Migraines ..?!
Question: I keep randomly getting migraines and i've been depressed since i was 12 ish.. (27 now)... is there any chance the two are related and is there anything i could do about the situation. it's making my life almost unlivable as i struggle to keep jobs and have friends/a life..
any help would be great..
thanks
Answers: I keep randomly getting migraines and i've been depressed since i was 12 ish.. (27 now)... is there any chance the two are related and is there anything i could do about the situation. it's making my life almost unlivable as i struggle to keep jobs and have friends/a life..
any help would be great..
thanks
Yes! I'm so glad you asked this question!! I have LOTS of personal experience with migraines. I also have experience with depression. I have a chance to talk with many migraine sufferers, and MANY migraine sufferers also suffer from depression. Turns out it isn't an emotional depression (i.e. they're depressed because they have migraines). . . it is actually a chemical thing! I really wish more migraine sufferers knew this, because I see so many get down on themselves that not only are they not able to do things because of migraines, but on TOP of that they're lives are disrupted by depression.
Here is the scoop: One of the main reasons people get migraines is because they have a lower levels of serotonin in their brain. Serotonin is a brain chemical responsible for controlling moods, sleep patterns, and more. My neurologist (who specializes in migraines) calls it your "happy juice"...serotonin is the brain chemical responsible for us feeling happy, joy, etc. OK, so in people with migraines levels of serotonin are lower than average. Guess what? Depression is also caused by low levels of serotonin. So the exact same thing is seen in both migraines and depression. There is a great article, and discussion on this you should check out here: http://nomoremigrainez.blogspot.com/2008...
Anti-depressants work by raising serotonin levels in the brain, so they are often prescribed to migraine patients to both help with depression AND help decrease migraine attacks. In my humble opinion, you could probably really be helped by being under the care of a counselor (or psychiatrist--since they can prescribe medication) so you have someone to talk about the depression and how it affects your life as well as under a doctor's care for your migraines. There are no medals in life for suffering through depression and migraines, and there isn't any need to. ESPECIALLY when (in some cases) the same medication can help both problems.
I hope some of this helps. Good luck!
Here are a few links that will help you
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/migrain...
http://health.discovery.com/centers/pain...
http://painclinic.org
http://familydoctor.org/online/famdocen/...
have you tried learning meditation it may help you goodluck
You are loosing your confidence is a bad thing, fight whatever situation arises.
You should follow YOG/Meditation or simple deep inhalation and exhalation and keep concentrating on it whenever you feel depressed or tense. You will feel free, try now.
Reasons and remedies are many, but pl see what suits you.
If you are in cold country use all warm things.
If you have cough/cold body hot water bath will help.
Massage and exercise in front of morning sun is good thing, pl try.
Pl try simple acupressure given below for immediate relief.
There is hardly any medicine for H/A OR MIGRAINE. Not only these but for RA, OA, Back ache, Ear ache/ringing, Stomach ache and almost all painful diseases. Hence they become chronic.
Acidity, WORRY, sadness, excessive wind, cold , heat, sour food and sinusitis, constipation, intestinal inflammation; drug side effects, stress, bad smell, TV & COMPUTER SOMETIMES, Blockage in the flow of Vital Energy, BODY CONSTITUTION etc are their causes.
None of them can be treated with medicine.
Our 100% success in treating migraine &H/A confirms it.
Acupuncture is the best treatment.
I can treat it with naturopathy and YOG, but how can you manage pl see.
Pain killers don't treat the pain but we loose the sense of pain for some time; in that duration our body itself treats sometime and credit goes to meds.
The useless drugs have tremendous power of side effects like liver/kidney failures, ulcer, inflammation of intestines and lot more.
Avoid late sleeping if possible; worry, tension, spicy foods, sour fruits, stale bakery foods, all cold things.
Sweet foods, COCOANUT WATER,sweet fruits like dates, milk, rice, SPROUTS, SALADS and good sleep will help if cough is not there. If cough use warm things.
If it is acute pl search a painful point (with round tipped pen/jimmy) 3-6 mm behind your thumb nail and press it, H/A will disappear within 30 seconds.
For forehead/eye pain the points are in front of nails on the finger tips or 3-7 mm below.
It may disappear naturally too.
Source(s):
SHREE SWASTHYAYOG TREATMENT, TRAINING & RESEARCH INSTITUTE
R.H. 19, Jhulelal Society, Sector 2/E, Airoli, Navi Mumbai, INDIA.
Perhaps magnesium might help.
It's almost certain that they're related. Both migraines and depression share a common source of problem. C1 (the first vertebra in the neck, just behind the ear, aka the "atlas) is very very commonly misaligned with both depression and migraines.
In my practice, more than nine in ten patients have reported improvement with chiropractic for migraines and over seven in ten have reported improvement with chiropractic. I would say that almost 60% of the migraine patients report also having depression and probably about 25-30% of depression patients report regularly-occuring migraines.
The treatment of choice for my patients is chiropractic treatment. Chiropractic offers mechanical solutions for mechanical problems. It's safe, effective and cost-efficient. If I can be of help for you finding a solution, feel free to email me.
GOOD LUCK!!!
RR
PS: I've never had migraines but I have/had a condition called S.A.D. (seasonal affective disorder // Seasonal Depression). Chiropractic helped it about 75% of the way. I am never abnormally* depressed anymore but I've also incorporated Full-spectrum light therapy, healthier eating, community/social involvement and normalized schedule. These things have helped tremendously.
(*: I get depressed/sad at funerals and other catastrophic things, but that is a normal reaction)
I hope this all helps.
RR