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Headache Specialists

Hello Everyone, It is so great to see so much support and advice being given on our HealthUnlocked forum. Many of you may not know that the National Migraine...

Hello Everyone, It is so great to see so much support and advice being given on ...

Partner•7 years ago

New to this!

Have just joined on behalf of my 15yr daughter who suffers from migraines. Only got diagnosed in march but has been suffering for probably 4 years. Problem...

Have just joined on behalf of my 15yr daughter who suffers from migraines. Only ...

•7 years ago

Chronic constant headache

Hi. I’m looking for anyone with the same problem as me. For 6 years I’ve been taking amitryptiline for what was diagnosed as facial neuralgia. Starting dose...

Hi. I’m looking for anyone with the same problem as me. For 6 years I’ve been t...

•7 years ago

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migraine is ruining my life

i have migraines about 20 days out of the month i tried every medication under the sun i tried botox acupuncture and i get no relief i also have floaters...

i have migraines about 20 days out of the month i tried every medication under t...

•7 years ago

Constant Migraine with Aura, what else can I try?

Hi, I started having migraines April 2016 and they became constant August 2016. For the first few months I was in agony and didn’t leave my pitch black room, I...

Hi, I started having migraines April 2016 and they became constant August 2016. ...

•7 years ago

Diath piercing for migraines

Has anyone tried Diath piercing of the ear for migraines. I live in NZ and have been told it really help and some suffer no more.

Has anyone tried Diath piercing of the ear for migraines. I live in NZ and have ...

•7 years ago

Increase frequency aura attack

Hi all! I've been suffering from aura for a few years now. Had a respite last year when prescribed propranolol. I have also had various MRI's as have brain...

Hi all! I've been suffering from aura for a few years now. Had a respite last ye...

•7 years ago

3 day migraines

Just wondering if anyone experiences the following type of migraine and how to deal with them, as multiple doctors have not been able to help: they last for...

Just wondering if anyone experiences the following type of migraine and how to d...

•7 years ago

9 days migraine first time had headache this bad

Hi all I suffer from anxiety,depression and panic disorder, just gotten over a 18mth long panic disorder where I suffered anxiety all day and night which lead...

Hi all I suffer from anxiety,depression and panic disorder, just gotten over a 1...

•7 years ago

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Never had a migraine, is this it?

So in a nutshell: 64 years old, never had a migraine. 4 mths ago started seeing flashing light occassionally in left eye with pain behind the eye. 2 mths ago...

So in a nutshell: 64 years old, never had a migraine. 4 mths ago started seeing...

•7 years ago

Migraine Aura No Headache

I have on average 3 migraine Auras a month now and as a male 50 yrs .I have healthy blood pressure ,cholesterol 5.3 BMI of 22.Non Smoker. Eat quite healthy do...

I have on average 3 migraine Auras a month now and as a male 50 yrs .I have heal...

•7 years ago

Topamax/Topiramate

I've just started taking Topamax for chronic daily headache, i'm almost a week in on 1 25mg tablet per day and so far i'm floored, tired and groggy all of the...

I've just started taking Topamax for chronic daily headache, i'm almost a week i...

•7 years ago

Relief of Migraine

I been four months no medicine and no Migraines thanks to Daith Piercing . Just a brief medical history I was diagnosed with Migraines Fibromyalgia and...

I been four months no medicine and no Migraines thanks to Daith Piercing . Just ...

•7 years ago

new to this

i used to have migraines when i was very young it was fish related but stopped eating most fish and then gave up all fish and meat at 12years to become a...

i used to have migraines when i was very young it was fish related but stopped e...

•7 years ago

Feeling Desparate: Specialist query and preventives

Hello all, Just had my worst attack in a while, mine increased in August. I began amiptryptaline as a preventive 2 weeks ago, doctor said to increase dosage...

Hello all, Just had my worst attack in a while, mine increased in August. I bega...

•7 years ago

Chronic Daily Headache - 6 months.

Looking for any advice available. I've been suffering for more or less 6 months with various symptoms the main one being this tension headache in my forehead...

Looking for any advice available. I've been suffering for more or less 6 months...

•7 years ago

flunarizine

my daughter (15) was diagnosed with a permanent migraine by GOSH. She is also hypothyroid. She was recommended flunarizine but I understand that it is a...

my daughter (15) was diagnosed with a permanent migraine by GOSH. She is also h...

•7 years ago

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Found a bit of relief from glaucoma drops!?!

So I've had chronic daily migraine for the past 3 years. They're always on the left side of my face from my eyeball all the way down to the base of my neck....

So I've had chronic daily migraine for the past 3 years. They're always on the ...

•7 years ago

Migraines have come back (intro)

I'm a 47 year old man. In my childhood I would get bad migraines from time to time. A cause was never found, but they went away when I entered adolescence. In...

I'm a 47 year old man. In my childhood I would get bad migraines from time to ti...

•7 years ago

Migraine Face Pain

When I have a migraine the pain is never actually in my head. It is always behind my left eye my upper gums on both sides and my vision is blurry. Anyone...

When I have a migraine the pain is never actually in my head. It is always behi...

•7 years ago

Going Nuts

I tried quite a few things for my frequent migraines and cluster headaches. Recently, I ate some unsalted mixed nuts, just as an aura began which signaled the...

I tried quite a few things for my frequent migraines and cluster headaches. Rece...

•7 years ago

Recent sufferer

I have been suffering from migraines for just over two years now, I think likely due to high stress levels. I suffer from auras before the onset migraine and...

I have been suffering from migraines for just over two years now, I think likely...

•7 years ago

Migraine and MS

I’m 65. I’ve had classic migraine since I was a little boy. I wouldn’t be too concerned about the numbness to your lips and tongue. That is a regular...

I’m 65. I’ve had classic migraine since I was a little boy. I wouldn’t be too co...

•7 years ago

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Migraines or Multiple Sclerosis?!

Hi, I am a 27 year old female who has been having migraines since I was in junior high school. I get about 1-2 a year, so very rarely. At the onset of my...

Hi, I am a 27 year old female who has been having migraines since I was in junio...

•7 years ago

Advice for going back to work?

Hello all, I suffer episodic migraines which get worse around Autumn/Spring, had a really bad cluster this September and had to go off work 2 weeks, then just...

Hello all, I suffer episodic migraines which get worse around Autumn/Spring, had...

•7 years ago

Exertion migraines

Hi, had anyone any advice for managing exertion migraines? I've been a runner for 20 years now but I'm on the brink of giving up due to exertion migraines. I...

Hi, had anyone any advice for managing exertion migraines? I've been a runner fo...

•7 years ago

can anyone help please

i know what is like to have migraines. i have had migraines sinice as long as i can remember. the migraine doctor in dartford kent was very helpful. as the...

i know what is like to have migraines. i have had migraines sinice as long as i ...

•7 years ago

Migraines

Just wanted to ask if u get a pain all around your head and its so bad and lasts 3 days and u can not eat or sleep or even move around without it causing u...

Just wanted to ask if u get a pain all around your head and its so bad and lasts...

•7 years ago

Paint

Anyone else had a migraine triggered by the smell of paint?

Anyone else had a migraine triggered by the smell of paint?

•7 years ago

Anyone noticed a link between having a virus and getting a migraine? Also, do you haven any advice for acute management of migraine please?

Hello, This is the first time that I have written on a migraine site, although I have been suffering from these headaches for much of my life (I am now 53). I...

Hello, This is the first time that I have written on a migraine site, although I...

•7 years ago

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