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Nancy Harris Bonk
Saturday, May 16, 2009 at 11:03 PM -
Why?
Teri Robert
Saturday, May 16, 2009 at 11:44 PMCindy,
Do you know what triggers your Migraines? Your doctors should have talked to you about this by now. Trigger identification and management is a vital component of managing Migraine disease. One of the best tools for identifying triggers is a good Migraine diary. You can download a free diary workbook from our article Your Migraine and Headache Diary. Some of us have food triggers; some of us don't. It's advisable to determine if your daughter does, and an elimination diet is the best way to do that. For more information and a workbook on this, see Managing Migraine - Migraine Trigger Foods.
Daily Migraines? How many days a week do you take something to relieve those Migraines? If you're taking Migraine abortive meds such as triptans or any kind of pain med more than two days a week, a big part of your problem may well be medication overuse headache (MOH), aka rebound. See Medication Overuse Headache - When the Remedy Backfires for more information on this. If you're in an MOH situation, nothing you take is going work, neither prescription nor "natural" medications nor over-the-counter. If that's the case, you need to work with your doctor to stop the medications causing the problem.
You said you've been to a Migraine specialist. Unfortunately, some of us have seen doctors who called themselves specialists, but they knew very little about Migraine. If you'se seen a specialist, how long did you see that specialist?
It's important to note that neurologists aren't necessarily Migraine and headache specialists. Take a look at the article Migraine and Headache Specialists - What's So Special? If you need help finding a Migraine specialist, check our listing of Patient Recommended Migraine and Headache Specialists.
Good luck,
Teri
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daily migraines
misunderstood
Thursday, May 21, 2009 at 02:30 PMI too suffer from daily migraines. I don't know why I get them. I am the only one in the family with them (lucky me). I feel your pain. How did the migraines cause a growth in your neck? Don't give up. I know things get rough at times and sometimes down right depressing but hang in there. You can talk to me. I just found this site and find myself checking my email 3 or 4 times a day. I don't know why we have to go through so much pain but I'm sure we will find out and be blessed. take care.
re: daily migraines
Anonymous
Friday, May 22, 2009 at 10:00 PMI don't know why I have got the growth in my neck, but the dr says it most liklybecause of such long times with the headaches that we all get. I was told that the growth is making my headaches worse. I have had them for a long time, My mother,sister,great aunt, my grandma on my mother side. I have been going down a dark path with migrains for so many years that it's just part of my make-up now because all the Dr.'s I have seen have nothing to offer me to make them go away.
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OH YA!!!
marie
Friday, May 22, 2009 at 04:37 PMHello,
I can see the frustration!! I had seriously been bed ridden for one month straight, every day in november. My Mom and niece took care of my kids for me as I suffered. I was horrified and thought I was going to die or be a vegtable.I have a little bit of memorry problems. It effects me every single day. My husband gets them as well, and his are totally hereditary.I hope that things turn out for the best for you!!!
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cindy
Saturday, May 30, 2009 at 08:41 PMIfeel for you,i'm sorry that you have them simialair to what I have. I get them 7 days a week only. I have had my dr put me on break-thru meds that get me out of a really bad day if i need with my migrain. I have had my migrains since i was a little girl and the one thing I disliked was always haveing to lay down from them due to the pain, and the nasue.
I still have my bad days but with the meds I'm on now I don't have to go to the ER very often or have reaqlly bad days like I used to befoe I got put on the meds I' m on now.
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Almost Daily MIgraines and Daily Chronic Headaches
marinequeen
Saturday, May 30, 2009 at 09:05 AMI also suffer from migraine headaches and also something called hemicrania continua which is just a daily chronic heachace on the top of my head. I also have facial neuralgia thrown in there. I too have developed a soft lump at the bottom of my neck going onto my shoulder but my pc advised me it was a strained muscle. My neurologist said nothing about at all even though I pointed it out. Did any of your doctors say what the lump was? I am returning to my pc for another look at it. I take topomax for the migraines and it doesn't seem to help. I take Indocin for the hemicrania continua and it does seem to help but I am in pain at least 5 days out of 7. I am getting depressed as this has been going on forever. I had to retire from my job as I am unable to be in air conditioned air as it brings on a headache on the top of my head (hemicrania continua). Heat, on the other hand brings on a migraine. I always have some pain in my head.
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cindy
Saturday, May 30, 2009 at 08:33 PMI have had these not so nice migrains for about 24 yrs. I feel for any one who is trying new stuff that isn't working. I am now on long-tem opiate use which has taken care of the pain and the migrain pain for the more or less.
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marinequeen
Saturday, May 30, 2009 at 09:32 PMCindy,
I have only been given a narcotic prescription once as a rescue drug so I would not have to go to the emergency room if my triptan did not work and that was two years ago. I have seen at least 6 neurologists, a pain management clinic and the Jefferson Headache Clinic where I paid $1000 out of pocket for botox injections which did not help at all. I have been to maxil facial surgeons (pain in my face) dentists (for pain in my teeth) and acupuncturist - all to no avail. I know all of my trigger foods and do not eat any of them. I know that the weather is a catalyst and I have no control over that. I am 56 and I have had migraines since my 20's but developed the hemicrania continua after a car accident in 2001. I am fortunate to have found the neurologist who diagnosed that because he tells me that it is rare. I am glad that you have found some relief from this awful pain.
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Daily migrains
marie
Tuesday, June 30, 2009 at 02:26 AMYes i am 52 yr old female who is peri menopausal......i used to get migrains about every couple of months but since i have gotten older they can be daily,
I take imitrex,,shots and pills,,,also dopamax every day,,
I am going to see a Acupuncture who specializes in this area,,,i will try anything,,its ruining my life,,,,
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Hi Cindy,
Migraine is a genetic neurologic disease currently thought to be caused by overactive neurons in our brain and genetics.
Anyone who has three or more Migraines a month needs to be talking with their doctor about prevention. There's growing evidence that Migraine is a progressive brain disease. A recent study showed that Migraines can cause brain damage, and that people with three or more Migraines a month are more susceptible to this damage. For more information, see Is Migraine a Progressive Brain Disease? and Yes, Migraines Can Cause Brain Damage.
I know you're going through a rough time. If you'd like some additional support, come join our discussion forum. You'll need to register again once there because it's a separate membership database, but you can use the same member name, email address, and password that you used here. You can find our forum at http://forums.healthcentral.com/discussion/migraine/forums.