Women, have your migraines gotten so bad that.....?!

Women, have your migraines gotten so bad that.....?

you stayed home from work? It feels like someone is taking my head and just squeezing it between their hands. I never get headaches this bad when on my period, but it is this time. I even took asperin two days prior and still having to deal with it. The pain is at its worse if I lye down. Any alternatives to help? sustain it?

I have suffered migraines for many years and this is what I do:
I do have a prescription for Imetrex but I try not to take and sometimes it won't even help.

I take 3 Excedrin.
Go to the shower and get the water as hot as you can stand it. Stand under the water with your head bent to your chest allowing the water spray to hit the back of your neck. Stay in as long as you like.
Then get out don't dry off and lay down in front of a fan with your head in the most comfortable position. Make sure you pull down shades to help dim the sunlight. It won't take long before you get cold and cover with light blanket or sheet.
You SHOULD be able to drift off to sleep.

I know it sounds crazy but there is a reason this works, heat and cold constrict and dilate the vessels that are causing the headache. By standing in the hot water your not only relaxing the muscles that are intensifying the headache but your also dilating them, when you get out and lay down in front of a fan your causing them to constrict in a hurry so it helps relieve the pain and allows you to "sleep the rest of the headache off" and allows the Excedrin to work. Good luck to you and I hope you feel better.