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34 minutes ago, EastHertsRam said:

Never had a migraine but tinnitus...man, that drives me round the bend, having a bad dose of it now, not nice.

God yes, I thought I was going crazy with it. I didn't get the high pitched whistle, I got the low resonating hum. It drove me mad. Have you got one of the apps that create neutralising noises? I know someone who had an app playing at night in a hotel so he could kill the tinitus and sleep. It was water noises and the night porter broke into his room thinking he'd left the bath running :D

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I don't, but the wife does. Starts with 'the dazzles'. Avoids strong light until that's faded away and then gets nauseous headaches, eventually fading to an 'afterhead' which can last 2,3, 4 days.

She's had them for decades. It was generally thought to hormonal, but later suggested to be brought on by dehydration. The latest thinking is they're stress related  (she has a tremendous amount of stress), and they've reduced in frequency since she's been on anti-depressants.

Truth is, I don't think anyone has the slightest idea of the cause.

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Used to get them a few times a month.  On one side of the head, usually the left, like a long needle being pushed through my eye and a pounding headache.

The only relief i found was to finger massage my temple hard and around the ear and down the neck for a few minutes.

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6 minutes ago, Boycie said:

Why did I know it would be Alex?

Because he's a hypochondriac that's been there done that, got the t shirt with anything you can find on the NHS website.

Thrush? Had that yeah, couldn't walk for a week, went to the doctors and gave me some pills for it, said it was because I had diabetes and I ate too many mars bars, the chocolate also triggered my IBS which left me constipated for a week, didn't drink enough which then gave me a migraine cos of the heat.

Day in the life of Alex. 

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1 hour ago, David said:

Because he's a hypochondriac that's been there done that, got the t shirt with anything you can find on the NHS website.

Thrush? Had that yeah, couldn't walk for a week, went to the doctors and gave me some pills for it, said it was because I had diabetes and I ate too many mars bars, the chocolate also triggered my IBS which left me constipated for a week, didn't drink enough which then gave me a migraine cos of the heat.

Day in the life of Alex. 

He has more ailments than an 80 year old.

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I've been having migraines since about 2002 - really annoying to go through life without them and then suddenly find yourself afflicted on average once a month.

That said, after about a year of faffing with the doctor (have you tried paracetomol? duh - what do you effing think?) he finally prescribed me Sumatriptan - ie a proper migraine medication, and lo and behold I now have a silver bullet. Within 60 minutes of taking one the crippling headpain is completely gone. A few mild side effects, but nothing unpleasant

These days it's off-patent, so you can buy it over the counter. Albeit as much for 2 tablets as a prescription costs for 12, but if you have started suffering bad migraines I recommend trying it out. If it works for you then get down the docs and ask for a prescription

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2 hours ago, David said:

You said "everyone" gets them, clearly you are wrong 

People think bad headaches are automatically a migraine. If they are walking, talking and moaning then it is just a headache (generally speaking)

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5 minutes ago, rynny said:

People think bad headaches are automatically a migraine. If they are walking, talking and moaning then it is just a headache (generally speaking)

That's all @Alex W does, walk, talk and moan

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