Posted by iris2 on October 22, 2004, at 12:32:47
In reply to Re: MIGRANE ????? i got one now wont go away.. HELP, posted by crazychickuk on October 20, 2004, at 15:44:07
I get infrequent migraines. The last one I had that came full blown lasted 18 hours. Most of it I was in a lot of pain. Could not take any daylight at all. What I have found works especailly before it is full blown is a very strong cup of coffee. Or expresso . Or several cups of coffee. Even if you are feeling very nausious like I do when I get them. The nausia is from your head even if it is not hurting yet. I got an aura the other day for a couple of hours. I did not know it was a migraine for about an hour. All I knw was that I was sweating and nausous and could not focus . My mother was talking to me and I could not focus on what she said and only heard some of it. We were in a resturant and all the noise around, the people and things were like in a twilight zone. Like if you are in a loud place but have ear muffles on so you cannot actually hear anything but some muffed noise. I was very afraid because I never had this before. Anyway about half an hour into it the side of my head started to hurt so I realised it was a migraine and ordered expresso immediatly. I drank two cups and it took about another hour and a half but my head stopped hurting and all the symtoms went away. I have drank strong coffee every time I felt a migraine coming on and have been able to avoid another full blown one. I also drank coffee after one ws pretty bad and it heped a lot. This one started coming back about five hours later and I drank the coffee again and it worked. It came back about 24 hours again and again coffee go rid of it. It has been about two days now so I am hoping it is permanent.
Anyhow the advise about a cold compress makes sense. It does the same thing as the coffee. The caffiene constricts the blood vessels which are dialated with the migraine. I would try those two things immediately if you think a migraine is coming on. I do not think this works for everyone but I guess I am lucky and grateful it does for me. I would stand on my head to avoid a migraine.
Good Luck.
irene
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