Trep,
First, stay away from caffeine which is a well known migraine trigger. I was going to suggest an Imitrex injection before I read you had tried them. Personally, I would try that again before anything else. Also FYI, stress doesn't cause a migraine either, it causes stress headaches. If it did there are a myriad of stress medications that would be prescribed and instantly help with the migraine. I know that might cause an argument or two.
They are initialized in two different places. Have you been having any kind of weather changes? Cold to hot, dry to wet, barometric pressure, etc? Dehydration is a major cause.
MG brought up a good point when he mentioned MSG. That's a MAJOR trigger.
I had Migraines from a very early age though my Mom just called them Bill's Sick Headaches. Mine were like Teri's in that I would feel it coming on and my Mom would take me into her room to bed while yelling at everyone else to be quiet. She would pull the shades so it was completely dark and then get a cold wash cloth and hold it on my forehead (geeezzzz I'm missing her now). Unlike Teri though, the pain would get so bad I would have to throw up. Then I could go to sleep and when I woke up the headache would be gone. Even in Viet Nam I carried a big bottle, along with everything else, of Darvon that a Medic got for me. When I got older the Migraines went away but the cluster headaches started and I always wished the migraines would return. Cluster headaches are intraocular and are called the suicide headache. Doctor's think that weather causes them though they don't know why. I belonged to a chronic pain news group where one Doctor who deals with this mentioned that a lot of his patients seemed to lose their headaches when they got into their early to mid fifties and that happened to me too. Now I will still get one every once in a great while but nowhere near the intensity they used to be. Of course I'm on Morphine every day so that might make them less painful too but....:lol::lol::lol:
Steve R. From just reading what you wrote it sounds to me that you may have Cluster instead of Migraine headaches. Do you get these primarily in the spring and fall?
BTW, "IT" never worked for me.
I used to do what Bubby suggested to and it did give me "some" relief as long as I stayed in the shower. Once out though, the intensity would gradually return.
Everyone is different Trep. In what causes them, what may help with them and how high our pain tolerance is. I'm going to try Greg's product for a number of aches and pains but just haven't gotten around to it yet. And most important, like Mike and Glenn said, GO SEE A DOCTOR!!! just don't eat ground Elephant tusk or Hippo Penis..:wub:
Uncle Billy
