treat/T137529.html
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I’ve been doing low carb for two years…no such luck. I’ve not seen a good link between Atkins and my hormonally induced migraines. Michelle
The next step is to get a cytotoxic blood test or try an elimination diet. http://atkins.com/Archive/2001/12/21-84989.html http://www.digitalnaturopath.com/treat/T137529.html
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Err, no. If it works that way, it’s because the diet eliminated migraine triggers for that particular person. It’s not going to work that way for everybody. I started eating a high carb, balanced diet AFTER eliminating my dietary triggers. There was no change in migraine frequency. I swear, LC diets are like a religion; you can find someone who thinks they can cure anything. -km, "If all you’ve got is a hammer, everything starts looking like a nail."
Since you by implication still have some migraines, maybe you haven’t removed all your food triggers yet. Of course it doesn’t work the same way for everyone. But low-carb helps so many that it’s a very good place to start. Surely anyone with migraines should at least try this easy solution since it has very rapid effect. You can search usenet with google for people who have been very successful and plead with others try this method with groups.goole.com . http://atkins.com/Archive/2002/6/28-905283.html
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I’ve been doing low carb for two years…no such luck. I’ve not seen a good link between Atkins and my hormonally induced migraines. Michelle
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Could you please give me advice about treatment for migraine without medication? Thank you. You really, really should try a low-carb diet like Atkins as soon as possible. Many people report that they stop having migraines in just a few days. There is no other treatment that I know of that comes close to this effectiveness, medication or no medication.
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Could you please give me advice about treatment for migraine without medication? Thank you. You really, really should try a low-carb diet like Atkins as soon as possible. Many people report that they stop having migraines in just a few days. There is no other treatment that I know of that comes close to this effectiveness, medication or no medication.
Err, no. If it works that way, it’s because the diet eliminated migraine triggers for that particular person. It’s not going to work that way for everybody. I started eating a high carb, balanced diet AFTER eliminating my dietary triggers. There was no change in migraine frequency. I swear, LC diets are like a religion; you can find someone who thinks they can cure anything. -km, "If all you’ve got is a hammer, everything starts looking like a nail." — Only cowards fight kids — unidentified Moscow protester the black rose proud to be owned by a yorkie http://community.webshots.com/user/blackrosequilts
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Could you please give me advice about treatment for migraine without medication? Thank you.
You really, really should try a low-carb diet like Atkins as soon as possible. Many people report that they stop having migraines in just a few days. There is no other treatment that I know of that comes close to this effectiveness, medication or no medication.
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Hi Kadee, I’ll bet you could just tell that you were that nice person I was referring to above, if not, you sure were. Bear Thanks, Bear. You’re a pretty nice person to. I love the humour you post. Kadee
I’ll put together another post of jokes later tonight, thanks for reminding me. Bear
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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Hello. I’ve suffered from migraine since I was 15 years old. My migraine symptoms have been terrible year after year. However, I have difficulty experience allergic reactions to painkillers, so usually I can’t take medicines for migraine. If you haven’t found the FAQ for ashm yet, it is http://www.meldrum.demon.co.uk/migraine/ Some good sites: http://headaches.about.com/ http://www.migraines.org/ http://www.achenet.org/ http://www.headachedrugs.com/ http://www.headaches.org/ http://ahsnet.org/ http://www.w-h-a.org/wha2/index.asp http://www.neuroland.com/ Migraine criteria http://www.upstate.edu/neurology/haas/hpmidx.htm Other types: http://www.upstate.edu/neurology/haas/index.html The Natural Migraine Treatment FAQ which Teri mentioned is at http://www.faqs.org/faqs/medicine/migraine/natural-cures/ As Teri mentioned, painkillers are not a good form of treatment and many of us find that they do nothing to help. There are a variety of treatments available but what works for one person may not for another. It takes time to find your own solution but many doctors will provide samples in order to find what works. Dr. Sandy L. posted the list of prophylactics he has compiled. If you can’t find it, I can post it again. You may wish to check out our archives at http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&group=alt.support…. Kadee
Hi Kadee, I’ll bet you could just tell that you were that nice person I was referring to above, if not, you sure were. Bear The first rays of dawn make the mushrooms scream. I think with careful cultivation I can make them do "Ode to Joy".
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Sandy L’s case; he is certainly not an "Unsympathetic doctor." Thanks Sandy.
I’ve noticed that, too bad he isn’t in my area Bear The first rays of dawn make the mushrooms scream. I think with careful cultivation I can make them do "Ode to Joy".
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I’m sure some nice person will post the list of other helpful links. I’m sure some nice person will post the list of other helpful links. Welcome aboard, glad you found us, and sorry you had to. Bear
Bear, Sandy L just did yesterday. It is down 14 lines (below your post) on my "Subject" (headers) list, and is entitled "Re: Stubborn Headaches, Unsympathetic doctors." It is dated 9/11/04, 10:47 AM on my screen. Nice reply, Bear. Incidentally, the subject seems to be unsuitably applied in Sandy L’s case; he is certainly not an "Unsympathetic doctor." Thanks Sandy. BobB —–= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =—– http://www.newsfeeds.com – The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! —–== Over 100,000 Newsgroups – 19 Different Servers! =—–
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