Headaches and Migraines

I used to get severe headaches and some migraines frequently after I finished playing footy for about 4/5 years....I got some painkillers form the doc ,seen a chiro and started to drink multi vitamins like Berrocca once a day and still do..I now get the occasional headache mainly from hayfever or being on the computer for hours but nothing a couple of panadol cant fix...Also get your eyes tested as eye strain can cause headaches..
 
Ponyo said:
Could be from going to hard at the gym and not rehydrating properly, although I doubt you would make that rookie error. Is Gatorade better than effervescent tablets though?

Maxalt (rizatriptan) wafers do the trick for my partner - you'll need prescription though
Look into it and good luck with it.
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@Demps I used to get them all the time when I was younger. Only occasionally now.

Plenty of water and hydralytes. But i honestly found a good chiropractor really helped and even after a few sessions for another injury they were nowhere near as common. Actually remember going to a session and had a migraine at the time, bloke cracked me a certain way and it disappeared completely on the spot.

The other thing is getting your eyes checked.
 
Winston Churchill said:
Just a general note to all the lads and ladettes on here that never go to the Drs with the "she'll be right" attitude, stop kidding yourself and go see a doctor if something is troubling you.

To share my story with fellow headache sufferers -

About 8 years ago my life was a wreck. I used to get migraines every single day and they'd last for hours. I also had a terrible back that caused me pain for about 4hrs of the morning until I settled the old girl back in throughout the day. I used to wake up sore, tired and could hardly move to get out of bed.

The only way I could stop the headaches was to disappear from life. I had to sleep it off, id go to bed early like 4 or 5pm just to escape the headache. Problem though was then I'd wake up at crazy times in the morning like 1am and couldn't get back to sleep. My whole life was out of order. I'm also middle aged and at the time overweight. Not obese just a dad bod, I'm 6'3" so I carry weight better than others but I could afford to lose 10-20 kegs to get back to my old playing weight days.

Then one day I decided to actually go to a doctor, the first time in about 15 years. Turns out my blood pressure was 210/140 and had pretty much been living my life in a permanent state of hypertensive crisis. The Doc told me if I didn't drop my levels immediately I'd be dead from a heart attack or stroke inside 6 months. The Doc gave me a daily blood pressure tablet which I was not keen on taking, as you can imagine, after never going to a doctor my entire adult life I wasn't too keen to start using meds. Took the med and within a month, the headaches mostly stopped to about 1 mild headache a week and the blood pressure was back to within the normal range of 120/80 - 90/60.

Id be damned if I was going to stay on meds and be a pharma customer for life. I also got a physio and did chiropractor sessions, they found out my spine was beyond stuffed up with two displaced vertebrae which they believe coupled with the blood pressure was causing intense headaches. I decided to get my act together. With the headaches mostly gone, I could finally take my life back. I did my physio, took up yoga, made sure I had a solid 8 hours sleep a night, drank 2-3L of water a day, gave up caffeine, exercise 6 days a week. I reduced takeaway to my cheat days, 1 lunch and 1 dinner throughout the week, stick to salads for lunch the other 6 days are a rotating dinner of steak, chicken, fish, and vegies. changed snacking to just eating a handful of nuts, some jerky or grab a couple of dry crackers to ward off any hunger but if your lunch and dinner portions are big enough you don't even feel like snaking in between once you are used to the lifestyle change.

This change was about 5-6 years ago. Today I no longer take any meds, my blood pressure reading is regularly 105/75 and I've gone from 110kilos to 90kilos stable and I don't even remember the last time I had a headache.

Moral of the story, if you are getting headaches, check for hypertension and get your back checked out for nerve damage as its all intertwined. Get plenty of sleep, hydration, de-stress, eat good food and exercise at least 4 days a week to get the heart pumping.
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Fantastic post.
Thanks for sharing.
 
Suzie-Q said:
I have had migraines intermittently throughout my life, starting as a 4 year old. I had them 4-8 years old, then again at 25-30, and again at around 44-48. At 48, I was seeing a chiro, taking panadeine forte like lollies, and having 2-3 migraines a week. I had both daiths pierced and since then, I've had about 10 headaches that 2 panadol or 2 nurofen have got rid of, 2 really bad headaches that needed 2 panadol and 2 nurofen to get rid of, and 1 almost migraine that a 3 hour nap and 2 panadeine forte got rid of. No more loss of vision on the left side. No more nausea. No more needing a dark, cool, silent room for hours. It worked for me, and I'm very happy with it.
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My Mrs swears by this.
Not an overtly obvious piercing either.
 
I sympathise with all sufferers of migraine. I suffer malarial headaches every now and then plus other symptoms. I drink tonic water (which has quinine) in it which pretty much solves the issue.
 
Use to get them bad , but as I got older they dropped off a bit , my old mum use to say drink cold water not tap water cold from fridge and also tonic water , worked well , now if I feel one coming I go hard on cold water seems to do the job
 
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I don't know about migrants as I dont get them, but this can work if you get the spot right. Use the the pressure point on the opposite side of where the headache is

Acupressure for Pain and Headaches

This information explains how to use acupressure (AK-yoo-PREH-sher) to help with pain and headaches.
www.mskcc.org www.mskcc.org
 
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wicked_j said:
I get them, maybe twice a month, sometimes worse than others.

I went to a Dr years ago and he wasn't helpful ( just gave me a prescription pain killer, said to take one and sit in a dark room ).

They got worse / more frequent mid last year. I noticed that I usually had a sore neck in the lead up to it - hot showers or deep heat helped ease my neck and gave temporary relief to my head. Like Spud mentioned, I started seeing a chiropractor around then - it hasn't reduced the frequency of my migraines but does seem to help with how severe they are.

I also saw a different Dr around the same time. He organised an MRI of my head to rule out anything severe (thankfully it showed nothing except proof I have a brain - although it would have possibly been easier if it did find a cause). After the results, he prescribed me with imigran, which seems to clear my migraines up within half hour (most times I only need one or two, occasionally up to 4). It's supposed to do something about helping your blood vessels work normally as there is some theory that certain vessels widen causing a migraine.

When I did see a Dr to get my prescription renewed last, he checked my blood pressure as he noticed it was high last time, and it was high again - thanks family genes! Apparently high blood pressure can result in headaches also if untreated, so might be worth making sure that's okay too. I'm trying adjusting my diet at the moment so I'll see if that helps at all.

Apparently peppermint 'essential oils' are supposed to help, but don't really work for me - I have an aunt and my MIL that are both into these and got me to try it. I do have this Chinese menthol oil thing somewhere that my mum found, which does help a bit (more so with headaches than migraines though).
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I was coming down with a migraine on average twice a week for about 15 years.
My Dr. also prescribed 'Imigran' and I found them to work well, but they took about 2 hours to get rid of each migraine.
Luckily, I haven't had a migraine for about 10 years now.
 
tiga4eva said:
I get migraines quite regularly. Tend to wake with them, feels like a massive hangover, but I haven't had a drink. Tried $200 pillows but can't find anything that works. If you only knew what caused them you'd stop doing it hey
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Yep, same here t4 re waking with a migraine 90% of the time.
 
Demps said:
I been to the doc countless times.
No help at all.

Just gotta self manage I guess.

Panadols and that do nothing.
Mersyndol is the best but knocks me out.
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I suffered from migraines during my early to mid teens, which were occasionally paired with losing consciousness and pretty sure Mersyndol was prescribed at the time. The worst part was often the duration, as it ranged between several hours and up to a full day or even two.

I have only recently again started suffering similar, though they haven't lasted through the night, with a couple of panadeine forte taking the edge off them.
 
I used to get them regularly, about 10 times a year. I could sense one coming as I got a little pain above my eyeball so I'd take a Panadol and hydrate and that would generally be enough to stave one off. I largely stopped getting them when I changed my diet, less KFC and more vegatables. Often connectted to what you eat, I found hot dogs triggered it for me. Look at what you ate the day of, or before you got the migraine, and stop eating anything common to see if that helps. I wish you luck, can be quite debilitating, something you'd only wish on a Roosters or Penrith supporter 🙂
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