Best tips for migraine

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Every month (thanks period!). I get a headache/migraine. I take painkillers, but it still takes a couple of days to get better. Anyone have any tips to help it go away sooner please? I have also tried cold packs which is help in the short term.

I read about the aspirin and coke thing on here a few years ago. Haven't had a completely debilitating migraine since. Always have aspirin in the cupboard and a coke in the fridge.
As soon as the migraine makes itself known it's 900mg aspirin and the coke. Then if not caught quite early enough a lie down in a dark room.

It maybe you can't take triptains then as they are counter induction with some conditions. On the plus side there is a really new medication that anyone can take. Rimegepant, but not all NHS trusts have funding for it yet, I would certainly ask your GP why you can't have triptains and if it's a medical reason if you can't try the new drug.

You can also buy thus one yourself it is however very very expensive. Like £170 for 8 tablets, hence the current funding restrictions.

This used to work for me but as I beame more perimenopausal they came back and mini pill didn't work anymore.

@MigGril they're just being a bit... paracetamol should work. Yes well it doesn't!
Will speak to my consultant again

If sumatriptain is becoming less effective ask your GP for a different triptain, they all work slightly differently and when you become used to one its best to switch. Also the advantage is that most other triptains don't have as many side effects as sumatriptain.

I'm still at a lost as to why GP'S prescribe this drug in tablet form. It was designed to be delivered as an injection. The tablet sumatriptain isn't absorbed very well by the stomach and as many already know the GI track tends to slow down during a migraine so it's the lest effect triptain that you can take as a tablet. It does comes as a nasal spray also which tends to be more effective then the tablets. I don't think most GP'S understand though and just see it as the cheapest option. But it normally gives more side effects and less effective treatment if taken as a tablet 🤔.

Haha as my headache clinic nurse says, there is no point taking paracetamol for a migraine as it won't do anything.

Only drugs like aspirin or ibuprofen will help. Codeine will park the pain until it goes away on its own but it won't treat it and you risk it coming back worse then before as Codeine can make migraine worse.

This is also what I do, exactly.

So interesting about the daith piercings. My DD, who has many many piercings, told me to get it done but I just pooh-poohed it. I’m in peri and I’m getting them more frequently now so I think I might take the plunge…

Does it matter if it’s on left or right ear?

Defo frovatriptan as pp said. It’s way better than sumatriptan. Longer half life with fewer side effects but its more expensive than sumatriptan so you may need to beg for it!
Pregnancy got rid of mine (probably not helpful), also another vote for swimming.
Acupuncture has completely got rid of my migraines now but it’s quite an expensive option

Mines on the right, but I don't know if it makes a difference I've heard from people with either side done who have since not had a migraine. It's strange but I am not complaining!

I used to puke, faint, contort, lose my vision, it was horrendous. Now thanks to a cute little ring with a gem... I'm suddenly fine?!

@DanceTheDevilBackIntoHisHole HRT. I found every time I got a hot flush I had a migraine. No thank-you, HRT put an end to that.

Interesting how many people say salty foods. I keep a few bags of those thin salted potato sticks from Lidl's Spanish week for my migraine-induced salt cravings.
Otherwise, Zomig, ginger cordial with fizzy water (used to just drink ginger ale, but since the sugar tax I can't find any that are properly fizzy and don't contain artificial sweeteners) and a shower as hot as I can cope with.

I haven’t read the full thread so this might have been mentioned already but dolavent (I think that’s how it’s spelt) have worked a miracle for me. I actually found out about them from mumsnet. They’re a really strong vitamin, quite expensive but worth every penny as I haven’t had one migraine since I started then a few weeks ago, normally have at least two a week.

Sumitriptian nasal spray and Apirin 300mg that helps me

Daily propranolol (40mg) as a migraine prevention and then Naratriptan when I do actually get a migraine. Migraines are utterly debilitating. I wish I had discovered triptans years before I did. I could weep at how much I have missed out on due to feeling ill with a migraine or dreading one coming too much to make plans.

Get your blood pressure checked. I had the same, every month on my period, and it turned out my blood pressure was making it worse. I think it's widely known that extremely high blood pressure will cause headaches, but for me, slightly elevated blood pressure was also exacerbating the causes of my migraines.

@SplendidPendips God, same - I'm delighted that triptans are magic, but it feels devastating to have lost so much of my life until they came along.

I have a great GP so have triptans, propranolol and buccal maleate tablets.
I also find full fat coke, and salty food help for the 'hang over'.
While waiting for pills to kick in I use a plug in back/shoulder heater and an ice cap (both available on Amazon) and lie in a dark room.

That’s fantastic, I’m definitely going to get it done. I’ll come back to this thread in a few months and let you know if it works for me 🤞
I know it’s a necessary evil but I don’t really like taking endless pills, so would much prefer a ‘natural’ solution.

Migraine tablets with lysine are really good. I get aura migraines and can sometimes stop one when I feel it coming on with these.

Fat coke and salty carbs also as others have mentioned

I get migraines every now and then which always result in vomitting. Only then it clears and then my DH usually fixes me up with a McD milkshake and chips to settle the stomach. Works a treat :-)

Yes please let us know! I was highly skeptical and didn't really know/believe anything about acupressure. I'd love to know if it helps

(And what cute jewelry you go for after it healed)

I agree lysine made a huge difference for mine

Popped into Boots, and they're having delivery issues with Sumatriptan. They also said I need to have it prescribed via my GP first, so will speak to them next week.