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Caffeine isn't a migraine cure-all. The reason than caffeine is in so many migraine tablets is that caffeine is actually an extremely addictive substance, and one of the symptoms of caffeine-withdrawal is killer headaches.

Thus, what many people think is a migraine is actually a migraine-level caffeine-withdrawal head-ache. As far as I know and remember it takes 30 days to detox off caffeine. I was so proud of myself for quitting all coffee and black tea, and then I realised I was still eating chocolate. =/

I know caffeine-withdrawal headaches aren't migraines (trust me, I had a doctor go off on me for calling it one) but tell that to my head when it's aching. Supposedly caffeine-withdrawal headaches are supposed to be "cured" with a dose of caffeine, but that doesn't work, trust me. My doctor also said that most insurance companies don't even consider caffeine withdrawal headaches to be a real symptom... he had one patient who had to go to the emergency room she was in so much pain once, and it wasn't covered even after she fought. So, regardless, I consider lack of caffeine one of my migraine triggers, because I sure can't tell the difference.

BTW, I think I jinxed myself in this thread, because this morning I woke up with a migraine, with no apparent cause. Gogo Maxalt, let's see if you work today.

Oh, and I've had shots a few times when I've had migraines, but usually they give you Toradol.

Doesn't anyone sometimes wishes they could feel another person's pain, to know if that person is exaggerating it or not? To know if our own pains are evil or really weak?

Nope, i'm in enough pain as is, don't need any more.

If it isn't gone by Wednesday, score some acid on your way home from the doctor. And take Thursday off work, just in case.

I've only had a migraine once, but it resulted in me rolling around on the ground during my spanish class in high school.

I told my coworker this morning that I felt like taking my head off of my shoulders and throwing it out into the middle of street into traffic. That's what a migraine feels like. You have so much pain concentrated in the constricted blood vessels around your brain and eyes that you can't think about anything other than what you can do to get rid of the pain. Self-decapitation is a common thought of mine when I have a migraine.

The worst symptoms are hypersensitivity to light, sound, and smell. I almost yakked everywhere this morning while ladling habenero sauce.

Mind you, migraines vary in degree, and I've had them since I was 6 years old, so forcing myself to do mild functions is possible most of the time. My pain threshold in general is fairly low, though, so I'm sure there have been people who have thought I was faking the intensity of the problem. The worst ones I ever get are hang-over migraines though, and thank god I haven't had one of those in a while. People are usually unsympathetic to those, but just imagine your worst hangover x10. That's a hangover migraine. It is impossible for me to function for about 2 full days if I get one of those.

My boss suggested this one may have been caused by the barometric pressure changes, which makes sense, considering we spent 8 hours in the car driving to and from Minnesota this weekend, and were in and out of storm fronts both ways.

Good luck at the neurologist, Belki. I've never seen one myself, but if you think it's menstrual related and this is your first one, you might want to get your hormone levels checked. I usually use my menstrual migraine to gauge how rough my period will be.

I have the sensitivity to light, sound to a much smaller extent, but not smell.



This hasn't been nearly so bad, really. A couple of times a day, I have to stop and rest my head in my hands until the pounding subsides a little, but most of the time I can plough through it. The light sensitivity thing really sucks, though.



Well, I was assuming that's what it was, but my period has now come and gone and it hasn't abated yet. But maybe that doesn't mean anything at all.

Damn you, Eve. DAMN YOU!

Maybe it's all the methane gas in your house.

You could die tonight for all you know.

OMG GET OUTTA THE HOUSE!!!!