Migraines & Auras

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you know what cures migraine?

lsd

Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds?

Cannabis is also of use apparently

For all you know this could lower the migraine thresh hold. Each person responds to drugs differently. Same goes for Cannabis. I get psychological issues from Cannabis.

Wow, a lot of people being diagnosed and medicated for migraines. I just take Disprin Max which can be bought at any chemist. It's actually not working as effectively as before. Oh well, I have Mersyndol. But if it gets really bad I just reach for the Panafen plus (plus codeine).

i have almost-daily ocular migraines.

i used to have migraines with pain and had to take Tylenol with codeine+gravol on most days. i took regular trips to the hospital to get a shot of something too - i have no idea what it was. the pain would be so severe and i was so disoriented that i could not make sense of what was going on. a couple of times i lost consciousness during a migraine attack, but i don't know if it was from the pain (i describe it as a brainfreeze that won't stop. i'm sure all of you know what i am talking about) or from some other aspect.

eventually i started taking Zomig/zolmitriptan, which worked to a degree but it was unsafe for me to take long-term as i have high blood pressure.

which led me to a treatment that sort of worked for me.... beta-blockers. they help both my high blood pressure and have effectively prevented migraines... in a way. turns out i am still getting migraines almost every day, but they are usually painless. i always get an aura (for me it is sparks or fireworks) and sometimes i also have other symptoms like tingling in my face/hands/shoulders, dizziness, tiredness, reduced mental faculties (i get stupid and don't make much sense), etc. occasionally i have a bit of pain and even more rarely i have a lot of pain, but it's only about once a month now.

the optometrist calls them Ophthalmic Migraines or Ocular Migraines. i don't enjoy them but they are infinitely preferable to migraines with pain, so i deal with it as well as i can. .

I get migraines, usually presided by auras. Though lately I have been getting silent migraines (hey, better then my scull feeling like it is splitting open). Pretty much every one on my mom's side (including my mom) get them.

I get the opthalmic/silent migraines. It knocks out about 2/3 of my visual field for about 40 minutes, but that's it. I've never had a migraine headache. Actually, I almost never get headaches of any kind.

Wanna trade? My visual field is untouched.

I used to know someone who got full-on migraines with the intense pain, barfing and all -- I'd rather be temporarily blind, thanks.