What else can I take to get rid of my migraine?

[ihatethecold]

This morning I’ve had double strength ibuprofen at 6.30 am plus a sumatriptan tablet.
I’ve had 2 paracetamol at 10.30.
Still feel rubbish.
Can’t face walking my dogs. I just want my head to feel better.

What else can I take to help?

I was prescribed 900mg soluble aspirin and Domperidone for nausea/vomiting by the neurologist after being hospitalised for a migraine lasting 6 days.
Works incredibly quickly after years of trying just about everything else.

Don't take aspirin if you've had ibuprofen, though. It will double your chance of having a bleed. Another time, aspirin beats ibuprofen.

Try a teaspoon of instant coffee with about 30 ml of boiling water, 1.5 tsp of sugar and some milk. Like a vile coffee shot. Then drink a glass of water to wash away the taste. Caffeine well help get your metabolism going. Sometimes your gut can go into stasis when you have a migraine, and that's why caffeine and domperidone are both good. They get metabolism moving.

Yes, coke (red top, not diet) is a good alternative to coffee.

Caffeine makes me feel awful so I can’t have coke or coffee unfortunately.
The last time I had aspirin I had a few nosebleeds. 😩

Oh no I'm so sorry! I suffered terrible migraines and know only too well the pain they cause!

I always found rest and only rest would help, (sometimes vomiting too) but have you considered removing things from your diet to see if there is a cause!

I only say as I cut caffeine out in May 2016 and haven't had a migraine since (thank the lord) so it may be worth looking into! Best wishes

I think it’s hormone related. I’m peri menopausal do periods are all over the place. Sometimes there’s 60 days between them, sometimes 16!
I don’t have much caffeine. No coffee or coke.
1 or 2 cups of Yorkshire tea a day.

Yes, caffeine is a migraine trigger normally, but bizarrely, when you're in the middle of a migraine, it can chase it away, because it makes the gut more permeable and gets your metabolism moving. When you get migraines, your stomach can shut down, which means that all the painkillers you take just sit in your tummy, not being absorbed. Which is why you're thinking 'I've taken everything I can think of and nothing is working!!'

I once went to A&E because I was on day 14 on an intractable migraine. They injected sumatriptan and within 20 minutes it started to clear. It was like heaven.

Another time, I was taken to A&E with hemiplegic migraine (didn't know that, they thought it was a subarachnoid haemorrhage). I was given IV aspirin, which again was beautiful. That was when I was given the aspirin and coke pep talk.

Bloody hell lougle. That’s sounds awful.
I have had 2 strong asprin and the pain has gone but the weird spaced out feeling is still with me.