Migraine sufferers,do you use daily medication to prevent headaches?

What brings you relief?

I have had severe Migraines for almost 20 years - and have tried JUST about everything. The only thing that worked for ME, was Topamax as a daily preventative. But there were side effects that those around me didn't like, so I am no longer on it. But it DID work! The only med that works for me for treatment of the actual Migraine is Maxalt.
My Doc tried everything from blood pressure meds to anti-depressants - to anti seizure meds as a profalactic. It's definitely a process!
Good luck!!

I did for about a year or so. Inderal (a beta blocker). But then I got tired of being tired. Sluggish. So, I found a book on treating migraines. From the book I learned to avoid as much as possible the kinds of people, situations, and foods that were triggering my stress and my headaches. I also learned deep muscle relaxation, meditation, and healing visualizations, mostly from the book Our Bodies, Ourselves. Finally, I learned which herbal teas were helpful. For me, chamomile and peppermint. I did not have to follow this protocol forever thankfully, just for about two years, until my body and my life settled into a more peaceful and yet active groove.

Hope this helps.

I didn't know there was anything like that,having migraines all of my life which became severe with whiplash. omg,then only accupuncture helped.
However,I always carry fast acting tylenol for migraines,so when symptoms first start, I take 2 to cut it off before it develops at all.Of course then it's still kind of there,but I keep it down with regular doses of pain meds until it dies off.

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YOG ONLY PREVENTS.
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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