How can i relieve a migraine headache?

ive had them on and off over my lifetime, much more often since pregnancy. they have advanced to numbness/ tingle feeling in the back of my head, vision changes, tiredness, and tingling in my fingers, poor balance and judgment, comprehension of words seem to be getting harder, sounds, light and strong smells hurts my head, cant stand up or sit for longer than 20 minutes! ..... i also have back problems, but chiropractic care isnt doing much better for me. any advice on how to ease the pain? what tests should a doctor preform to help identify the problem?

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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There is a class of drugs called triptan drugs that will stop the process of a migraine. Theses include Frova, Imitrex, and Axert. They are over the counter at around $15 USD in Germany & England, but with a prescription I pay the same price in the US. You have to see a doctor to get them in the US. Also they can run an MRI to make sure you don't have any myelin damage from them.
I keep a log of my sleep habits and what chocolate and caffeine I have to try to avoid migraines and know the cause when I get them. This can be very helpful in pointing out what migraine triggers you can avoid. There are also various prescription medicines that can prevent migraines. I first saw my primary care doctor for them, but when a couple of preventatives wouldn't work, she referred me to a neurologist who now has my migraines way down and it feels great to not worry about them so much- good luck!

I have had tremendous help, as have my parents and siblings with chiropractic care. It takes a while (several months with multiple visits per week in my case) and sometimes trying different chiropractors with varying techniques (as in my sister's case). I am most vulnerable when under stress so I have learned how to manage that better, too.

My mom and I both have suffered from migrain headaches are whole life.....my mom has also had 5 boys....she went to the docter to see if theres anything you can do and there is nothing except to take medicine i would prefer a medicine called excedra migrain it helps alot......and sleeping also releaves you a little bit from the pain.....but there is nothing you can do to stop them.