to want to hack off my head with a bread knife?

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I have a migraine which is getting worse fast

naratryptan hasn't helped

migraleve hasn't helped

does anyone know ANYTHING that might help?

does anyone know if I can take another naratryptan?

apologies for spuriously posting this in AIBU in a cynical attempt to get more hits

Massive drink of water

Do complete body relaxation - relax every muscle in your body, every tiny muscle in your face and neck.

YABVU - the vibrations caused by a serated blade will aggravate your pain. Try a very sharp straight blade.

I find a strong coffee can help but usually sumatriptan.

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Very, very strong coffee

I imagine the intervening 12 years might have solved the problem.

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Just some ideas:

Try squeezing your ear (or fitting a clip-on earring) until you find a place which works. The daith or rook might work best. If it hurts, you might find it eases the head pain.

Another idea: get a tennis ball and lie on the floor. Move the ball underneath your shoulders slowly, pressing into it. Find a place and press slowly and hold, then ease off. If you're lucky, you might find a place which again, probably hurts (in a good way), and pressing it eases the pain in the head.

Have something cold and sweet to eat/drink, eg ice cream or a cold fruit smoothie. (Ginger might help with nausea.)

Ice pack on the back of the neck or behind the ear.

A cold footbath. You could add some Epsom salts.

Cocodamol and caffiene. The doc told me that the caffiene helps the pills work better.

Being pregnant was the only time I ever had migraines. Aura’s, nausea, skull crushing agony, the works! Never had the them before or since. Crazy how hormones can have such polar opposite effects on people.

I never really understood how awful they were until then. The only thing I could do was lie in a dark room with an ice pack on my head. Not really much help, OP, I know. You have my sympathies.

My GP only recommended solpadeine/ codeine for my migraines. After a while I had to wean off those as became immune. Sorry to hike, but of the treatments mentioned are any ok long term and you don't get used to?

Eat a banana and drink a whole glass of water, I cleared a visual migraine doing that. And I reeeally didn't think it would work when I read it. But it helped quite quickly.

Rub Vicks into your migraine area ,tie your head with a scarf ,lie down in a dark room and try to sleep,This is the only thing that works for me.Careful of getting the Vicks near your eyes.

Will try those tricks. It's both pain and visual/ kaleidoscope.

Dunk your face in a bowl of ice water a few times. This helps me when sumatriptan doesn't.

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