Draka
Wonder Woman
For those of you that suffer migraines, what things have you found help somewhat?
I've tried:
ice packs (moderately helpful)
vaporub (minor to moderate)
essential oils (not helpful to minor)
motrin (in high doses in conjunction with something else-moderate)
tylenol (only in conjunction with something else - minor)
aspirin (minor)
topiramate (helpful preventative but did kidney damage and had to stop)
sumatriptan (helpful but makes me feel fatigued and "heavy" and "off")
nortriptaline (not helpful preventative and made me sick and hallucinate)
ginkgo biloba (works nearly as well as preventative as topiramate with no side effects)
Preventatives do not prevent all migraines. They simply tend to somewhat reduce the frequency and severity of migraines. So one will still likely get migraines while on such medications but the ones they do have will not be as often or usually as severe as normal.
I've tried:
ice packs (moderately helpful)
vaporub (minor to moderate)
essential oils (not helpful to minor)
motrin (in high doses in conjunction with something else-moderate)
tylenol (only in conjunction with something else - minor)
aspirin (minor)
topiramate (helpful preventative but did kidney damage and had to stop)
sumatriptan (helpful but makes me feel fatigued and "heavy" and "off")
nortriptaline (not helpful preventative and made me sick and hallucinate)
ginkgo biloba (works nearly as well as preventative as topiramate with no side effects)
Preventatives do not prevent all migraines. They simply tend to somewhat reduce the frequency and severity of migraines. So one will still likely get migraines while on such medications but the ones they do have will not be as often or usually as severe as normal.