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Here's to Your Health:  Natural Migraine Tips Please!!!  |
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Rebekka Mae
True Blue Farmgirl
964 Posts
Rebekka
Moscow
ID
USA
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 Posted - Jan 05 2006 : 4:13:30 PM
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I am hoping someone out there will be able to recommend a natural migraine tip. Mine are totally hormonal and since I have been nursing for two years I did not have periods or migraines- I am having my first period now and MAMA'S IT IS THE WORST!!! I have had two debilitating migraines in four days- throwing up, visual problems, the works. I used to get these two or three a week for about 7 years and they stopped just before I concieved my daughter- now they are back and I am so sad. I used to take imitrex but in studies it builds up on lab animals eyes- plus we are trying to concieve again and I don't want the drugs in my body. So, i any of you have tips please let me know- there must be a way to calm these down a bit without nasty drugs.
Loving Thanks, Rebekka
(I have tried dietary changes, osteopathy, homeopathy, massage, essential oils, hydration, neurologist visits, etc.) |
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LadyCrystal
True Blue Farmgirl
593 Posts
Alicia
Rhode Island
USA
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Posted - Jan 05 2006 : 4:47:35 PM
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I suffer from migraines also and I cannot find an exact reason why.My Dr. suggested a food journal to see if I find a patterned.Also he suggested accupucture.If I start to get one I put ice on my head and lie in quiet dark area it seems to help them go away faster but that might be hard for you with a little one.I am simpathetic.Good luck,
Alicia
http://fromcitytocountrygirl.blogspot.com/
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sqrl
True Blue Farmgirl
605 Posts
Melissa
Northern California
USA
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Posted - Jan 05 2006 : 4:58:51 PM
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From my Husbands Migraines we started with using a food journal to check to see if there were any food allergies. We were able to rule that out, but the one thing the journal did for us was show us the pre symptoms (I'm sure there's a better word for it) so we could catch it before it happens. So now he must tell me when he feels like he may be getting one and we start by first making sure he;s hydrated and by drinking some good strong caffinated coffee and than a good deep neck message. This has helped us avoid those long painful nights. I swear he hasn't had a real one in a long while. Hope this helps, have to get home now.
Blessed Be
www.sqrlbee.com www.sisterhood.sqrlbee.com
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DaisyFarm
True Blue Farmgirl
1627 Posts
Diane
Victoria
BC
Canada
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Posted - Jan 05 2006 : 6:21:47 PM
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Does it feel like somebody hit you in the back of the head with a baseball bat, Rebekka? I used to get them on day 3 and 4. I called them stupid headaches, as when I'd get one I'd barely remember my own name! They're awful and sorry to say, I never did find a way to avert them, but I did find coffee and tea with caffiene would make them worse. Best I could hope for was to dull the pain with Aleve. Even prescription Toridol would only dull them and anything narcotic took days to wear off..don't know how some folks take that stuff all the time, knocks me on my behind!
It apparently has something to do with rising estrogen levels after your period and a dilation in blood vessels. You'd have to research it to find a more accurate description.
I wish I could offer more help...you certainly have my sympathy. |
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sqrl
True Blue Farmgirl
605 Posts
Melissa
Northern California
USA
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Posted - Jan 06 2006 : 08:46:20 AM
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Your totaly right about the dilated blood vessels. This is why I recommended the coffee because I had read once that caffine can aleviate this. We were desperate, so I tryed it and so far it has worked. We also use white willow tea for when the headache starts to try and stop it before it get too big.
Blessed Be
www.sqrlbee.com www.sisterhood.sqrlbee.com
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Julia
True Blue Farmgirl
1873 Posts
Julia
Shelton
WA
USA
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Posted - Jan 06 2006 : 10:16:57 PM
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Lavender oil on the temples gives some relief. Also try a warm cloth or rice bag with lavender oil rubbed at the base of the neck at the onset may help. Julia V.
"...the setting sun is like going into the very presence of God." Elizabeth Von Arnim |
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Rebekka Mae
True Blue Farmgirl
964 Posts
Rebekka
Moscow
ID
USA
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Posted - Jan 06 2006 : 11:24:00 PM
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| Thank you all so much for your advice- Lavendar oil is helpful but I think that I am going to try accupuncture next. The white willow tea sounds nice- can you get this at any co-op? Hugs,Rebekka |
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ThymeForEweFarm
True Blue Farmgirl
705 Posts
Robin
An organic farm in the forest in
Maine
USA
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Posted - Jan 07 2006 : 05:01:39 AM
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My chiropractor keeps me and my daughter migraine free. I haven't had one in two or three years. Hers have decreased from two or three a week at peak to two or three a year.
Robin
www.thymeforewe.com
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Annab
True Blue Farmgirl
2328 Posts
Anna
Seagrove
NC
USA
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Posted - Jan 08 2006 : 10:10:05 AM
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FEVERFEW!!!!
Look it up, and try it in a daily tea brew or, liquid tincture. I gave up going to the chiropractor and tried a massage therapist...have been going once a month for almost 2 years now. Also, try tracking weather patterns. Any time a big front passes through and you see those huge flat bottomed clouds....guaranteed I'm going to get a migraine! Mine are also aggravated if I lift something really heavy and have sore muscles two days later on the right side of my back and neck. It used to not be like this, but I'm not a spring chicken anymore either!
Warm eye aroma therapy compresses with lavender and flax didn't help at all with the pain, but was soothing, especially late at night. I also invested in one of those spa blankies. It's 2 feet long and about 12" wide. You can heat it in the microwave and wrap it around your whole head or shoulders. These days I also sleep with Lucky the Lavender Dog. He is also filled with flax and lavender and you can heat him too. I start out with one of his heavy paws on my eye and his body draped across my forehead. Sounds strange, but is a nightly comfort. The weight for some reason is also soothing. You can find either of these products by doing a google search under lavender products. If money isn't a big issue, try Sonoma Lavender and Isabella. They both sell the spa blankies.
Mine migraines usually start out as a twinge on the side of my head or just above my eye. I take Maxalt at the first sign...and typically if I don't try and ride it out or play tough guy, one tablet usually takes care of it. I have been incapicitated for up to 3 days, but never the aura and crappy sick sick feeling. I feel really badly for those of you who get these kinds!
We may get serious about having kids next year. I went from 3-4 a month to only just 3 all last year. So if I can kick the drug thing too, so much the better.
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sqrl
True Blue Farmgirl
605 Posts
Melissa
Northern California
USA
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Posted - Jan 09 2006 : 11:38:09 AM
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Yes, you can get white willow at your coop if they have a herb section. It's a pretty common herb. For Feverfew I'd recommend a tincture only because the tea didn't ever seem to work for us. But than again everyone is different.
Blessed Be
www.sqrlbee.com www.sisterhood.sqrlbee.com
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Rebekka Mae
True Blue Farmgirl
964 Posts
Rebekka
Moscow
ID
USA
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Posted - Jan 14 2006 : 3:49:18 PM
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I will try some of these things this week and hope for the best! Thanks for your concern and advice- it is such a strange but common ailment and I want to be well so I will study the weather, drink my teas and have some touch therapy. Love and Light to all of you!
Be Well,Rebekka |
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Rosenwalt
True Blue Farmgirl
77 Posts
Rose Marie
NY
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Posted - Feb 10 2006 : 6:25:51 PM
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Look into the herb called Feverfew. I forget the exact statistics but it's something like it worked in 80% of people tested on. It takes a while for it to work, something like 2 weeks to build up. Do a search on it. It has worked for my stepson!
Rose in NY
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Rebekka Mae
True Blue Farmgirl
964 Posts
Rebekka
Moscow
ID
USA
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Posted - Feb 10 2006 : 7:34:42 PM
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OK- I am going to get feverfew tomorrow- I have had 7 migraines this month!!!! I called the accupuncturist, the massage therapist, the physical therapist and I am heading to the Co-op for herbs. This is the pits- I tried sniffing Rosemary oil the other night and it works well to keep the migraine from worsening.
Thanks and Be Well, Rebekka |
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SmallTownGirl
True Blue Farmgirl
117 Posts
Rose
USA
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Posted - Feb 10 2006 : 10:52:54 PM
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My mother and I both have migraines; I have been able to slow mine down. I looked up what kinds of foods that causes them and I don't eat them anymore and I stopped using certain cleaning products and I think the new house we moved into also caused them. You might want to keep not just a food journal but also a log of what you did that day. I find that if I watch TV or on the computer too long that they cause them. The best thing I do is have me neck rubbed. I get a lot of tension there and knots that are the main cause for my migraines. Heat in those areas help too. Or I even get professional massages and have them focus on my neck and head. I do hope you will find something that works for you. Also, I have a deviated septum, they can cause them too. My mom had to have surgery on hers.
By the time we've made it...we've had it. |
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dkgold
Farmgirl in Training
23 Posts
diane
Ukiah
ca
USA
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Posted - Feb 11 2006 : 4:32:35 PM
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Hi all.. these are all great tips! I suffer from occasional 'sick headaches' and it sure sounds like they are migraines. I use the hot neck wraps too & the cold clothes on the forehead; hot steamy showers seem to help. I think I suffer from sinus headaches at the same time. I will sure use the feverfew and white willow that's been recommended. I love this Farmgirl site!
"I'd rather have roses on my table than diamonds on my neck." ...Emma Goldman |
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psouper
True Blue Farmgirl
50 Posts
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Posted - Feb 14 2006 : 3:22:16 PM
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My daughter and I have been using a new homeopathic product from the local RiteAid called HeadOn. It's like a giant chapstick that you rub on your forehead - seems to bring relief after 2 rubs.
Chiropractic has helped us too.
When all else fails, we go to bed with an icepack.
Polly
www.favoriteapron.blogspot.com |
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