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[quote="FJP"]My wife has suffered with migrains for years, although she more or less has it under control now. When it starts she looses the top or bottom of her vision. She said i'ts like someone is holding a curtain in front of her. ( Her brother also has migrains and said he looses vision on one side or the other). This last for about 10 to 15 minutes. Then there is about 20 minutes befor the headache and nausea kick in and last for 3 to 4 hours ( or longer ) We are lucky and have good insurance, we went to doctors, specialist, nuerologist. At best they didn't help at all. Some of the drugs made the headaces worse. A nurse told us that some patients had some success with changing their diet. We got some books and tried it and she has been almost completely migrain free for close to 3 years know. The last one she had was 2 years ago on Thanksgiving when she decided she would enjoy the Thanksgiving dinner ( even though she was sure that there was stuff in it she should not have). Basically, She just eats real simple foods, avoids preservatives, chemical flavorings ( yes MSG), and fermented food. We cook almost everything from scratch and rarely eat out. She used to have 1 or 2 a week.[/quote]
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<table border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" width="100%" class="forumline"> <tr> <th class="thCornerL" width="22%" height="26">Author</th> <th class="thCornerR">Message</th> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row1"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>phyrehawke</b></span></td> <td class="row1" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="http://cdn.wrongplanet.net/modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2012 9:36 am<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">My classic migraines went very odd after a head/neck injury. After years of weird aura and lots of those occipital blocks and meds not controlling them very well we finally figured out they were in some middle ground between migraine and mild seizure called migralepsy. It is a controversial diagnosis but if the proof is in the treatment working, well, I hated that particular doc and his ego but he was right. <br />Something that should be noted is that normal migraine aura is usually black and white, Not colorful. Color denotes aura from a different area of the brain than normal migraine aura. It is more complex aura. <br /> <br />Now they have me on topamax and a recent addition of strattera really helps my brain deal with the speed of the world. I was surprised it helped the migraines. I was getting overwhelmed by sensory info coming in too fast so it makes some sense.</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row2"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>YellowBanana</b></span></td> <td class="row2" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="http://cdn.wrongplanet.net/modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Sun Jun 24, 2012 2:26 pm<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">I have migraines which start with a classic visual aura for somewhere between 20 and 40 minutes, then headache and nausea/vomiting for usually about 4 hours. I also experiences weakness in my limbs from the start of the visual aura, and exhaustion for a couple of days following the migraine. Fortunately I don't have them too often ... once every couple of months. Usually caused by stress or anxiety, or sometimes just as I start to relax after something that has caused stress/anxiety has passed. Cruel indeed.</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row1"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>slave</b></span></td> <td class="row1" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="http://cdn.wrongplanet.net/modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2012 7:27 pm<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">Auras mostly but at times I have more generalized symptoms. Migraines are very cruel.</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row2"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>MasterJedi</b></span></td> <td class="row2" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="http://cdn.wrongplanet.net/modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Sun Jan 16, 2011 8:00 pm<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">it actually doesn't. Even if it did, it would be nothing compared to still suffering migraines.</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row1"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>auntblabby</b></span></td> <td class="row1" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="http://cdn.wrongplanet.net/modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Sun Jan 16, 2011 7:56 pm<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody"></span><table width="90%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" border="0" align="center"><tr> <td><span class="genmed"><b>MasterJedi wrote:</b></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="quote">sometimes my doctor will give me an occipital nerve block bilaterally. Fun stuff. <br /> <br />watch:</td> </tr></table><span class="postbody"> <br /> <br /><span style="font-style: italic">judas h. priest</span> <img src="modules/Forums/images/smiles/icon_eek.gif" alt="Shocked" border="0" /> <br />that's gotta hurt like wang!</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row2"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>MasterJedi</b></span></td> <td class="row2" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="http://cdn.wrongplanet.net/modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Sun Jan 16, 2011 7:41 pm<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">sometimes my doctor will give me an occipital nerve block bilaterally. Fun stuff. <br /> <br />watch: <br /><object width="660" height="405"> <param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/udDaNhPNwT8"></param> <embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/udDaNhPNwT8&color1=0x006699&color2=0x54abd6&border=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="660" height="405"></embed></object><br /><a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=udDaNhPNwT8&color1=0x006699&color2=0x54abd6&border=0" target="_blank"></a><br /> <br /> <br />Mine's not nearly this involved and my doc leaves out the steroid so there's not any syringe changing. He just shoots a few CCs of lidocane in there.</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row1"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>Shivan</b></span></td> <td class="row1" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="http://cdn.wrongplanet.net/modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Sun Jan 16, 2011 5:38 pm<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody"></span><table width="90%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" border="0" align="center"><tr> <td><span class="genmed"><b>TallyMan wrote:</b></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="quote">@Plywood. They are nothing to do with schizophrenia. They are simply part of a migraine headache. Some people get the headache and visual aura, some people just get the headache and some just get the visual aura. I think it is due to some sort of temporary chemical imbalance / disruption in the visual cortex of the brain and the disturbance grows outwards over around 20 minutes and into other parts of the brain. <br /> <br />This is similar to the visual aura I see. Mine grows and fills the whole field of view though, not just a small bit to one side as shown in this YouTube. The flickering I see is identical to this, but lasts twenty minutes not a few seconds: <br /> <br /><object width="660" height="405"> <param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/XLJ00o-vmh0"></param> <embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/XLJ00o-vmh0&color1=0x006699&color2=0x54abd6&border=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="660" height="405"></embed></object><br /><a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=XLJ00o-vmh0&color1=0x006699&color2=0x54abd6&border=0" target="_blank"></a><br /></td> </tr></table><span class="postbody"> <br /> <br />Thank you Tally Man. I've had migraines for 25+ years I didn't realize that I had aura's with my migraines because I always thought that they would be like an aura from science fiction/fantasy.</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row2"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>clumsybee</b></span></td> <td class="row2" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="http://cdn.wrongplanet.net/modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Sat Jan 15, 2011 6:38 pm<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">I've had migraines for about five years. I'm not completely sure if it's with aura or not. Usually before a migraine everything I see blurs together or changes colors. Here's the advice that I have: <br /> <br />1) Cut out MSG and food dyes from your diet. <br /> <br />2) Don't take too many medications to dull a headache/migraine because that will lead to a rebound headache/migraine. <br /> <br />3) Relax your jaw muscles. This mostly helps get rid of tension headaches, but I've found migraines aren't as bad if the muscles in your jaw aren't in knots. <br /> <br />4) Stay away from bright or loud places. Those are my worst migraine triggers. If you have to go to go to a sensory-nightmare event, wear sunglasses; if it's loud, find a quiet place or bring earplugs. <br /> <br />5) If you can, take a food allergy test. Eliminate any foods from your diet that you're allergic to. You should feel better overall after doing this, and your migraines may be less severe. <br /> <br />6) Don't take estrogenic birth control. Take a BC like Nora-B or a copper IUD; they're less likely to incite migraines. <br /> <br />If you get a migraine, get to a quiet, dark place as soon as possible. If you feel a migraine coming on, take a Maxalt or Treximet quickly. Make sure to stay hydrated, becaue dehydration worsens migraines (at least for me).</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row1"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>astaut</b></span></td> <td class="row1" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="http://cdn.wrongplanet.net/modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Fri Dec 31, 2010 1:57 am<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody"></span><table width="90%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" border="0" align="center"><tr> <td><span class="genmed"><b>MONKEY wrote:</b></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="quote">What's the difference between a migraine and a headache? <br />I get headaches quite often, usually in the morning or when I'm tired, sometimes I have them just because. I have bad headaches sometimes that last for 2 sometimes 3 days that just never end and it puts me off eating most of the time and I feel like sh**.</td> </tr></table><span class="postbody"> <br /> <br />Migraines are typically on one side of the head with a throbbing sensation, accompanied by auras (visual disturbances) and nausea and/or vomiting, and usually light/sound sensitivities. Headaches can have these qualities but not necessarily. It's kind of a fine line between the two. <br /> <br /><a href="http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1272/is_2713_133/ai_n6237874/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1272/is_2713_133/ai_n6237874/</a></span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row2"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>MONKEY</b></span></td> <td class="row2" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="http://cdn.wrongplanet.net/modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2010 2:08 pm<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">What's the difference between a migraine and a headache? <br />I get headaches quite often, usually in the morning or when I'm tired, sometimes I have them just because. I have bad headaches sometimes that last for 2 sometimes 3 days that just never end and it puts me off eating most of the time and I feel like .</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row1"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>CockneyRebel</b></span></td> <td class="row1" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="http://cdn.wrongplanet.net/modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2010 5:40 pm<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">I get migraines when I'm under a lot of stress. Thankfully that doesn't happen very often.</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row2"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>MasterJedi</b></span></td> <td class="row2" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="http://cdn.wrongplanet.net/modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Thu Dec 23, 2010 10:40 pm<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">if it's not already been said: <br /> <br />there are people without psychological conditions who get migraines. <br /> <br />for the record, I take Nortryptaline 50 mg QPM as a prophylactic and Imitrex and Naproxen PRN. <br /> <br />Treximet - worth it's weight in gold.</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row1"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>Vigilans</b></span></td> <td class="row1" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="http://cdn.wrongplanet.net/modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Thu Dec 23, 2010 7:58 pm<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">I've been getting migraines with aura for at least 6 or 7 years. They always begin with a few sporadic flashes of light in my vision; gradually a portion of the left area of my peripheral vision becomes opaque, then shimmers, and gradually grows to cover up a good portion of my vision before disappearing. Most of the time I feel a lot of pain in my head during this time but sometimes there is no symptom other than the scintillating scotoma present in my left visual field. The migraines make me suffer at work or school, but when I'm at home or have no obligations I think cannabis is an excellent cure for migraines, always works for me, but its not really an option for every single time unfortunately. I wonder if there is a synthetic thc migraine drug out there that can give the alleviating effects without the euphoric state of highness that can be a liability</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row2"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>auntblabby</b></span></td> <td class="row2" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="http://cdn.wrongplanet.net/modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Fri Dec 17, 2010 1:14 am<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">i get both ocular and aural migraines. the aural ones are a bit scary in that an octave wodge of sound spectrum centered at roughly 1000 cycles per second, is replaced by a wolf-tone of buzzing and chirping and ringing. watching the late-night tv test pattern, instead of hearing the 1000 cycle per second test tone i heard just buzzing and ringing at roughly a half-octave above.</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row1"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>astaut</b></span></td> <td class="row1" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="http://cdn.wrongplanet.net/modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Thu Dec 16, 2010 6:55 am<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">I get headaches nearly everyday. I've had them chronically since about 12 years old, but I had headaches before then. I've seen many neurologists and neurosurgeons, some have said they're migraines, others have said they're related to stress, muscle tension, hormones, other medical conditions, etc. So I'm not sure whether I'd classify them as migraines or not...going by traditional migraine symptoms, I don't call them migraines myself.</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> </table>
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