Migraine tips?

I don't know if its all the detoxing I ramped up in the last two weeks but my migraines have never been this bad. It hasn't let up much. Any suggestions?

First of all, I'm very sorry that you are getting migraines!!! Ugh! I hate them!
I used to get a 3 day migraine every time I started to detox when I first started out. Then I got them any time I tried to push my body to detox more, I had to find a very careful balance with detoxing.

I know we are supposed to avoid it, but have you tried caffeine and some aspirin? The caffeine will constrict the blood vessels in your head and may be very helpful.

Roots R,

I hate them, I'm going through a multiple day episode right now... drives me up the walls.

Stress is an absolute no-no. But sometimes impossible to avoid.
This time it has been provoked by stress (I had to go to hospital for test results and ended up almost strangling that retarded doctor) and lack of sleep I think. Once I feel that huge tension in my neck, I'm off for a multiple day episode. We had to go to a funeral today, but I had to wear sunglasses. Couldn't even open the door without them.

As for medication... not much help. When I notice it coming, before it's actually there, an aspirin with caffein.
My sister gets help from Topamax (anti-seizure medication), I can't support it. She's been doing good on it for 2 years now.
I get Propranolol from my neurologist, it tones down the peaks, doesn't make it disappear though.

None of those things helps me; even the exedrin migraine doesn't help. I tried Propanalol and Topamax, and they did nothing.

I use Sumatriptan, but it can also cause rebound headaches.

Margaret

Hi Roots,

Drinking Green Vibrance has helped with migraines A LOT. I think I'm getting a lot of trace minerals from it. I recommended GV to a friend who would get disabling migraines a few times a week, and now she hardly gets any. Pretty amazing :) Hope you find some relief soon.

Thank you all for your help! It's been so bad I didn't get a chance to check if anyone responded till now.
Traveler, I don't drink coffee or caffeine anymore, but it used to help me when I did drink caffeine and would get a migraine. Im sorry to hear you had them ramp up with detoxing too. But thank you for sharing that because it helps me tell myself the pain is potentially leading to good things! And to try and balance it better. Ive been having what I think is bad herxs like vomitting, twitching and hallucinating so maybe the migraines are another side effect and I need to just turn it down a bit.
Margaret, thanks for the chocolate tip, I had no idea, I don't hardly ever indulge but it's good to know. Also I will have to look up feverfew, never heard of that either. I love learning new stuff, especially preventative. Did you take it for a long time?
MarieLS, I am so sorry to hear you are going through the multiple day migraine thing too. And that you needed to attended a funeral. My heart goes out to you. You are so right about stress. I feel like once it comes on any stress brings it to unbearable.
Chapelle and puppy love, Im glad to hear medications are working for you. My gut and colon spasm, even from over the counter pills. Doctors always say to me Tylenol doesn't upset anyone's stomach but at least for right now my body can't take it. I did find out that Diclofenac Sodium gel helps if you rub it on your head. I usually use this herbal concoction but I ran out. It works sometimes for joint pain too but I try not to use any chemicals too much because of trying to detox.
Bluebyou, does that have blue green algae or AFA? I was going to buy that the other day and I couldn't find it so I bought a similar product and my headaches became noticeably worse. I researched the AFA (blue green algae) and found out it produces neuro toxins like anatoxins that affect your brain. I was blown away. Anyway that's a different topic, but Im curious about the Green Vibrance.

In my case, colds, stress, and sinus infections trigger migraines. Also poor posture, such as being slumped over the computer.

I just found out that my multi-day migraine, which started as a super duper migraine, was triggered by a sinus infection, which I can't treat with abx due to C. Diff.

Holy Cow!

I poured some colloidal silver into a vaporizer, and have been rinsing my nose and using compresses and a.m. decongestants.

I'm ran out of feverfew, which is good for all of the above, so I'm going to try to go to the HFood store before they close.

I would strongly recommend Butterbur and Feverfew, although the latter takes about a month before it starts working. You shouldn't take Butterbur for a long time.

Margaret

Margaret, Im sorry to hear you suffer too but thanks for mentioning your sinus infection. I have never made the correlation but I have chronic sinunitis and chronic bronchitis so maybe if I clear that up...

Traveler, thank you for asking-I did finally get a break and I am so happy! Thank you for the herb recommendation too, I have had the spasms after everything I eat for years and I am very excited to try this! Sorry to hear you have had to go through this too, you are the first person Ive ever heard that gets it from everything too. I've tried so many things but not the white peony maybe the three together is the trick.