Talk of The Villages Florida - View Single Post - Longtime lurker with a migraine question
View Single Post
 
Old 04-20-2018, 02:47 PM
graciegirl's Avatar
graciegirl graciegirl is offline
Sage
Join Date: Mar 2008
Posts: 40,170
Thanks: 5,009
Thanked 5,783 Times in 2,004 Posts
Send a message via AIM to graciegirl
Default

Imitrex (Sumatriptan) helped me. For years I erroneously thought I had sinus difficulties as a migraine is one sided. The mechanism that triggers a migraine literally allows swelling in and around your brain.

It is excruciating and I had three or more a month when I was younger. I still get the aura at times, but if I take just two Advil now that I am in my seventies, I only get a slight headache. I used to go to work so sick with a headache and was very light sensitive.
__________________
It is better to laugh than to cry.

Last edited by graciegirl; 04-21-2018 at 06:03 AM.