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I know two people who suffer from chronic, debilitating migraines. As someone who gets episodic clusters, I am sympathetic / empathetic to their plight. My at
by SloopJon 8y ago
I know two people who suffer from chronic, debilitating migraines. As someone who gets episodic clusters, I am sympathetic / empathetic to their plight. My attacks (which only happen every two years or so) can be treated pretty effectively with oxygen and/or sumatriptan injections, so it's tempting to think that sumatriptan (primarily a migraine drug in the first place) should just work.
Everyone is different, and there is so much we don't understand about migraines (and clusters, which often benefit from migraine research). If you think that ginger, cannabis, or just avoiding your triggers is all it takes, that's not always (nor probably often) the case.
I hesitate to subject a friend's personal blog to the HN effect, but if you want to learn about chronic migraine from one firsthand account, read through some of the archives at thedailyheadache.com. She has been trying desperately and relentlessly to find peace for a long time.
- ianai 8y agoBotox and muscle relaxers have helped me immensely - and yet I still get headaches frequently. There’s also the crocodile yoga position.
- waynecochran 8y agoInteresting you mention oxygen -- this means you breath from an oxygen tank? I notice I yawn a lot when a migraine is about to occur -- I always thought this had something do with lack of oxygen. I always have a supply of MaxAlt (rizatriptan benzoate) with me which short circuits my migraines if I take it in the correct window of time. 1 MaxAlt usually works, 2 or 3 in the worse case.
- SloopJon 8y agoFor cluster headaches, a high rate of oxygen (like 10-12 liters per minute) acts as a vasoconstrictor, which can relieve pressure on the nerve.