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Posted: 05 June 2008 at 8:02pm |
Can someone explain how theses feel. My friend thinks I have one, but i'm not sure I think it is just a head ache with tiredness.
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Posted: 05 June 2008 at 8:05pm |
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Mine start with my left eye going really fuzzy, then it moves behind my eye and it really hurts, I get quite queasy sometimes and incredibly tired.
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Posted: 05 June 2008 at 8:09pm |
So queasiness is common with them?? As I feel quite queasy and the lights hurt my eyes 
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Posted: 05 June 2008 at 8:10pm |
Same as Mel. My vision goes blurry, my head throbs, I get nauseous and often my hand/lip go numb. Once my vision clears, I tend to muddle my words and make no sense for an hour or so. For a few days after my head hurts if I bend over or move to quickly.
I made the mistake of trying some fish oils yesteday and bingo - have a migraine today. They say fish oil helps but it causes migraines for me. I had a hideous one today. 
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Posted: 05 June 2008 at 8:10pm |
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With me yes, I'm sometimes ok with light, sometimes not. Wheres the pain?
The best thing for it is to sleep.
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Posted: 05 June 2008 at 8:11pm |
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Posted: 05 June 2008 at 8:12pm |
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Some migraines are focal i.e. include a visual aura. Others are just a nasty headache. I only get focal migraines so can't help with the others.
Rest is the best thing. Coffee helps mine too but for some people coffee is a trigger.
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Posted: 05 June 2008 at 8:25pm |
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Above the eyes can also relate to a stress headache, which wouldnt' surprise me with the amount of stuff you've got going on.
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Posted: 05 June 2008 at 8:29pm |
I spoke to my friends mum who suffers from them aswell and she thinks I have one. So I have made an appointment with my dr for Monday  to see what I can get form them. As she mentioned a drug that is good for them.
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Posted: 05 June 2008 at 8:41pm |
Migraine medication made me feel . I find nurofen plus works best but there is no subtitute for resting in a dark room I'm afraid.
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Posted: 05 June 2008 at 8:41pm |
I am going to bed soon, just have a few things to do first.
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Posted: 05 June 2008 at 8:43pm |
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There's a couple of options and I've been on them:
Tilcotil (can also be injected if it's really bad).
Imigram (sp) This is more of a preventative.
Paradex (like taking lollies for me).
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Posted: 05 June 2008 at 8:48pm |
I was told Paradex is good to take .
I actually think that I have been having them for years and it is only now that I have thought anything different of them.
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Posted: 05 June 2008 at 8:55pm |
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My mum takes Paradex and she's fine with it, helps with her aches... just not me. The Nurofen Migraine aren't too bad. Quite quick acting.
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Posted: 05 June 2008 at 8:58pm |
I took panadol at 7pm and it has done nothing so I am going to take some codine as that is all I have in the cupboard that I can take.
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Posted: 05 June 2008 at 10:04pm |
Migraines for me start with a stiff neck feeling, like I've slept funny on it... then it moves in behind my eye and usually gets to the point where it feels like someone is squeezing my eyeball from the inside. I also get overwhelming tiredness and occasionally a real sensitivity to light... oh and I vomit!
Usually after the puking bit I sleep and after that the pain has gone - just a bit groggy. Panadol does absolutely nothing, if I take nurofen early enough it'll mute things so I can still function but the best thing I've used has been voltaren suppositories - not the most pleasant thing to 'administer' but apparently the pain relief enters your system faster this way as blood vessels are very close to the surface here!
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Posted: 05 June 2008 at 10:14pm |
I was given Brufen Retard for mine (Dr was very quick to assure me that it doesn't mean I'm a retard )
Its a slow release tablet which seems to work pretty well for me, so long as I take them quickly enough when I feel it starting.
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Posted: 05 June 2008 at 10:48pm |
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I haven't had a decent migraine for a while but mine are like Fiona's. End up with me not being able to talk or make any sense of anything anyone is saying to me and the only thing that fixes it is sleeping in a dark room (dosed up on drugs - nurofen plus, paramax (?), or panadeine all do OK)
Doing anything that involves eye strain, watching tv, reading, knitting, or computer work only makes things a lot worse.
I also get bad headaches and have to avoid all of the above, take drugs and drink an awful lot of water.
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Posted: 06 June 2008 at 12:08am |
Hope you're in bed now Becks. I've been getting some really bad headaches lately and they are from gluten You got blood tests for all that after the hospital talk though, didn't you?
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Posted: 06 June 2008 at 10:00am |
Yeah I was in bed by then and well asleep too.
I did get tested and I was fine.
My head still hurts this morning, but I think that maybe from other reasons. I am going to take some more drugs thou.
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