any migraine sufferers out there?

Avoid chocolates, too much medicines and liqueur. Stress is another key factor. My spouse used to have migraines over many years. Bee pollens and vitamin C has somehow help

i used to get migrains all the time when i was a kid but i dont anymore...guess i grew out of it

yeah mine is sensitiveity to light and sound also.Most of the time I have to take something and go to bed I also get really hot but I haven't been really sick from them yet. I might ask my doctor for this maxalt. I have tryed a few but I don't think I have tryed this one.

Hi, I have also been suffering migraine for almost 5 years now. I used to cure it with very cold drinks like fruit shakes that gets my brain freezed but after a while, it won't work anymore. then i tried opening my eyes on a very dark room with no light and it removed the pain also. but same as the shake, it was for only a few months and won't work anymore. right now i always wear shades when its so sunny, haven't had my migraine for about two months now. but i don't think that its cured already since last sunday, i forgot my shades and it was so hot and sunny that my migraine started to act again. hope a medicine comes up that would eliminate them already. its so hard having this pain not just for hours but usually takes 3 days minimum for me.

Hi Carissimo. I've had migraines most of my life. It wasn't until I was about 10 or 11 that they actually diagnosed me as having migraines, but I can remember taking anacin for my 'headaches' and feeling like I hadn't taken a thing. I eventully was prescribed Codeine, and Tylenol #2 & #3's. When I complained these still weren't doing much they finally put me on Fiorinal C-1/4, then C- 1/2's. So long as I managed to take one ASAP, it usually helped, but there were still too many times when it didn't and I'd be reduced to having to lay down with a cold compress, in a dark, quiet room. Even the slightest noises would feel like someone was drumming on my head, and I couldn't stand the light at all. These migraines did affect my attendance at school and other places, and would often leave me blinded and unable to work. Too often I would go to bed with one, and still wake up with it. They usually left me feeling nauseated, hot/cold sweaty,shaky...just as you described, depending on the severity of them. I would say the one thing that always set them off was the monthly hormones. If someone has not experienced a migraine, they would have no idea how severe or disabling they can be. It is nothing like a major headache. The pain is horrible, like someone is standing there squeezing your head within a vise grip, and hammering it against a wall. The worse part is the long, lasting pain, and sensitivity to other sounds and lights. If you can't get away to a quiet place, noise can be excruciating to say the least. I've seen me struggle through the day after taking a fiorinal, and even that barely makes the pain tolerable for awhile, unless I was very fortunate to take it at the right time. I've gone for weeks till I finally had to go to the ER and be put on an IV medication for several hours in an attempt to try and break the migraine cycle. Unfortunately after a certain amount of time, the pain medication can actually create a migraine. I tried Imitrex but it didn't really work for me. The Maxalt does seem to work best when taken immediately. I am finding as I'm getting older, the migraines 'seem' to be reduced. It used to be that I had several migraines each week. No matter how many I seem to get, I know they can totally put a stop to any day if not stopped in it's tracks.