See checklist: Rest, get exercise and enough sleep daily Eat healthily, avoid preserved foods like bacon and sausage or cheeses daily Avoid alcohol, especially red wine daily Keep well hydrated, try to limit caffeine and sugar daily Avoid looking at bright or moving lights, wear sunglasses. daily If this is your first migraine, see a doctor once If you have medication, take it. once Drink a strong drink like Jolt, strong tea, guarana or mate at onset. every other hours, while awake Take a motion sickness pill, ginger or ginger ale, some crackers hourly, while awake Rest in quiet, dark place with cool compress on head or neck once If vomiting continuously, if pain is worst ever, or fever go to ED. once
Answered 4/17/2017
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Prevention: Several successful ways, such as prescription items (Topamax, Depakote, Beta and calcium channel blockers) but OTC remedies such as feverfew, butterbur, riboflavin, CoQ-10, magnesium. Also Botox. Acute interventions with triptans. See headache specialist and get this started.
Answered 6/17/2016
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Botox and Surgery: Long term relief of migraines can be achieved with botox. If you have a good response, you may be a candidate for surgery. Surgery has been shown to dramatically decrease the frequency and intensity of migraines. www.themigrainereliefcenter.com.
Answered 12/10/2013
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