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I’ve been keeping a diary of weather related headaches. Here in Salt Lake where to me it is windier than any place I have been, we hve 2 storms rolling through today and saturday. Winds are about 30 miles with big gusts, the cats are freaked out and my head aches. For the big storms with large pressure changes – which high winds indicate – this year I have had headaches. For me there is a correlation. More here:

http://www.cnn.com/2011/HEALTH/02/15/conditions.predict.weather/

Many people find that their Migraine attacks follow weather patterns. Sometimes it’s difficult to actually predict because there can be multiple factors involved, but I hear this all the time it seems. For myself, I never saw a correlation, and neither did my headache specialist. However, after subscribing to a weather/health alert service, I found that they did seem to coincide with the Heart Disease warnings. I’m not sure exactly what this means for me, but it has been somewhat helpful. Now if I could just predict them a week ahead of time to give me a chance to pre-medicate and plan my week!

Sam,

Weather changes are a major trigger for me too. Thankfully, I’ve found that my preventive meds protect me from that trigger many times. Not always, but more often than not.

I unfortunately still am trying to find preventive meds to work for my migraines during the weather change time. I am learning to cope though

I got injured on 2/13/2011 at work and since then Ive been getting migraine
headaches. I seen the neurologist last week and he prescribed me Elavil, ive been prescribed other medications and none as worked, does any medications work for you? Or have you excausted all medications? Is there anything that has helped you? Nothing has seemed to work so im looking for some insight on things, and please tell me how long you have been dealing with migraines. They cannot find anything wrong on CT’s or MRI’s and im just at a loss i don’t know what to do.

Kay, there are literally hundreds of medications and combinations of medications that may help you. It’s nearly impossible to exhaust all options. Are you seeing a Headache Specialist?

Weather changes do not seem to influence my migraine.
Living with migraine for me means not to expect too much, but to be happy with every good day I have. Migraine comes at least once every 10 days. When I am using my preventive meds (Depakine + Sandomigran), the relpax works better during an attack.

Kay, there are some people, like myself, who have refractory migraines, or migraines that don’t respond well to any preventative or abortive medications. That said, I am in the minority and it is way to early for you to assume nothing will work. In addition, you may try biofeedback, acupuncture, botox and a wbole host of other non-medicinal therapies. Many vitamins that most people would not normally take may also help your migraines. Also as mentioned above, you need to see a migraine specialist, if you aren’t already, not just a general neurologist.

I am excited to share something that worked for me last night – I will try it again. I thought if I could watch a massage instruction video – (non x-rated) I might be able to relax into it. I found lots of youtube videos such as this one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wod3_SCCong and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEU4n02EaJk&feature=related. I am trying to step away from side effects which means using more non drug therapies.

DivanDiva – I tried massage for a time. It took a while to see a difference, but weekly treatments really did make me feel better overall. I think if you can find a way to make yourself better in any way shape or form, it’s a good thing. Massage is known to have health benefits. I hope you’ll keep coming back and let us know how it works

I’m looking for input about what type of pillow people are using. I’m thinking about getting a new one, but with my migraines, I think I should get one that will help, or at least not make them worse.
So, does anyone know of a pillow that gives good support but dissapates heat?

kittykelly321 – I wish I could tell you that a pillow made a lot of difference for me. At one point I had to sleep sitting up for about 3 years. During that time I used one of those horse-shoe shaped neck pillows and it did a good job of supporting my head and neck while in that position. I found it not necessary while flat though. I have a couple different pillows I use that help me depending on the circumstances and the amount of neck or back pain I might be having too. I also bought a Chillow that I hope to video tape and review for everybody soon. I haven’t used it yet, but because I have trouble with hot flashes related to meds I’m taking, I’m hoping that it might be helpful. *fingers crossed*

Hi, I’m glad I found this as I’ve been searching for a support group or people who have been living with migraine/headaches like me. I’m beginning to feel very frustrated with living in constant pain. I’ve had a combination of migraine attacks and tension headaches for most days of the month. Am thankful for the day when I don’t feel pain. Any advice on what else I can do to stop the pain?

Vicky,

It’s hard to offer any suggestions without knowing what you’re currently doing. Can you give us some more information?

Teri