Thanks Adina,

I go through spells - sometimes I get mild ones 2-3 times a week, and a bad one about every 2 weeks. Other times I get really bad one a couple days a week. I can't take the usual preventative meds due to a blood problem that makes the meds contraindicated.

Caffeine helps me too, but not the bad ones. If I wake up in the middle of the night and feel one coming on I can usually stop it by taking a Fioricent and 2 Excedrin. But sometimes I make the mistake of thinking it will go away, and so get lazy and go back to sleep - then it's too late. It NEVER goes away by itself.

It's definitely stress related, but seems to be a combo. I can lift something heavy and not get a migraine. But if I'm stressed and lift something, I get the migraine.

My mother used to did before with yours - turn out the lights & go to bed. Thankfully, I can usually plow through a day with mine - unless I get one like yesterday.

Liz

Quote Originally Posted by adina
I get them. The dr says she thinks that my tmj issues (started when I was about 18) set them off. Used to be I needed a dark room and quiet, and a nap, then they'd be gone. Since I had kids, that's not an option. Now I don't have the tmj issues hardly at all, but I get the migranes.

Drs suggestion was either a daily pill to control them before they start, or contine what I was doing, which is when I feel them coming on, have a latte. The caffeine helps, and since it's basically milk and coffee, there isn't the sugar content of something like soda.

I get mild ones probably 3-4 times a week, and really bad ones once or twice a month. Fortunately, I have no problem sleeping when they come on. A hot bath also helps. Dr says mine are probably stress related (go figure), so the solutions I've been using reduce the stress, migrane fades.

good luck!