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Why are "Barometric Pressure Migraines" not listed in "Types of Migraines"-really bothered

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jhona is Ready to give up, most of the time
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01/02/09

Had to write email to "comments" asking them to consider adding Barometric Pressure Migraines to their list. These are real migraines, caused by weather, and can be one of the hardest of the migraines to prevent. Treatment is, unfortunately, strong pain meds, blood pressure meds, and in my case anti-vertigo meds. My neurologist of 18 years, who recently passed away and broke my heart, had been trying hard to get migraines listed, identified as a brain disorder, that can be so debilitating that some people cannot hold jobs etc. SSI needs to decide with each different case, whether a person can get SSI for this disorder. They vary to the extreme, some people get one or less migraines a month, then others, like me, have consistantly suffered from 2-3 a month, with the attack typically lasting 3 days. And I am not talking about rebound migraines either, I can easily identify those and take 3 advil for them and that works just fine. Weather: rain, storms, heat waves, what the barometric pressure gauge is, when it dips down below 30, I am on my way to hell for a couple of days. Many people suffer from this type of migraine. In Canada they have a toll free number for people to call to get the pressue gauge, storm predictions etc. This is important if you don't want to have to constantly cancel meetings or appointments. I know 2 days in advance that one of my monsters is on the way. What I don't always know until it hits is how bad it will be this time around. During the worst ones, I medicate but then also put myself to sleep with trazadone, because I simply cannot tolerate the symptoms, and sometimes, even with the pain meds, the electrical storm going on in my head, it cannot be quelled enough by the medication. Due to wonderful and compassionate professors, I managed to get through years of college, even though missing a lot of classes, I always stayed ahead with my work. If the teacher deemed that he/she was not comfortable having me take the final due to being absent so many times, I was always offered to present a relevant paper to write (25pgs) for the grade. Being a good writer, this was a generous offer from them and my stress would deflate immediately. Anyway, this is the first time today that I have been able to sit up long enough to write my input on this topic .I have been in bed for about 3 days now due to a monster migraine that blew in with the storm. Thanks for listening. If there are others out there who suffer from this type of migraine, would you please post? or email me and tell me how you deal with your barometric type migraine, okay?

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Saturday, January 03, 2009

Jhona,


"Barometric Pressure Migraines" aren't a type of Migraine. They can be Migraine without aura, Migraine with aura, hemiplegic Migraine, any type of Migraine. Barometric pressure is the trigger for many people. Migraine types are categorized by the type of symptoms and, in some cases, the area of the brrain most affected, not by what triggers them. Otherwise, we'd have food Migraines, sleep Migraines, perfume Migraines, etc. Does that make sense.?

 

Barometric pressure changes are one of my worst triggers. As we've found more effective preventives for me, they're helping prevent even those Migraines triggered by barometric pressure changes. Nothing is going to prevent all of them, but I'm finding that what prevents many of my other Migraines prevents those too.


I'm not sure what you mean about your neuroilogist "trying hard to get Migraines listed, identified as a braind disorder." Do you mean with the Social Security Administration for the purposes of disability benefits? Migraine is considered a genetic neurological disease by most people in the medical community.


Some people have been successful in taking Diamox when they know a weather front that is likely to trigger a Migraine is coming. Maybe you could discuss this with your doctor.

 

Teri

 

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Saturday, August 15, 2009

all i can tell you i dont know why they dont have it in there either but im the best weather person around summer ,winter,fall.  i have lived with them for so many years that im use to them now there really nothing they can do for them and they trurey do not know what causes them . good luck and take care . my best case is dark room and sleep

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