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Hi everybody, i do suffer from migraines for a couple of years; i try different medicines, went to the neurologist when i could not cope anymore with the headaches, taking even 6 excedrin per day, and everytime the headaches, which later on were diagnosed as migraines; my migraine attacks appears usually during my period (record when your migraines appear, it might be that they appear during your period, before or just after it; or that maybe when you have a lot of stress, they appear; or maybe some food triggers them, etc), all these things are very important to check on yourself, because there are different types of migraines; well, as i was telling you, i took relpax a couple of times, migraines seem to go away, until i got a very bad reaction to relpax, one day after i took the relpax, i can not be so accurate about how long did it take for the side effects to appear, maybe 30 minutes or so, i felt a shocking sensation on my throat, i could not breath well, the muscles of my neck were getting tight like closing my airway, i was totally scared that at some point i could not breath any longer, i lay in bed until everything went away, but, i told my husband to take me to the emergency room in case that i could not cope with the spasm of my neck; after that i saw my neurologist and she told me that i should have gone immediately to the ER because i was really in danger (be careful about side effects of medicines ALWAYS); i try also propanolol, i used to get dizzy and sleepy all the time, like a drunk woman, i stopped that; i tried migranal nasal spray, it did work for a while, until i got blue toe nails; i am not sure and doctors are not sure if the migranal caused a kind of vasculitis in my toes; i went to see the vascular surgeon who told me that i did not have a problem in the big arteries or veins, but my neurologist told me that i did have problems in the small blood vessels, because of the appearance of blue toenails, which they started falling out easily because of lack of blood circulation; well, i started with magnesium 250 mgrs, coenzyme q10 and vitamin b complex, exercising l hour everyday, taking pentoxiphylline to help blood circulation in my legs, and i take alleve or motrin retard 650 mgrs when i can feel a migraine coming (which now are not as severe and incapacitating like before); i can tell you that with the help of the magnesium, exercise and all the things mentioned above i have gotten rid of severe migraines and i can enjoy life so much better; it wouldn't hurt to ask your neurologist about taking magnesium; before i used to try to exercise but the headaches used to appear with the exercise, now i do exercise to kick out small headaches that seems to appear, i guess all these has helped me a lot; i hope you read my post and try to find out with your neurologist if there is a chance for you to try what i mentioned above; we must be aware of signs of stroke since people with migraines are more prone to strokes, according to medical research.