Oh, my aching head!

[fab4fan]

Just wondering how many other nurses out there have to deal with migraines.

I've had them since I was 5y old...for 35y now I have had to learn to live with them. Some days are better than others, but I am another one of those people who needs to use pain medication daily in order to function.

Nothing other than the daily pain medicine has helped me. Trust me when I say that I have tried everything, and I do mean everything to get relief.

Anyone else out there who gets migraines?

[LilgirlRN, ADN, RN]

fab.... so sorry you suffer like this. i've had migraines before, but not very often. they got much better when i switched jobs. i occasionally have a hormonal headache, menstrual migraine but if i can get to sleep it's gone when i get up. maybe you can find some help here... http:// http://www.clinicaltrials.gov wish i knew a secret cure, feel better soon :) Wendy

[florry]

Hello!

If you suffer from mirgraine once a week or more, your doctor should consider medication to take everyday, - as atacand, zestril or betablokker.

None likes to take medicin, but because of rebound and other side-effedt, you should try Atacand. I have allmost lost my headache. I have to say, that many tings in my life also has changed to the positive, and its an important factor. Nightshift was nothing for me, neihter choclate, cheese, red-wine and unregular dayrythm. I have to eat every 3 or 4 hours, I am "hooked" on aerobic/ecxcercise, and have to take cryo-treatment every 3.mnd, when the nerves in theoccpiital-region were frozen by cryo to minus 70 degrees. I have been much better!

Hope you have a good neurologist and anestesiologist!

:)