I get a lot of migraines, and one of the things that triggers them is PMS. Has anyone with migraines tried a brand of birth control that makes your period less frequent? Did it also help with those monthly headaches?

So, I’m fourteen and I am really sensitive to headaches and migraines. I get them easily and I get them bad. I almost get a headache a day. Headaches tend to run in my family and they do seem to be getting worse but my symptoms seem very different than everyone else. For instance my dad gets maybe two headaches a week (tops) and he normally gets them at the end of a stressful and strain-ful day. Normally when his back hurts and similar problems; i tend to get them for considerably less intense reasons. For example I get headaches in crowds, or if there’s alot of noise, or if there’s flashing lights, or if i go too long (a couple hours) without food. Or similar things. I also tend to have different tactics to help my headaches feel better. Most people like a hot shower, some fresh air or a drink of water to help a headache as well as being in a dark, quiet, environment. I normally have a cold shower (not too cold) and fresh air tends to make it worse. Water doesn’t make it worse but it doesn’t help either. Most doctors warn against drinking or eating something with caffeine because they say it will make the said headache worse, but caffeine tends to make mine better and i normally retreat to my room which is dark, but i find that having loud music on makes me feel better than silence.

Now at a party the other day one of my little cousins neighbors and I were talking about my headaches and she gave me this big fancy term saying that I might have it because I seemed to show alot of the symptoms. I said I’d google it, but of course I forgot it. I tried finding it on my own but to no avail, so I’m stumped.

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Feverfew is most commonly used in the treatment and prevention of migraine headaches. Migraines are extremely common and can be very difficult to treat. Other methods of relieving pain have been explored because, for many migraine sufferers, conventional treatments have not been successful. Feverfew is one of the most successful forms of alternative treatments that have been found for treating migraines. Many studies have been conducted which have validated the already existing knowledge of many herbalists: feverfew is a great tool for helping to prevent migraines in many cases.

Although feverfew had long been used for treating headaches, its popularity declined with the advent of modern medicine. The herb has resurged into medical interest after the wife of a doctor who worked for the British National Coal Board had been suffering from migraines and was told by a coal miner to trey chewing on two feverfew leaves a day. After trying the herb, the woman noticed improvement, with fewer and less severe migraines. Her husband then urged a migraine specialist in London, Dr. E. Stewart Johnson, to test feverfew, with the results of several studies now showing it to be effective.

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prepregnancy, i used to get migraines atleast once a week. they have almost disappeared since i found out i was pregnant until the last few weeks (16 weeks preg). i vomit all morning because my head hurts so bad, and i can not focus at work. tylenol does nothing. it helps to lay in bed, in a dark room, with a wash cloth on my whole face, and when my husband massages my head for hours, but sometimes i still have the headache for over a day.
any remidies before i gouge my eyes out???

Do you suffer from migraine headaches on a regular basis? Is it something that is causing you a lot of pain and discomfort? Is making it hard to do a lot of everyday things? Well if so then you need to keep reading because there are many things you can do.

The first thing you need to do is get rid of that stress. Stress is one of the number one things that can cause us to experience migraines. So what you can do is try to relieve that unwanted stress. And you can do things like breathing deeply or even trying yoga. There are many things out there that can help get rid of stress. You just need to find the one that best helps you.

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Most people associate vomiting to two things: a pregnant woman or a man who just had too many to drink.   What is seen as a normal bodily response to conception or, in the case of a hard drinker, overconsumption of alcohol,  nausea and vomiting may also be signs of something more serious.  Getting sick will usually involve nausea, since the body is no longer in equilibrium health-wise.  
It is quite normal for people to experience certain health conditions like headaches, flu, or fever. Everyday, people come into contact with millions if not billions of bacteria and viruses at home, in the office, in the street, and just about everywhere they go.  Once the immune system is overrun by the microscopic “invaders”, a person would almost always have bouts of nausea and vomiting. These are actually symptoms of an illness. Nausea is a queasy, unpleasant feeling that is felt in the stomach all the way to a person’s throat.   Nausea may lead to vomiting and dizzy spells. Vomiting, on the other hand, is occurs when a person feels a strong, uncontrollable need to “throw up.”  Nausea and vomiting can happen in both adults and children.  Pregnant women may also experience nausea and vomiting, especially during the first trimester of the pregnancy.  People undergoing cancer treatments are also prone to nausea and vomiting because of the chemotherapy or radiation therapy.

Whether one is healthy or sick, it is important to know how and what causes nausea. The sight of a person vomiting or being in such a weak condition may cause a lot of concern not only for the sick person but for people around him as well.  Knowing the signs, causes and ways to prevent nausea and vomiting will certainly help reduce the worries when somebody gets sick.

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I was previously diagonosed with migraine headaches & verdigo about 2 years ago and my doctor gave medication and it seem to help back then but it is killing me with a lot pain right now. On the scale of 10 being worse and 1 nothing at all, i rate my painess about 8. What can i do to get myself better ?

I need help here.
For years and years I have been getting very, very, very bad headaches.
They are normally so intense that I have to lie in a dark room or constantly apply counter pressure to my temples, forehead and sinus to alleviate the pain. I had tried all kinds of medication and herbal relief including paracetemol, migraine medication, extra strength pain killers and sinus related headache medication.
My diet is balanced and healthy, and I get ample sleep.
Can someone help me here?

One of my roommatess complains that she gets a migraine if I turn the heat on, I get cold a lot, and I also have asthma, so if it gets too can have an asthma attack. The heatcontrolo is in her room, so she closes the door and locks it at night, so my otherroommatee and I can’t go in and turn the heat on. Please help.

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Cluster headache, nicknamed “suicide headache”, is a neurological disease that involves, as its most prominent feature, an immense degree of pain. “Cluster” refers to the tendency of these headaches to occur periodically, with active periods interrupted by spontaneous remissions. The cause of the disease is currently unknown. It affects approximately 0.1% of the population, and men are more commonly affected than women…. More >>

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