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Physiology & Medicine / Can I stop a migraine?
« on: 07/10/2009 08:48:52 »
I would vouch for the effectiveness of sumatriptan family of drugs.
Due to nausea/ vomiting associated with my migraines I am prescribed a "melt" wafer which disolves on the tongue. It cut the headache phase from 3-4 hours down to less than 1 and the subsequent recovery phase from 24-36 hours down to 2-3.
My headaches have changed with time and I now sometimes get less severe migraines without an aura which creep up on me.
I suspect that food/ drink are important triggers (perhaps except for "weekend migraine" when the relief from being at work is the trigger) and found that keeping a food diary was useful - it turns out that chocolate is a key trigger for me, but others cheese, wine etc, are not.
I also partly subscribe to the theory that cafeine withdrawl can be a trigger. Apart from being grumpy, there is a strong correlation between my migraine attacks and not having a cup of coffee (or in extreme circumstances a can of redbull) in the morning. This may be partly psychological!
Due to nausea/ vomiting associated with my migraines I am prescribed a "melt" wafer which disolves on the tongue. It cut the headache phase from 3-4 hours down to less than 1 and the subsequent recovery phase from 24-36 hours down to 2-3.
My headaches have changed with time and I now sometimes get less severe migraines without an aura which creep up on me.
I suspect that food/ drink are important triggers (perhaps except for "weekend migraine" when the relief from being at work is the trigger) and found that keeping a food diary was useful - it turns out that chocolate is a key trigger for me, but others cheese, wine etc, are not.
I also partly subscribe to the theory that cafeine withdrawl can be a trigger. Apart from being grumpy, there is a strong correlation between my migraine attacks and not having a cup of coffee (or in extreme circumstances a can of redbull) in the morning. This may be partly psychological!