Migraine for 18 days straight - help :(

Hey hun. I'm not on your scale but I've been dealing with increased and longer migraines and I've been miserable as a result so I kind of know where your going. I've recently tried an osteopath - have you investigated? Apparently there are no nerves around your brain but they are all channelled through your brain stem at the base of your head/neck and my osteo (not sure how much I believe but can't hurt) detected a lot of pressure there which would explain increased migraines. Today though he detected a pain in my left wrist by treating the base of my head and I didn't tell him that hurt....? I'm certain mine are down to childbirth and lifting my heavy second child, I had pains in my hips after having him and this seems to be what he's noticing too.

I've heard there's no scientific evidence to support faith piercing but if there's no harm in trying...? I've noticed and difference in myself following my osteo appointments such as less sensitivity to sunlight which I thought was the cause of my migraines - whether that difference is confidence and psychological I don't know but if it is does it matter as long as it helps?

Good luck babe xxx

I'm so sorry you are hurting & suffering. I have had migraines since my early 20's. I'm in my mid fifty's now, I had hoped & prayed that they would have dissipated but unfortunately they are now chronic. I am not writing to discourage you but to encourage you to keep looking for an answer. I have not tried what you mentioned. I have tried all the migraine med's, they worked for a while but then they find a way to work around it & on & on. The only thing that has helped me has been hydrocodone, but now they won't prescribe due to the new laws. Yes I have had migraines last as long as five days. Yes they are awful, my roommate has told my neurologist the best way to describe me when I have a really severe one is that I'm a corpse. Not very encouraging I know, but I have not given up. I have recently gotten an injection in the facet of my cervical vertebrae between 3 & 4. I got it today & it has taken me from an 8 to a 2 on pain scale of 1- 10. I had 2 previous injection's in September & October. They were injected in the posterior cervical vertebrae by 3 & 4 by the occipital nerve, my doc's thinking was it could be occipital neuralgia. I dont know nor do I care at this point. Probably like you, you would like doctor's to listen to you & have some empathy for the pain you are enduring. No one should have to endure this pain consistently thru-out one's life & have to go to doctor after doctor with little or no help, but of course they charge you exorbinant fees, its freakin crazy!! Have you tried any naturopath's, or pain management center's. Thats where my neurologist is sending me this next week. I'm literally trying every new thing available. I listen to meditation mp3's, hypnotism cd's, I am listening to Dr. Wayne Dyer's cd about manifesting, very interesting. I'm even trying what he suggests, which I should of tried before I took all these medications the past 20 odd years. I'm sorry I apparently needed to vent! But keep tryin & reachin out. I can't stop your suffering but I can listen & be supportive, but definitely learn all you can about treatments negative & positive side effects &~keep reaching out to other migraine sufferers. My current rant is "I'm migraine free" & Im gonna say it till I heal! As my son use to say, "Yeah"! Llf7860

I don't want to scare you but I have had a migraine for 8 months and counting. I went to a neurologist who said that it was a severe tension headache and he put me on Nortryptaline, Vitamin B, and Magnesium none of which has helped. I suggest seeing a neurologist and seeing what they can do. I have double scoliosis and I think that might be the biggest benefactor for me and the only way for me to get relief is surgury and I do not want that. I hope you can find some relief for more than just a day

Hi, sorry to hear this.  My advice is to try  botox for the migraine, it does help.

I am so sorry that you are suffering in this way.  It seems as if you are really concerned about taking too much medication.  I take about about about 9' prescription medications per day plus 5 different those of vitamin medications.  I see a headache specialist who is wonderful and is always willing to try different types of treatment.  I still suffers with chronic migraines and hemiplegic migraines.  I am better right now than I have been in the past but I think most if that can be attributed to my own state of mind.  My started 10 years at the age of 58 which is unusual for most people.  I no longer drive and often times I cannot walk. 

For you I would suggest that you find a meurologist who specializes in headaches because they are really up to date on treatment options. Don't be worried about taking too much medication unless they are narcotic based which can lead to dependency.  I have found that medications have their own ability to work for a period of time.  Some longer than others.  Keep pressing your doctor to work with you to help find some relief from this constant struggle.  

I know how fearful it can to take so much medicine. The neurologist that I see specializes in headaches, etc.  he has said that most neurologists are not that trained in migraine treatments.  I have tried many different things and have gone to 5 different neurologist before I found my current doctor.  He has really been the only one I have found that has a true understanding of migraines and doesn't" make you stupid for how you are feeling. When you see a neurologist, please keep pushing for commuted treat,emt.  Of so,etching doesn't work, try something else. For me I can't take the Tristan medicines because of the hemiplegic migraine.  I also have sjorgens which is an autoimmune disease and thyroid issues

 so I have to be careful of medication.  Keep trying .  I know how badly you feel.