i found the best remedy is to place a cold pack on my forehead and temples. 

Take something targeted for migraine (excedrin) with hot coffee, it makes it work quicker in my opinion. Lots of water, rest in a dark room, and rubbing alcohol on a washcloth over my forehead. That last one is something my grandma taught me.

Thank you sweettreatsbysandra and iCookiBake for your suggestions, I really appreciate them.

 

I know that if I get another one anytime soon, I will be able to deal with it.

 

iCookiBake I always listen to everything my grandmother tells me, she's never wrong,lol.

Excedrin downed with a Diet Coke.

All4show I hate them too, but I really feel bad for you.  I'm beginning to think that mine are minimal compared to yours and others.  It has never been so bad that I had to puke before. Just  feeling like stones were bouncing back in forth in my head with every pulse.

I like Excedrine and Mt. Dew. It just feels very refreshing to me, and if I didn't catch it in time, it doesn't taste as bad as Coke, or coffee when it comes back up. But then, the cold porcelain on my cheek, while I hug the bowl feels nice too. lol. I remember this one migraine I had was so bad, I was crawling around my apartment. I called my mom at 3 am, and I hate to be any trouble. She was at work, so she called a friend, who picked up my brother, drove him over to my house to watch my 3 kids, and took me to the hospital. I crawled through the doors and they got me wheel chair, I was so embarrassed! But the IV really made me feel better, I have no idea what it was, but it took about 30 minutes, and was wonderful, lol.

I regularly get migraines and find that nothing works as well as acupuncture.  seriously it takes about 5 minutes and its GONE! and we are not talking headaches but nauseating, mind numbing, life altering migraines!

AI get hormonal migraines, although I have refused to call them migraines until recently. Since I know when they will come, I make a preemptive strike & take naproxen sodium before they start. Aren't migraines often attributed to high blood pressure too?

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Lol!!!

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I don't envy you that one! I had an allergic reaction to something in an IV once, and I itched so badly, I thought I was going to tear holes in my skin. They got me mittens, and I gave myself "rug burn" with them. They also um, had to give me a, uh, suppository to stop the itching, or vomiting from it... I forget which. I think the redness of my cheeks burned the memory of away of what it was for! I can't imagine all that , plus a migraine!

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I would like to try acupuncture for my fibromyalgia. Nothing else helps.

Thank you for your responses, hopefully they will help someone.

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I completely agree, it always make me feel better to vomit, if not the first time I go in there, the second or third time. Except for the time I went to the hospital. My 9 year old is the same way. She got one out of nowhere, and 3 hours later, after the second time she puked, she felt so much better. It's like a toothache in your head.

Yikes. Thankfully I usually only throw up one time. I think vomiting is worse than the actual migraine..

Sorry for your daughter.. I started getting migraines around age 8 or 9 too and I'm 28 and still get them.. not fun at all.

The name of the thread is, 'what do you do for a migraine', ladies. While migraines are horrible and very debilitating, can you please refrain from all the vomit stories and stay on topic.  WE GET IT!!!

LOL!   Having raised kids & always having grandchildren around has made me a little less squeemish about the V word.  It is unfortunately a common result of severe migraines & if somebody told me a way to avoid doing it I would be thrilled.

You are clearly being used for anabakescakes sick joke that started in another thread.  It is not funny.

AWell I don't know anythin about a "sick joke" but I thought I WAS on topic, since it's a common side effect of a migraine! And it [B]does[/B] make me feel better, sorry!!

So you send me a PM to say you are sorry then you post on hear to star an argument, go figure.  You my dear take the cake! SMH

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AWho are you referring to ? I sent no pM nor was I starting an argument ... I merely thought I joined a migraine discussion ...?

AYou should totally try it! I was super afraid of "needles" and went but its not like vaccinations. It's actually really relaxing. You feel a light pinch and then it feels like a light weight is resting on you. I have found it helps with so much. Plus I love that its drug free!!

Sorry wrong person