Comments on: yesterday’s blog

By: Allie

Allie — Sat, 31 Mar 2007 23:51:39 +0000

I often want to make a hole in my head to get the migraine out from behind my eye. I can’t bear the cold – and have a hot pack over the affected side of my head.

I know that low blood sugar brings mine on – and I often get one after an adrenaline rush. Hormones play a part too. Donating blood brought on a really violent one. I think finding triggers and recognising early warnings has helped me avoid a lot in recent years.

Pink migraleve is ok for me if I take it in time. If I wake with a real killer I can just start throwing up straight away – so no drugs are any good.

Orange chewits sound like a nightmare migraine food!

I’ve had weird vision disturbance – wobbling jelly bean everywhere I look. Even stranger is the thick tongue and inability to select the right word.

Will file away the name of Imigran in my head – sounds useful.

By: Claire

Claire — Sat, 31 Mar 2007 16:31:39 +0000

Imigran sounds good – fantastic what you learn on HE blogs! Will have to get some in – only had a couple of migraines this year but for most of last year I was getting them every 3/4 days or so – ugh.

By: HHaricot

HHaricot — Sat, 31 Mar 2007 00:33:54 +0000

hmmm, will give anything a go. i find gallons of water, a cold flannel ground into my eye and high carb [potato] helps, and i am sure trepanning would too.

By: Chris (portico)

Chris (portico) — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 22:30:08 +0000

Well not completely but I always convinced myself that it would have been much worse had I not bothered and never tested if it was true. Kids today have epipens and inhalers, I had orange chewits

By: Michelle

Michelle — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 22:26:22 +0000

Bought drugs. Decided not to try the orange chewits as the drugs will still be here when I next get a migraine (which hopefully won’t be soon) and the chewits undoubtedly won’t.

By: Helen

Helen — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 16:32:12 +0000

and did it work????????????????????????????

By: Chris (portico)

Chris (portico) — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 06:18:15 +0000

I suffered from migraines from about 15 to 23. I became convinced that the best cure for them was orange chewits.

By: Nic

Nic — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 22:59:11 +0000

like the look of that dizzygears thingy have some brackets for the migranes – I’ve never had so much as a bad headache really but know of loads of people who get regularly floored by killer migranes

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 22:50:21 +0000

Camera seems ok. though left out to get rained on. I did feel a little relieved that it wasn’t me again who could have killed yet another camera (4 years, 4 digital cameras…..).

The Imigran has made all the difference really to H’s migraines. I do remember her being holed up in bed in the dark for ages before. Somewhat cheaper to get it on prescription though I would think than over the counter.

By: Michelle

Michelle — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 22:49:29 +0000

Will def sort something out. TY both.