GRAY WOLF
06-22-2004, 03:19 PM
Let me start with this disclaimer:
After I discovered this, I recalled seeing someone post it and thinking "yea, right!"
A brief history:
I am 34.
I have been suffering roughly 15-20 years. Just last year I started narrowing down the possible causes of this intense pain (ice pick) behind my left eyebrow and around to the temple. Believing that I was not having migraines because I was not light or sound sensitive prolonged my search for what was wrong. (don't let someone make you think you have to have that for it to be migraine)
The pain became more and more debilating and non-responsive over the years. That, and concern over the liver damage caused by OTC headache/pain meds (taking up to 3 or 4 at a time) convinced me to consult a Dr.
Started with Allergist (started with X-Ray and CT then allergy test) who found nothing. Then I started trying to find other factors like dietary. Finally, back in December ('03) I made the connection to barometric pressure. When the pressure would rise too much too fast (like .2 inches in a few hours) it would hit me and the greater the change the greater the pain.
I had some meds (indomethecin, vicodin, midrin) from other ailments that got me through the next few months. I was running out so I finally decided to find a GP (ha specialist wouldn't see me without referral) to see what I could get specifically for migraines. He prescribed Depakote and Imatrex. I took one Depakote before I read the side effects and have not touched them since!
At this same time, I decided to try and make my diet a little more healthy...I started forcing myself to drink as much water as I could during the day (roughly 1/2 gal/day). I went an entire month without ever opening the Imatrex (no real pain). I found a great weather web site and watched the barometric pressure rise and fall. The days I should have had migraines I could feel twinges in my head where the migraine pains were previously, but never enough to warrant breaking out the imitrex.
I started drinkng the water in April and have only had one major migraine since, and it did not correspond to a bar. change. (stress brought on by close family illness, is my guess).
I still have trouble drinking that much water on the weekends or anytime I am not at work and will feel lesser headache pains that tylenol/aleve will not touch, but the imitrex will wipe out everytime. I usually feel this in the ocular nerve area behind the right eye and causes burning and tearing.
I'm sure this is not a panacea, but it is definitely worth a try for anyone sufferring. Try it for a couple of weeks, if it doesn't help...forget about it and go on. It is definitely better for your body that the chemicals the dr is giving you. The only real side effect is more exercise required for the extra trips to the bathroom!
As I said, I m not pain free, but I am not sufferring every time the barometric pressure changes either!
My mother sufferrs from them when the pressure drops and I think she is going to try this to see if it helps...I will report on her findings in the future.
After I discovered this, I recalled seeing someone post it and thinking "yea, right!"
A brief history:
I am 34.
I have been suffering roughly 15-20 years. Just last year I started narrowing down the possible causes of this intense pain (ice pick) behind my left eyebrow and around to the temple. Believing that I was not having migraines because I was not light or sound sensitive prolonged my search for what was wrong. (don't let someone make you think you have to have that for it to be migraine)
The pain became more and more debilating and non-responsive over the years. That, and concern over the liver damage caused by OTC headache/pain meds (taking up to 3 or 4 at a time) convinced me to consult a Dr.
Started with Allergist (started with X-Ray and CT then allergy test) who found nothing. Then I started trying to find other factors like dietary. Finally, back in December ('03) I made the connection to barometric pressure. When the pressure would rise too much too fast (like .2 inches in a few hours) it would hit me and the greater the change the greater the pain.
I had some meds (indomethecin, vicodin, midrin) from other ailments that got me through the next few months. I was running out so I finally decided to find a GP (ha specialist wouldn't see me without referral) to see what I could get specifically for migraines. He prescribed Depakote and Imatrex. I took one Depakote before I read the side effects and have not touched them since!
At this same time, I decided to try and make my diet a little more healthy...I started forcing myself to drink as much water as I could during the day (roughly 1/2 gal/day). I went an entire month without ever opening the Imatrex (no real pain). I found a great weather web site and watched the barometric pressure rise and fall. The days I should have had migraines I could feel twinges in my head where the migraine pains were previously, but never enough to warrant breaking out the imitrex.
I started drinkng the water in April and have only had one major migraine since, and it did not correspond to a bar. change. (stress brought on by close family illness, is my guess).
I still have trouble drinking that much water on the weekends or anytime I am not at work and will feel lesser headache pains that tylenol/aleve will not touch, but the imitrex will wipe out everytime. I usually feel this in the ocular nerve area behind the right eye and causes burning and tearing.
I'm sure this is not a panacea, but it is definitely worth a try for anyone sufferring. Try it for a couple of weeks, if it doesn't help...forget about it and go on. It is definitely better for your body that the chemicals the dr is giving you. The only real side effect is more exercise required for the extra trips to the bathroom!
As I said, I m not pain free, but I am not sufferring every time the barometric pressure changes either!
My mother sufferrs from them when the pressure drops and I think she is going to try this to see if it helps...I will report on her findings in the future.