Migraine help

[loobylou10]

Does anyone who suffers from migraine have any information on prevention/cures please? My son (22) getting them on a regular basis and it's really affecting his life/work. No medication works - wondering if anyone has any words of wisdom?

Has he tried sumatriptan? It’s a godsend for me

I’ve been suffering from migraines since I was 6 years old. Right now I have a combination of topiramate as a preventative and sumatriptan if I feel one starting. It isn’t perfect but I’m down to about 6 a year.

How often is he getting them? Has he tried triptans for attacks?

This is the full guidance on what can be done:

https://cks.nice.org.uk/topics/migraine/management/adults/

Cold and flu pills

Ice cold coke

Crisps

Hi,

I used to suffer from migraines a lot when younger.

Had MRI scans / saw a Neurologist etc.

Best thing I did was to take "Dolovent". You can buy it on Amazon.

It contains a combination of the 3 main supplements for migraine prevention (Magnesium/CoQ10/Riboflavin) amongst others.

Your son will need to take this for 2-3 months and it will begin to reduce the severity and frequency of migraines.

Have a read if the reviews on Amazon, it's all natural too so not medication etc.

What medication has he tried? Has he identified a trigger?

I found Naproxen a good painkiller along with a full sugar coke.

Another vote for triptans.

What has he tried so far? Has he been to the GP? If not then he really should.

I take propranolol daily as a preventative and sumatriptan to abort an attack. Please encourage him to try a triptan if he hasn't already - life changing for me.

Another vote for sumatriptan if he hasn't already tried.

I have the injections for when mine first start (mine are utterly debilitating and can last 36 hours) and within 20 minutes I can breathe again

They've literally changed my life

Thank you everyone we'll look through these tomorrow. He was originally prescribed sumatriptans when he saw a consultant about 6/7 years ago but they didn't help because he is always sick when he Gets an attack. They tapered off for a few years but have started again recently - probs one every couple of weeks, doesn't sound a lot but he literally can't get out of bed for 24 hours so it's affecting his work. I will encourage him to revisit the gp with a list of your ideas. Thank you

Sick as in vomiting? He could try this over the counter antiemetic. Arrange an optician sight test & as you've said, see his GP https://www.medicines.org.uk/emc/product/478/pil

I get them, but only on my days off, they are a result of a drop of endorphins.
If I get there early enough before it develops, Solpadine helps bit, I avoid paracetamol as it does turn my stomach, If it is at the vomit stage, I sip coke cola and / or a rehydration sachet . I then eat crisps (high salt), cokecola, and jelly tots.
For me, sleep, eating high protein, low carb, and every few hours and staying hydrated is a must. I work in the airline industry, so it is hard. I bring snacks everywhere with me.
Good luck I hope he finds an answer and gets relief

My daughter has started getting daily headaches. The paediatrician thinks they are migraines and has prescribed topiramate and zolmitriptan. She's been taking the topmirate for nearly 3 weeks now and it hasn't made a difference. She's also on vitamin B2. Interested to hear what works for others.

I used to get terrible migraines and was sick for up to 20 hours.
My trigger for the vomiting was/is coffee.
When I stopped drinking coffee (I stopped, one at a time the 4 most common triggers: chocolate, red wine, citrus fruit and coffee), I still had migraines, but no more vomiting. And with sumatriptan my migraines then became manageable.
Oh, yes, and Coca Cola and little salty pretzels
Good luck

Hi OP, I’ve had dreadful migraines since I was a small child and I’ve tried every medication going with no success. Until I accidentally bought a packet of ibuprofen lysine. I didn’t even know it was a different thing to ordinary ibuprofen, it was a complete fluke.
you can get it everywhere, 99p in discount stores non-branded, in some places it’s actually called ‘migraine relief’
the tablets are 342mg each (normal ibuprofen is 200)
For the first time in my life I can take 2 tablets when a migraine starts and know that the pain won’t come and I can function normally.
(once the aura has cleared, I do rest for 15mins for that to go)

I used to take sumatriptan but then started getting really bad vomiting so it wasn't working. I now take rizatriptan which dissolves in the mouth and is absorbed through the gums so even if I'm sick it continues to work. It has been a life changer

https://fedup.com.au/factsheets/factsheets-by-symptom/headaches-and-migraines
Find a good dietitian experienced in the elimination diet from Royal Prince Alfred hospital as it’s the gold standard one. Some dietitians in this site are known to so skype appointments.

Also, a change in air pressure can increase sensitivity so spring and autumn are worse than summer and winter.

I don't usually get them severely but dispersible aspirin works a treat if I catch it early.

Have you been in touch with The Migraine Trust?
https://migrainetrust.org/

They have lots of useful advice and a helpline. There's no 'one size fits all' with migraine treatments; it can be quite individual so it's worth finding out what they can suggest too.

If he's having attached very frequently then he does probably need a new approach.

You can get a triptan nasal spray if the vomiting is a problem - it absorbs into your body that way.

He seriously needs to go to the GP again, sounds like it's been ages and it's crazy not to go back when he's suffering that much. There are a number of treatments out there which he could be accessing.

Imigran is the nasal spray @loobylou10 and @VictoriaPink
I use it.

None of the triptans have worked for me, plus they give me the most god awful heartburn to add to the misery.

I take Propanalol and amitryptaline as preventatives and dissolvable aspirin in Coke to treat them

I have sumatriptan and I’ve just started having it as a nasal spray. I saw a neurology specialist who recommended Amitriptyline which made a huge difference to me. Now I have them less often and if I have my sumatriptan as soon as symptoms start it generally nips them in the bud. Before, I was getting them a couple of times a week and often unable to function due to pain/head spinning/vomiting.

I'm on amitriptyline but even with that, I was still getting migraines fairly often (albeit less severe) until I started taking vitamin B complex supplements and magnesium (Floradix one) everyday. It has been genuinely life changing, not to have had a migraine for nearly 8 weeks. I've suffered since I was 11. I hope he finds something that works, migraines seriously affect quality of life.