Day 5 of a migraine

I'm about to lose my mind. This is always how it is. Everyday a sea of nonstop pain. It's these migraines that get to me though. Nothing touched the pain. I'm in my saunaright now to try to sweat crap out but honestly I've been doing that daily and no relief. Going crazy.

Just want to send some gentle hugs your way

Hi ChickNorris,
Sorry you have to go through all of this. I understand how you feel.(pre lyme pain illness for 30 yrs).

Remember try to relax your mind and body, try not to brace against any of the pain.

Just want you to know I'm thinking about you and hope you get some relief from the pain very soon.

I hope you have better days ahead. Sincerely, Jo

Chick I'm a long time Migraine sufferer. From what I've been able to tell my Lyme Migraines that Imitrex didn't help were caused by inflammation that effected the blood flow to my head which caused the pain. The things that helped -caffeine-I know a big no no with Lyme but you have to get blood circulating properly in your head again. Many migraine meds are caffeine based.
Big doses of high quality Omega 3. Omega 3 is an excellent anti inflammatory. I take Ultimate Omega by Nordic Naturals 6 pills twice a day. Take 2 Aleve for now but for the future go with a Natural anti inflammatory like Zyflemend. Ice your shoulder/side of neck to open up your thoracic outlet. Eat spicy foods.
Also when we are in pain we tend to have our shoulders raised so try to keep them lowered and back. Remember that old saying "we must, we must, we must increase our bust" Shoulders down and back, Chest forward and make sure you are taking nice slow deep breaths. Take a walk in the cold air. The cold helps release the Vagus nerve and that will help.

No advice, just sympathy. Everything about this disease just sucks.

Have you tried Alka seltzer gold. I read that it works for migraines. My mother has had debilitating migraines since she was a teenager. She still gets them but not as much as before. Anyway, she's gone through more different scripts through the years than she cares to remember. Injections, by mouth, etc. about a couple of months ago she had a really bad one. It was going on like day 7 for her. So I told her about the Alka seltzer gold and she tried it. She said it helped to begin to provide some relief by the next day. It only lasted another day, but she said the severity was greatly diminished.

More than likely, you are experiencing dehydration. The sauna is reducing sodium levels faster than you are replenishing them. Fluid intake is important but without sodium, it is fruitless. Eat something salty like sea salted potato chips. The high potassium in the chips helps conserve sodium. Also reduce foods that have high nitrogen levels. It doesn't sound like they are the issue, but at this point, trying everything is not a bad thing.

Thanks for all the input, I really do appreciate it. Georgia, that's interesting about salt intake. I crave salty foods mostly, have for a long time. I can pass up a piece of cake just fine but potato chips...can't resist! Or salty fermented sauerkraut or pickled anything. I think it's related to POTS and probably the whole stupid infection gang.
My head is feeling slightly less pressure today. Woo hoo! I take blue sage and silphirton (spelling?) for brain detox but as with most things I take these days, I don't notice much of a difference.
I get different types of headaches. The vomit inducing ice pick in my skull migraines which seem to trigger brain pressure which feels like I have a metal band around my skull squeezing symmetrically which triggers nerve inflammation across my skull/scalp. I think it is more complicated than just migraines. Before I knew I had lyme, I went to the ER and they did a spinal tap because they thought I had meningitis but it came back clear.

My adrenals are pretty good, just a slight rise in the afternoon but I'm addressing that with diet.
None of my doctors know what to do about my headaches. My ND just recommends the usual, turmeric, magnesium, etc. The LLMD I saw recently told me that they do prescribe pharaceuticals for miserable symptoms while you heal but she didn't give me anything at my last appointment besides the silphirton and blue sage.

ETA: all my doctors wants me to deal with them naturally and if I could do that, I wouldn't have to go to the ER over the years. lol!

I did Imitrex for years for my migraines but you have to do that immediately when you first get the pain. My pain almost always came in the middle of the night.

My doc switched me to Maxalt. I love it!! You can take it at any time of a migraine and it works quickly, IF it is a true migraine. I mean within 15 minutes. Most of my migraines were sinus induced. I was working in a vehicle all day long breathing fumes from my truck and from all the other vehicles.

I have noticed that I don't get migraines much any more. Is it retirement? Is it age? Hormones? Life circumstances? Very few money problems? Just that I have so little stress now?

All of those are migraine enablers.

I sure do feel for migraine sufferers. It was so disabling. Oh and Maxalt, you can drive on that and function like a normal person. It does not make you narcotic induced sleep.

Hope you find relief.