Posted on 09/23/2007 7:46:56 AM PDT by paulat
Unless my relapse is really bad, I don’t take naps. I always feel worse when I wake up.
Yikes....
Do you take anything for migraines? I take Midrin...it was the only thing I tried that actually works.
What I really hate about migraines is that the pain is so bad I can’t even sleep. Once it starts, I’m forced to suffer through it. I take my medicine with me everywhere.
Does coffee count?
Actually, I have a 2 quart cup I fill with water and force myself to drink every day. Maybe I’ll drink two of those today.
I used to take Imitrex, but found out it could cause stokes. Since I had three TIAs in my late 30’s, I decided the risk was too great.
But with Imitrex, I almost wished I WOULD get a migraine, just so I could take the Imitrex!
Now, I just have to deal with it as best I can. If it’s really bad, I’ll lie down in the dark with a cold compress on my right eye and wait for the pain to leave.
I don’t know if I have one headache that lasts a week, or seven headaches of a day each.
It depends on what caused the headache ... but more water is always good.
I tried Midrin, Fiorinol and a few other drugs, but all they did was make my eyelids heavy, and make the pain worse.
Trust me: If there’s a pain med for migraines, I’ve already tried it. I’ve been having them since I was eight years old.
Actually, when I was on the boat, before I had my migraines diagnosed, the doc told me to drink as much coffee as possible when the headache starts....since migraines are a vascular thing, the idea is that by ramping up the heart rate, it would slow down or stop the headache. It actually worked sometimes...of course I was bouncing of the bulkheads...
I’ve had mine since I was little too. I just didn’t know that that’s what they were.
I didn’t know, either. I don’t think the concept of childhood migraines was even a remote medical idea, but I’m here to tell you that I suffered, just the same.
My son started to get them when he was nine, and one of my neices got them at eight, so I’m thinking it’s something in the gene pool.
I keep wondering if it’s related to diabetes and blood sugar...seems to me like sugar kicks off the headaches more times than not.
Red wine and cheese will give you migraines. I don’t think it’s a sugar thing for me, because my blood sugar is seldom over 85.
So I can’t have cheese with my whine?
Maybe if it’s a mild cheese...
Or a white whine?
My father’s cousin (who died a couple of weeks ago) had migraines, and did quite a bit of research on what causes them. Of course, he would never give up smoking. Chris Buckley said his doctor told him that if he gave up smoking, he’d stop having migraines in five years ... and it worked!
The aforementioned cousin was quite wealthy and reclusive. (He’d been dead for some time before his neighbors called the police and the police eventually notified the relatives.) His last known will was dated 1985, when my father and grandfather were about the only relatives he was in contact with. We’re wondering if he left everything to my Dad! During the 90’s, he resumed contact with his sister and her children, so I’m sure he’d want them to benefit, but that will take some legal maneuvering. The surviving cousins don’t want anything except a few family mementoes.
The lesson is, keep your will up to date!
I just updated my will before I went to the class reunion. I usually do it every few years, or when something changes.
Like I’ve got a lot to worry about, right? With my miuyons and biuyons of dollars...;o]
LOL! At least you can make sure the right people get your petz, if you predecease them.
The most important thing for us was disposing of the children, of course. A family in Tulsa will end up with 16 children and a lot of money, if a meteor hits Der Prinz and me on the one occasion during the year when we’re together with no children.
Since my son has a learning disability, and has never had a really “good” job, I’m leaving his with the bulk of what I have.
My daughter’s husband is quite able to take care of her in the style to which she’d like to become accustomed, so there’s not much sense in giving her anything that would benefit my son more.
That may sound cold, but it’s only fair. If their situations were reversed, I’d leave the bulk of it to her.
I think it’s perfectly fair. Does your son like catz?
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