Prayers please... there starting again

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No advice, just

 

[Chickengal505]

i needed that

Thanks

 

[twentynine]

Oaky migraines all my life. Last one Friday 10 AM.

Ice--- no heat

Cold shower-- absolutely as cold as you can stand it

strong black coffee--- caffiene can help constrict dialated blood vessels (no cream or sugar)

Next one is kind of wierd but I have gotten some relief at times----

Clothes pin clamped on ear lobe

Right now I am prescribed a rescue medication Migranal nose spray-- spray a dose in the nose 20-30 minutes later aura gone, end up with either no pain or a small amount.

 

[MeatKing]

So hard to have to deal with this!

My bil swaers by a can of coke and an asprin. It's the only thing, that gets rid of his migranes.

 

[key west chick]

Hang in there sweetie. Life (and parents) can be rough. DH gets killer migraines and he takes a coke and a Goodies powder.

 

[sheila3935]

Migraines are herditary My whole family gets them to one degree or another. Luckily I dont get them as often as most in my family. I take excedrin at the first start of pain usually works good. My daughter gets them bad. She takes the Excedrin and a benedryl. Most times that works for her. My mom had what is called cluster migraines. We cound out after years of suddering that hers was caused by a condition called arteritis which is an inflamation of the artery that runs along the temple. They put her on low dose perdinsone and it stopped them. She had to go to an eye specialist to be diagnosed for it. My dad was also an alcholic. Try to find an alanon in your town they help the kids deal with the alcholic parents. Im sorry your mom left you I really dont know why. Being a mom I could never leave any of my children. I do know you sound like a very strong person. Life can be tough but thats what shapes us to be who we are. Dont let it get you down. I use to hate my dad and his drinking we had alot of problems when I was young but after I grew up we had a better realtionship. Now that he is gone there isnt a day goes by I dont miss him. Even though he had a drinking problem he still sometimes did things with me and taught me alot about life just with it. thats why ALANON will help.

 

[rancher hicks]

First let me address your mom leaving. It most certainly had nothing to do with you being "good enough". Same thing happened to my DW and SIL when they were young too. DW is an gem and it was not her fault. Sometimes grown ups have issues too.

Second stress can bring on an attack. DW and DD both have migraine problems. Diet is another no MSG in his food. None Fast food can contain msg. I am sure you dad is under alot of stress at time but that he loves you very much. Never doubt that, he just doesn't know how to cope sometimes. Drinking isn't the way and only adds to the stress. Sometimes bad things happen to good people.


Talk to your school counselor it can help. Counseling is NOT a bad thing. We all need help from time to time.

Tell you dad we do care and are praying for him. He has friends he doesn't even know.

Rancher

 

[turney31]

Hugs and prayers. Don't feel bad I've been here a long time and I'm a thread killer also.

 

[sred98]

Just wanted to let you know we are all here for you.

I agree on a simple home remedy being a Coke and something with Aspirin in it. The caffeine helps the aspirin work better and also helps some on its own. Be sure to not use Tylenol (acetaminophen) because it only helps short-term and will cause a "rebound" headache which is worse than the original migraine!

One thing to think about is that since he is an alcoholic, a lot of the medicines that you treat migraines with in the hospital are narcotics, so they can react with alcohol. They also might think that he is faking the migraines to get the drugs. Obviously, he's not, but they don't know that. People do it all the time. I'd send him back to the ER. If they see he's there several times, they might decide to treat him.

On another note, your mom didn't leave you. She left your dad, and for whatever reason (you may never know) couldn't take you with her. Babies and kids in daycare are expensive. I'm definitely not condoning what she did, but letting you know that it sounds like there is a lot more to the story than you've been told. Don't blame yourself and don't ever become a victim!

Shelly

 

[chickensducks&agoose]

alcoholics shouldn't take aspirin... it thins the blood, and so does the alcohol. But I agree with the Caffeine, and would suggest less drinking... If you're not safe, you need to call someone right away though, and Not Safe includes if dad is in charge of you, and is not able to do a good job taking care of you, or if he ever drives you when drunk/drinking. You can't fix of change him, but you can take charge of your own life and safety. good luck hon.