Since 7yrs old to 24yrs old I have had severe migraines. I constantly took excedrine migraine and it got to the point where I was taking a whole bottle every 3 weeks for months! I called a doctor and asked how much of these pills can I take before it starts to hurt my liver or kidneys. She said 1,000mg is a gram and you can take up to 4g in 24hrs without hurting yourself. Just don't exceed 4g in a 24hr period. Well, I had a resonable doubt, but continued to take the pills anyways. I have a couple friends that are against taking pills for anything! When they are around and say they are getting a headache, I would always ask if they wanted a couple excedrine migraine and they would always say NO! I just didn't understand!!! All I could think about was the pain I get when I get migraines and I wouldn't wish that pain upon anyone! I thought they were crazy! I mean, if ya have pain in your head or anywhere else why not get rid of it right!? Well, my bestfriend and I talked about migraines alot and she would tell me she hardly gets headaches and i'd tell her i'm the complete oposite! Which she already knew :) So one day I had an epiphany. I thought "Well, she dosn't take medication and hardly gets them - I on the other hand take medications and always get them. So I decided to put my foot down and see if I could beat this for myself! I told myself, the next oncome of a migraine I was NOT going to take any meds atall what so ever! So of course I got one and I followed through with my goal. The worst pain ever!!! I'd say worse than child birth. But thats just me. Well it came and went after a couple days. I struggled so bad of course. So after that one I followed through many more of them without taking pills and slowly noticed that my migraines were less frequent and less severe. The funny thing is that now if im really in need of a pill (at work) I am able to take 1 tylenol and BAM it goes away! I was never able to take anything less than excedrin migrain before. I really pay attention to limit taking pills cause I don't want my body to become immune to it or adverse effects. It worked for me and I hope it can work for you. I know there are many reasons behind migraines but I highly recommend trying it.
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i have migraine problem too. i started to have it 3 years ago. i'm 25 now. i still have headaches. I had to go to emergency room a lot of times because of my headache. I never gone to emergency room ever but when i had headache and kept seeing the doctors, one day i had a appointment with the neurology and he insist me to go to the emergency room which was right next to it because he wanted me to get an MRI but my insurance didn't cover only thorugh ER. so that's when i first went to the ER. i was with my friend so she stayed with me the whole time in the ER. now, i don't go to the ER because there's nothing they could do for me since i did all the test and everything. my neurology doctor is putting me new medication i didn't get it yet because i'm still waiting for the insurance to see if it covers. i can't pay out of pocket because it is so expensive. my neurology doctor told me to not to take too much medication because it can damage the kidney. he's very concern about it when i was taking tyenol for few days because my headache was so bad. the medication he prescribe me i only take it when i feel like i'm going to have a headache so it's not everyday.
I have had headaches since I was 6yrs old,I don't remember if they were actual migrains or just tension headaches.As I got older [junior high]I started with the migrains,still have them now at 47yrs.when my Dr. first gave me meds i JR High,He told me to make sure it was a migraine and not just a tension headache.I had meds for both.He made sure that he explained to me that if I had just a little pain in my head to not just take a pill right away,I was told to wait and make sure it was a true headache then determine if its a tension or migraine,that way I am taking the proper meds.But he said if I just grab a pill for alittle pain that will more than likley go away on its own its own anyway,I could end up having REBOUND HEADACHES from taking a pill that I didn't need the meds for in the first place.So when I feel pain in my head I wait about 15Min,if its still there I take which ever neds I need.Its NOT good to wait too long [in my case anyway] because then the pain is so out of controle its harder to get rid of it.I am VERY HAPPY for you that you have all the headaches under control...SEE YA.....Jamie
I used to struggle with Migraines as well as several friends of mine. We got relief with 250 mg of Magnesium a day. Easy fix if that is the source of the problem. The only problem is too much Magnesium will cause diarrhea. I actually take 1,000 mg of Calcium with 500 mg Magnesium a day without a problem. (the Calcium somehow must prevent the diarrhea since it can cause the opposite) I also cut out NutraSweet (Aspartame).
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