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I have history with medical doctors (neurologists) telling me that “men don’t get migraines, I don’t believe you’re in pain and have migraines.” For many years.

by ianai 4y ago

I have history with medical doctors (neurologists) telling me that “men don’t get migraines, I don’t believe you’re in pain and have migraines.” For many years. (It’s more manageable now, but without careful treatment I’ll get a migraine every day across almost every type I’ve heard of existing.) The medical profession has a lot wrong with it. Yes some blame for people who just want drugs and lie. But that doesn’t excuse forced suffering at denial of treatment. Though realistically medicine isn’t that helpful. They probably don’t have a lot of medicine for long covid, for example. Personally with my migraines I had to very intensely monitor, react, and try all sorts of odd things until good treatments existed. Including rubbing hot pepper powder up my nose daily to try to exhaust the pain transmitters in the area.

tcoff91 4y ago
Have you tried LSD or psilocybin for your migraines? I believe there is a pretty decent body of evidence that they are effective, even at small doses that don’t make you trip.
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monetus 4y ago
Have any anecdotes to share with treatment? For me, adding lamotrigine and cbd have done wonders for being able to head migraines off.
- ianai 4y ago
  Ginger is surprisingly useful. Apparently it works similar to a cgrp antagonist. Ask a Dr about cgrp antagonists and cgrp inhibitors. I’ve even pushed ice to the roof of my mouth to fight the migraine pain before. For a migraine, I once fell asleep in a yoga position that relaxes the trapezius, tens unit across my face and back (separately), a cooling pad across my forehead, and heating pad on my back for 50+ minutes. I had probably taken ginger and a cup of coffee too. I did wake up without the migraine. Traps felt very worn out. Magnesium lotion might help. I’ve done aloe Vera plus menthol/something cooling before. Definitely avoid alcohol like it’s the plague. Minimal caffeine per day (double edged sword), proper hydration, never second hand smoke, no strong scents, basically any triggers, etc. The list goes on. The real trick is finding someone good. For me it was someone with a phd in psychiatry and md neurology who specializes in migraines and is familiar with movement disorders. Probably related to scoliosis of my spine. Dr has some mixture of stuff (including the dental pain killers) to inject for migraines that works miracles. For long Covid I’m thinking paxlovid, then try to just nuke inflammation with anything known to fight it. But be careful…

by ianai 4y ago

tcoff91 4y ago

Have you tried LSD or psilocybin for your migraines? I believe there is a pretty decent body of evidence that they are effective, even at small doses that don’t make you trip.

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monetus 4y ago

Have any anecdotes to share with treatment? For me, adding lamotrigine and cbd have done wonders for being able to head migraines off.

ianai 4y ago
Ginger is surprisingly useful. Apparently it works similar to a cgrp antagonist. Ask a Dr about cgrp antagonists and cgrp inhibitors. I’ve even pushed ice to the roof of my mouth to fight the migraine pain before. For a migraine, I once fell asleep in a yoga position that relaxes the trapezius, tens unit across my face and back (separately), a cooling pad across my forehead, and heating pad on my back for 50+ minutes. I had probably taken ginger and a cup of coffee too. I did wake up without the migraine. Traps felt very worn out. Magnesium lotion might help. I’ve done aloe Vera plus menthol/something cooling before. Definitely avoid alcohol like it’s the plague. Minimal caffeine per day (double edged sword), proper hydration, never second hand smoke, no strong scents, basically any triggers, etc. The list goes on. The real trick is finding someone good. For me it was someone with a phd in psychiatry and md neurology who specializes in migraines and is familiar with movement disorders. Probably related to scoliosis of my spine. Dr has some mixture of stuff (including the dental pain killers) to inject for migraines that works miracles. For long Covid I’m thinking paxlovid, then try to just nuke inflammation with anything known to fight it. But be careful…