Anyone else's dc suffer with migrains ?

[MrsMorgan]

I've never taken ds to the gp with this but I am assuming it is migrains from the symptoms.

Basically since he was about 3/4, he occasionally gets a sudden severe headache, goes deathly pale and is then sick. He then normally falls into a deep sleep and once he wakes he is absolutly fine.

He is 7 now and still having them, infact his dad has just rung me to say ds has been sick at his, and that he complained of a headache beforehand, so am assuming it's another migrain. He is now fast asleep.

I always give him calpol at the very first sign of any headache at all, but with the migrains he tends to vomit soon after so meds aren't really useful.

The past few seem to have been caused by him runing around and getting a bit hot, over excited, and previously have also been caused by too much screen time, so this is now limited.

Is there anything else I can do to lessen the severity/frequency or anything else i can do once he has one ?

[Chil1234]

I think you should take your son to the doctor immediately and that you've been irresponsible to assume he has 'migraines'. He could easily be epileptic, for example.

[MrsMorgan]

Oh fgs, he has classic symptoms of migrains and an older half brother who suffered from exactly the same thing.

[mowcop]

I would still get him checked out, there might be better or preventative meds he could take.

[cory]

I don't think you're irresponsible: dd is in the same situation and again we have a family history of migraines, and her symptoms are exactly like my mum's. Taking him to the doctor would make sense as there may be good preventative medicine.

[MrsMorgan]

Thank,s I will try and get him in next week.

[Chil1234]

FGS nothing. You've let two of your children go on suffering with terrible headaches, vomiting and passing out for years without taking either of them to a doctor... and you don't think that's at all irresponsible?

[MrsMorgan]

The elder child isn't mine and has nothing to do ith me, plus he is a grown man now.

My ds has not been suffering for years. He gets a migrane perhaps twice a year.

Tbh I don't really give a shit if you think I am irresponsible, as I know that i'm not.

[cory]

Do you know a lot about migraines, Chil? The deep sleep that terminates a migraine attack isn't the same as passing out. ANd they do not equate to "suffering for years"; people aren't usually having them all the time. I always used to get one at the onset of my period, still often do: I wouldn't say one bad headache/month equated to "suffering for years". Good if something can be done about it of course, but they can't always be treated and some people just have to put up with them. My mum found hers wore off after the menopause: something for dd and me to look forward to!

[Solo2]

This sounds v v similar to one of my 9 yr old twins - except he usually doesn't get the vomiting. He had a second referral to a consultant about this a few weeks ago just to rule out brain tumour, food allergies etc. Last time they said 'unexplained headaches'. This time the junior doctor also said this but on conferreal with the consultant, came back and said 'obviously migraine'.

Other than trying to reduce stress, get them to eat and drink regularly and get plenty of sleep and giving painkillers (I've used Calopol but the GP recently recommended Ibuprofen), there's little you can do.

I suspcet my son is in for another bout soon as he looked pale this morning and was yawning a lot and said he hadn't slept well...though I hope I'm wrong.

I hate it as it's completely beyond his or my control really.

You might want to check again with the GP and they'll probably HAVE to refer you on, to cover any possibility of something nastier. However, from what I now know, little can really be done to prevent someone susceptible to migraine from having them across their lives - so my sympathy to you and your DC.