I have been living with migraines for at least 8 years and I am just referring to the disabling ones. I have had headaches since I was a young teen but they were controllable with over the counter meds. I was in a car accident at the age of 16 and was not wearing a seat belt. Well, as you can imagine, my face hit the windshield and my nose was broken. I had no other sever injuries at the time, but the headaches became more intense. The doctors at the time stated that I had chronic sinusitis and that I just had to live with it. I thought that was that and went on with my life until 8 years ago it all changed. Suddenly, I couldn't function. It was affecting everything in my life. I couldn't work, sleep, eat, or go anywhere. I started to see doctors again and as you all can relate I am sure have tried all the combinations of meds. None have worked for me. I finally have had to quite my job and now I am at a pain clinic and trying a new diet along with a daily pain patch to manage my headaches. I have hope that if this does not work that in about 3 1/2 years I will be moving out of Illinois and west to California were the weather is more stable and my headaches will also stabilize out too. I stated a blog migrainerx.net to share with other migrainers about my diet and get support while dealing with this condition. I have had a terrible time with it so far. I have lost all the post and comments one night while up with a headache. I have restarted it again now that I now have a computer (since again my luck has held and after losing all of my posts, then my computer crashed and I had to get a new laptop) to work with again. So my diet is a high protein low carb lean diet. The other thing is to make sure that everything is all natural so real you labels carefully. It has been difficult and the diet can take up to 1 year to work. The nice thing about this plan is that it is not really a "diet" but a lifestyle change. You are supposed to eat to 7-10 oz portions of lean protein two times a day and carbs should be all natural grains and vegetables. Bread, rice and pasta should be changed to whole grain. Sugar should be limited and no artificial sweetener should be used. Veggies should be fresh or frozen never from a can the same for fruits. Snacks should be changed to nuts or dried fruit instead of chips or candies. I have discovered sunflower kernels as my new favorite snack along with peanuts. This is just small start to what my new life and diet is about for more please email or blog me for questions. I would love to share with you and have the support along with long journey.
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