Migraine Help ??!
Question: I suffer from horrible Migraines. I have been on EVERYTHING.. I mean I have a list I went to the neurologist this week and he looked at me with a puzzling look over the drugs I have been on. I have hydrocephalus, bi polar disorder and panic attacks everyday. I try the whole not be stressed but everything set's me off... So back to the question. Has anyone have or heard of a occipital nerve block for a migraine. My neuorologist recommened that or Medrol pack for 6 days. I don't like steriods at all. Just looking for some feed back. I have tried natural medicine as well. and chirorpactor. Just feeling lost... Thanks.
Answers: I suffer from horrible Migraines. I have been on EVERYTHING.. I mean I have a list I went to the neurologist this week and he looked at me with a puzzling look over the drugs I have been on. I have hydrocephalus, bi polar disorder and panic attacks everyday. I try the whole not be stressed but everything set's me off... So back to the question. Has anyone have or heard of a occipital nerve block for a migraine. My neuorologist recommened that or Medrol pack for 6 days. I don't like steriods at all. Just looking for some feed back. I have tried natural medicine as well. and chirorpactor. Just feeling lost... Thanks.
I have had nerve block injections...and they do work but they only lasted me for about 2 weeks. The injections are not that painful..the pain relief was wonderful during the two weeks...
Right now I am a pretty good drug therapy....that IS helping...it is not perfect..but here it is:
Inderal 120 mg
Topomax 100 mg 2X a day
Imitrex
I also have Trigeminal Neuralgia which involves the Fifth Cranial nerve coming from the brain stem into the side of the head and down the side of the head and face--I feel that in my teeth and jaw..a migraine tends to make that worse....
I have found that Magnesium does improve my migraines...feverfew does NOTHING....
Chiropractors have been worthless........they promise the sun, the moon and the stars...have kept me coming back, but have done nothing but fleece me. I have had other issues when I needed to take Medrol and YES it does help because it reduces inflammation....I also have spells of IBS which are associated with migraines...Medrol clears that up as well...for 10 years I had them nearly every single day...NO KIDDING...Imitrex was like a life saver when it came out...they were unable to distinguish the fact that I also had Trigeminal Neuraliga until about 3 years ago..a separate issue...until the pain became so torturous and I kept asking why my teeth were just killing me...and finally went to a different Dr. who nailed it...THANK GOD!!! The high dosage of Topomax has helped that issue immensly...will eventually have surgery to clear that up. I sure hope you get your migraines cleared up...migraine disease is not like having just one migraine here and there..it is hell on earth. Best wishes to you...hang in there...try the Medrol once and see how you do...
pl see what suits you.
If you are in cold country use all warm things.
Pl try cold water bath and observe if in hot country, if pain increases use warm.
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.
If it fails you will have to go for Acupuncture.
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, SMOKING and alcohole.
Sweet foods, COCOANUT WATER,sweet fruits like dates, milk, rice, SPROUTS, SALADS and good sleep will help if cough is not there.
But you try one herbal remedy- two drops of drumstick leaves' juice in opposite nostril if one side pains and both nostrils if full H/A will give you rescue. Betel leaf helps but it is very strong.
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.
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