i had a really bad bang on the head ages 12 i had years of pains in the head for at least 3 years after i feel that this has affected my

[suri]

learning all my life i get really bad migraines any suggestions on a good pain killer ?

[cat3]

I'm wondering what you've tried already. For instance have you tried ibuprofen or an over-the-counter migraine treatment ? Has your GP prescribed nothing which helps ?

I'm only allowed to take codeine/paracetamol which are useless so I have many lost days of waiting for the headaches to subside..........usually three or four days at a time.

I do sympathise & also wonder whether you've ever had any specialist opinion for this problem ?

[Mick1971 in reply to cat3]

Hi Cat,

Do you have seperate codine and paracetamol or the combined? The reason I ask is that I am prescribed 30mg tablets of codine and 500mg paracetamol as seperate tablets. This I find works better (for me anyway) as I can take the codine without having too much paracetamol.

Some headaches seem to go with just codine and others seem to go with just paracetamol many don't go at all. I also have tramedol but have only taken one tablet since May this year as its side effects are horrible.

[cat3 in reply to Mick1971]

Hi Mick. I mostly have the combined ones but, to be honest, nothing really works. I've tried combining the 30mg codeine with separate parecatemol but with no success.

Years ago, I was given a preventitive drug which I took each day, regardless of headaches, but it didn't work & I abandoned it after 5/6 months.

Most efficient remedies contain ibuprofen which I'm allergic to.

Even morphine doesn't help but diazepam does take the edge off the nausea............pretty horrid business all told !

[suri in reply to cat3]

i usually take nurofen stress is defenetly an offender

[Cranium1]

After 20 years of migraine I was referred by the gp to a consultant a few years ago, who prescribed a once-a-day preventative tablet. But since I had concussion this year, its not working. Might be worth asking. and am taking ibuprofen and imigran as required. Best to remember nothing works if taken too often.