I get migraines to the point of vomiting and lying on the ground screaming, why !


Question: I get migraines to the point of vomiting and lying on the ground screaming, why do some people !?
walk around saying "oh yeah, I have a migraine"
Are they overreacting or are there different types!?
Im 17 and I would have had about 12 in my life!.
They are horrible, I cant walk or even move!.
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Like most people, I didn't understand what a migraine was until my first one (earlier this year, age 25)!. People saying stuff like that might just exaggerating for effect!. They don't mean to belittle your very serious problem!.

Before migraines, I suffered from tension headaches!. So I can share some of the differences I have experienced!. Migraines, by comparison, hit me relatively quickly and once they hit I have to get home ASAP to lay down!. I feel nauseous and dizzy!. The pain is on ONE SIDE of my head only, usually in one specific area!. The pain in that spot is EXCRUCIATING, but I can usually fall asleep when I have a migraine and it usually goes away within 3-4 hours!.

(tension headaches develop slowly, can last for months, hurt on both sides + top of head, prevent me from sleeping, but otherwise I can function - like, go to work and school)

My doctor is cool!. His response to my tension headaches was: "Whaddya want ME to do about it!? We can hug it out, or I prescribe you a painkiller, but I'm no miracle worker!." Eventually, the tension headaches went away when my stress eased!.

When I came to my doctor with migraines, he said there are treatments!.!.!. but prevention is far better!. You'd obviously rather not have a migraine at all, rather than have a migraine but be treated for it - right!? The thing is, you have to work at prevention and think about it really hard!.!.!.

My doc suggested I start keeping a daily list of:
1) What I eat
2) How much water I drink
3) What the *smog* level is that day
4) When I had migraines - how long they lasted, and what I was doing when I started feeling nauseous!.

It sounds stupid, but it actually helped! Before I started keeping this list, I was having 2-3 migraines a week (which effectively ruined half my week)!.

I noticed I was having migraines on days after I ate chocolate, days when I drank less than 1800 mL of water, days after I stayed out late drinking or days when I was outside a lot in bad air quality!.

So I cut down on chocolate (difficult during PMS), drank more water, quit drinking, try to avoid being outside for long when the air quality is really bad, and keep my fingers crossed!. After keeping the list for 2 months and modifying my habits, I now have 2-3 migraines a MONTH!.

Check out the links below!

P!.S!. Try keeping Tiger Balm with you, and sniff it when you start feeling dizzy or nauseous!. It quickly eases vertigo, and might keep you from the puking/passing out!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

Migraines still baffle doctors to some degree, as to what really causes them they don't really know!. There are many foods however that are known, triggers!." Dairy products, olives, sour dough bread, yeast products, beer, etc!. There is alot of information on the web regarding migraines and your diet, it's worth looking into!. I have suffered with migraines since my late teens and they are killer!. I have been prescribed every medication known to man and the only one that has ever worked is, "Imitrex!." Ask your doctor about it, there is no need to suffer anymore this medicine is a godsend!

* There are different types: migraines, cluster headaches, and a few others, but they are all crippling!. Imitrex is effective for most of these!. Excedrin migraine doesn't always work!. Sometimes if you take it right away, but I never want to be without my Imitrex!Www@Answer-Health@Com

I have had a migraine twice in my life and they are excruciating!. I literally wanted to die!. I could not bear the smallest amount of light, smell or sound and prayed inside my head for the hammering to stop!. I sympahtize with you!. Please go to the doctor!. There are remedies out there (my friend was on one cause she got them constantly)!. You could also have some sort of a food allergy or something that is causing them!. Go to a doctor please!?Www@Answer-Health@Com

Do you eat a lot of white sugar!? Refined!? Or artificial sugar!? Those are known to cause migranes and headaches!. I think some are just not as bad as others and some people get them regularly and are used to the pain!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

try caffeine when you feel one coming on or take Excedrin migraine which contains caffeine and can reduce the pain!. Yes there are different types of migraines!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

They vary in severity, but they're still all migranes!. Www@Answer-Health@Com





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