Migraine sufferers, help me out

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For those who suffer these bastard things WITH aura and vomiting please can you tell me if you have any idea what causes yours? And what is good for treating them?

I'm really unclear what causes mine as they are so sporadic. But they are killers, I get the aura and like a full build up of pressure in my head, the aura clears and a stabbing/thumping/rollicking head splitting headache erupts. I have to sit in the dark and try to sleep, then I'll throw up. Then I'll have a headache for a day or two after.

I've used sumatriptan to no effect. Does anybody have a better suggestion for relief? I recently had a migraine unlike all the ones I've had before; I got aura, it cleared, I got aura again, and a thick head for 2 days after. But the headache wasn't crippling and I didn't vomit. I took co-codemol instead of sumatriptan so don't know if that made the difference.

My dd is on propranolol because she was having several a week. Dh having to collect her from school whilst screeching to a halt at the side of the road so she could throw up. She now copes with the beta blockers and occasional sumatriptan or ibuprofen to keep residual headaches at bay. Beta blockers have transformed her life and she had no particular triggers either.

I was in beta blockers to prevent mine which worked pretty well. I have found dehydration, stay food and onions set mine off. Deep breaths in cold air early on helps me if I can get to it, otherwise only profen based pain killers touch it, and not by much.

It a sufferer but my sister was. After suffering with migraines (vomit inducing ones) for many years and getting them on a weekly (or more) basis, she decided to get the daith piercing.
She has not suffered with one migraine since.

Mine are a bit random but I think staying up very late plus too much screen time might trigger them (I realize I sound like a teenager 😊)
I also keep blaming my hormones as I'm pre menopausal but I'm not sure it's true or not.

My migraines are there when I wake up, even though they are definitely migraines (I have aura and vomiting and my head really hurts) they can often be treated effectively as long as I take medication immediately and as long as I get up and start moving about. A quick vomit helps too. 🤢

I can't remember the name of the drug bug it's not a prescription only drug. I haven't seen the Dr about them as I can manage them ok on my own.

Mine seem to be triggered by tiredness, or a change to my sleeping patterns. Except that sometimes I will "get away" with very little sleep or jet lag and not get one, so its not a reliable trigger iyswim.
I have also noticed that I am more prone to them just before/during my period, but again not every month.
There was a period a few years ago when they became more and more frequent, and unbearably bad (at one point I was getting two a week) and I have always wondered whether this was caused by time spent working shifts. Weirdly, this horrible phase ended when I got pregnant so I suspect there may have been a hormonal connection.
I think I am unusual in that I felt much more well in myself when pregnant than before, as I'd choose normal morning sickness over a migraine any day!

I only get them a few times a year now, once every couple of months at most.

When the pain becomes unbearable I find that vomiting helps, as a pp said but for me the relief is only temporary - the pain builds up and build up until I vomit (not on purpose), then I feel weak but without pain for a coupe of minutes, then the pain begins to build again etc etc.

Painkillers help but only if I take them soon enough, either when the aura starts or when the headache has just begun. I think that migraines shut down the digestive system, so painkillers wont be absorbed or something.

Tiger balm red www.hollandandbarrett.com/shop/product/tiger-balm-red-ointment-60044262 (heating rub with camphor, menthol, etc) helps surprising well if I apply it to the side of my temple where the pain is. It leaves a red mark on my skin, and doesn't relieve the pain completely but it allows me enough pain relief to sleep.

The only thing that reliably cures my migraines is lying down for a nap in a darkened room.

I have had 3/5 a year since 14 years old. They tend to last just 3 days now. 1 dead in bed, 2 with reducing head thickness/ headache.
Triggered by quick change in barometric pressure. Bright lights (sudden extreme sunshine or night driving are classics)
Meds - Zofran Zyliss to stop vomiting voltren 100 x 3 daily - LOTS AND LOTS of water..... to open my bowels which seems to be the turning point of feeling better. They are horrible.

Mine stopped once i was pregnant, DS is now 3 and ive not had one since. Mine used to happen about 2/3days before my period was due, i would feel the build up in my head and a darken room would help no tv,electronics etc...
I still get bad headaches but they are not migraines and are manageable, hoping mine wont come back.

Oddly enough it turned out mine are related to neck issues. I don't get them anymore since having regular acupuncture and physio.

Mine were hormonal or stress related and now I am past the menopause they are rare.

Other triggers were being dehydrated (drinking lots of water can help). Coffee sometimes helped too.

In the last few years I had Immigran injections and they saved my life (and many a weekend and holiday). Now paracetamol will do as they are mild and infrequent. Good luck!

mine seem to be hormone related as i was migrane free in pregnancy.

now i'm on the pill and take topamax daily as a preventative

i have botox every 12 weeks, and take sumitriptan and cyclizine by injection when a migrane occurs

My migraines are exactly the same as yours and I struggle to pinpoint the triggers. I think becoming overly thirsty, hungry and/ or tired can cause it and also changes in hormones (I.e. right after ovulation or, if I’m on the pill, in the week break where hormones suddenly drop).

If I take Zolmitriptan (prescribed from
Doctor) immediately upon seeing the tiniest aura and then go and lie down, I can sometimes escape it. If I wait even an extra ten minutes then I get what you describe: it goes away for a bit, comes back, goes away eventually and then I’m left with a heavy head for days.

Oddly enough it turned out mine are related to neck issues

Yes to the neck issues. My son's regular hideous migraines almost completely disappeared after a course of chiropractic.