Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 7:25 pm     Post subject: migraines

hi all
does anybody have or evey had an migraines after an sz?
for how long it last i think i had an migraines. but i dont think i had never one as bad as this after an sz!!!

take care
cazzie
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Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2008 6:20 pm     Post subject:

Ionic magnesium or oxygen therapy can help with migraines.
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Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2008 6:36 pm     Post subject:

Thanks Bernard Great article

Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2008 7:50 pm     Post subject:

Oh thanks, that was a great read

Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2008 4:56 am     Post subject:

You're welcome. If you read down the page, you will also find a link/reference to the ionized magnesium.
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Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2008 8:28 am     Post subject:

Bernard

The link was brill

Got hit by the start of a migraine last night. Head starting to pound, eyes sore, i took a couple of useless pills & went to bed to wait for the worst to come.

I remembered your oxygen link & rang a neighbour to ask if i could borrow her husbands oxygen tank, as he is away on holiday.

2 minuites later she came round with it.

........Well

It helped. After about an hour, i was out of my bed, sitting on YE with only a mild headache.

Never in a million years did i think it would help, as i've suffered from them since i was a child. No pills have ever been able to stop it from developing, & for the first time in 20 odd years, i wasn't as sick as a dog & stuck in the dark.

I shall look further into the Ironised Magnesium link.

Thank you xxx

Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2008 8:36 am     Post subject:

Lou/Bernard,

I have had migraines since I was 8 years old and if I knew something would work OMG I would run off and get whatever it was

I can't believe it worked so well.

Would it work for me though because I normally wake up with mine, so would it be to late at that stage?

Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2008 8:49 am     Post subject:

I'm not sure.

I get them any time of the day.

My neighbour uses an oxygen tank for sleep apnea, so i pinched it while he was away.

I started to feel one coming on last night, so took my pills & got into bed before it really kicked off.

I'd try before you buy.
I read that it either helps some people or doesn't do a thing.

I've had them since i was 7 & no prescription meds have ever helped, i usually have to ride it out.

I still have a mild headache, but never in my life has anything helped before

I'm stunned, coz i never thought it would do anything.

You could take this to the doc & ask to try it out.

I'll be ringing the doc this morning.

Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2008 8:58 am     Post subject:

Mine build up and I know one is looming due to the aura's and I get very hyped up:?

I take the pizotifen but I will admit it works because it knocks me out cold.

My migraines are extremely weird, but they are always the same.

I've asked Bernard if I can explain mine to him so I can try and get some advise. I live in dread of mine Lou, I can honestly tell you that everynite I go to sleep my last thought is 'Please don't let me wake up with a migraine'.

If I knew oxygen would help I wud try it.

Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2008 9:05 am     Post subject:

Oh hun

See what Bernard thinks.

I'd go to the doc & ask if you can try it out xxx

Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2008 2:24 pm     Post subject:

xloux11 wrote:

Bernard ... I remembered your oxygen link & rang a neighbour to ask if i could borrow her husbands oxygen tank, as he is away on holiday. ... It helped. ...

Awesome! Glad it helped.

Ionized magnesium should be available at any decent vitamin shop (or you can try eating lots of fresh spinach salads!).

@Millie - have you ever had a sleep study to check for sleep apnea? As I understand it, they don't check for this during hospital VEEGs unless they are specifically looking for it. It sounds to me like there could be a possibility of oxygen deprivation overnight. At any rate, getting an oxygen tank and trying it is likely cheaper* than getting tested with a sleep study.

* at least here in the USA.
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Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2008 3:24 pm     Post subject:

I'll PM you to try and explain what happens

Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2008 5:40 pm     Post subject:

millie i dunno if we have similar migraine attacks but i always wake up with mine - sometimes i wake up and they are so bad i sit in bed crying thinking i'm about to die and they usually last a couple of days or at leats a full 24 hours before i start to get some relief from them.
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Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2008 9:41 pm     Post subject:

I've written a big book to Bernard (poor man)

Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 8:47 pm     Post subject:

I'm sick of my head hurting.

I'm just wondering if it is linked to decreasing keppra Me and Lou seem to be going through the same thing

How you doin Lou