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How do you get the shot, logistically? Once I have a migraine, travel is exceedingly difficult for me.

ekianjo 7y ago
> https://www.drugs.com/uk/pdf/leaflet/801174.pdf https://www.drugs.com/uk/pdf/leaflet/801174.pdf self injection is an option, apparently.
AmericanChopper 7y ago
It was always terrible. I used to live half a block from my doctors office, so I’d just (slowly) walk then. Now my wife will drive me (probably only need a couple of them a year though). Basically it just sucked. Especially sitting in the bright waiting room, sweating bullets, trying not to throw up before I was seen. My most serious migraines can last a couple of days, and are just awful. Making it go away almost instantly was alway worth the hour or so of additional suffering to get a shot. I’ve also got a rather high pain tolerance, and tend to only get worn down by pain that lasts a long time. I don’t know if it would be as effective for anybody else, but if you get migraines that seem worse than death, I’d recommend asking your doctor about it.
- ta999999171 7y ago
  How does cannabis affect your symptoms, if you vaporize some of that instead of heading for the Dr?
  - AmericanChopper 7y ago
    I only smoked weed when I was young, but it would generally make it worse (and would sometimes add nausea). I have some pretty good pain management techniques I use, and I think being high just takes my focus off them. I also can’t stand the dopey feeling and won’t even take opioids unless I really need to. I broke my leg a while ago and limped home on it thinking I’d just sprained it, eventually went to the ER and it took about 18 hours after the accident until I gave up and asked for some tramadol. The downside is, if I tell a nurse or doctor that I’m in extreme pain, they tend to not fully believe me because I’ll look quite calm.
    - ta999999171 7y ago
      Smoking will of course make it worse, it worsens vascular problems of any kind. Please vaporize or use it sublingually - it may change everything.
    - nython 7y ago
      Would you mind elaborating on the pain management techniques?
      - AmericanChopper 7y ago
        Mostly slow deep breathing and focusing on relaxing and trying to lower your heart rate, basically just trying to calm down. Pain is just signals in your brain like any other though or feeling. I’m pretty convinced you can exert a reasonable amount of control over it. I’m no expert on the subject and I haven’t trained to do it or anything, I’ve just injured myself a lot and that’s what has worked for me. It’s gotten me through a fair amount of serious injuries without much stress, the only trouble I’ve found is that I need to continually focus on doing it, and if I’ve been up in the hospital all night, I’ll eventually get worn out and exhausted, and it won’t work quite as well. I don’t think there’s any limit to how proficient you can get at it. I think about that Vietnamese monk who set himself on fire and managed to calmly sit through burning to death, there’s no way anybody could do that without having total control over their pain response. I’ve obviously never experienced anything that traumatic, but I have been in situations where I felt the symptoms of shock setting in and managed to calm myself down enough to get on with things.
- dillonmckay 7y ago
  It sounds enticing, but I would need a few days advance notice to see my doctor. I will ask, though.

> https://www.drugs.com/uk/pdf/leaflet/801174.pdf https://www.drugs.com/uk/pdf/leaflet/801174.pdf self injection is an option, apparently.

AmericanChopper 7y ago

It was always terrible. I used to live half a block from my doctors office, so I’d just (slowly) walk then. Now my wife will drive me (probably only need a couple of them a year though). Basically it just sucked. Especially sitting in the bright waiting room, sweating bullets, trying not to throw up before I was seen. My most serious migraines can last a couple of days, and are just awful. Making it go away almost instantly was alway worth the hour or so of additional suffering to get a shot. I’ve also got a rather high pain tolerance, and tend to only get worn down by pain that lasts a long time. I don’t know if it would be as effective for anybody else, but if you get migraines that seem worse than death, I’d recommend asking your doctor about it.

ta999999171 7y ago
How does cannabis affect your symptoms, if you vaporize some of that instead of heading for the Dr?
- AmericanChopper 7y ago
  I only smoked weed when I was young, but it would generally make it worse (and would sometimes add nausea). I have some pretty good pain management techniques I use, and I think being high just takes my focus off them. I also can’t stand the dopey feeling and won’t even take opioids unless I really need to. I broke my leg a while ago and limped home on it thinking I’d just sprained it, eventually went to the ER and it took about 18 hours after the accident until I gave up and asked for some tramadol. The downside is, if I tell a nurse or doctor that I’m in extreme pain, they tend to not fully believe me because I’ll look quite calm.
  - ta999999171 7y ago
    Smoking will of course make it worse, it worsens vascular problems of any kind. Please vaporize or use it sublingually - it may change everything.
  - nython 7y ago
    Would you mind elaborating on the pain management techniques?
    - AmericanChopper 7y ago
      Mostly slow deep breathing and focusing on relaxing and trying to lower your heart rate, basically just trying to calm down. Pain is just signals in your brain like any other though or feeling. I’m pretty convinced you can exert a reasonable amount of control over it. I’m no expert on the subject and I haven’t trained to do it or anything, I’ve just injured myself a lot and that’s what has worked for me. It’s gotten me through a fair amount of serious injuries without much stress, the only trouble I’ve found is that I need to continually focus on doing it, and if I’ve been up in the hospital all night, I’ll eventually get worn out and exhausted, and it won’t work quite as well. I don’t think there’s any limit to how proficient you can get at it. I think about that Vietnamese monk who set himself on fire and managed to calmly sit through burning to death, there’s no way anybody could do that without having total control over their pain response. I’ve obviously never experienced anything that traumatic, but I have been in situations where I felt the symptoms of shock setting in and managed to calm myself down enough to get on with things.
dillonmckay 7y ago
It sounds enticing, but I would need a few days advance notice to see my doctor. I will ask, though.