Re: Migraines Due to Back Pain?

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Kate wrote:

> They are always on the left side and seem to travel up from my shoulder blade,

through the side of my neck, and into my eye. They are very debilitating. Not

only do they put me out of commission for a good three days every week or two,

but I swear I have permanent damage from them, like memory loss, confusion, and

nerve problems in my hands. Any time I " overdo " it, I can count on a migraine.

Hi Kate

That doesn't sound like migraine. I get migraines, tension, cluster, and

cervogenic (neck/spine) headaches and while they do all contain similarities,

they are very different beasts.

Migraines are a full body experience. They are usually accompanied by a severe

sensitivity to light and sound. They also tend to cause extreme nausea and in

many cases, lots of vomiting.

Tension headaches originate in the neck and the back. Scientists now admit that

they have no idea what causes tension headaches. They also know that they can

be something so simple that two aspirin will cure them, or so bad that a double

dose of Fiorinal or Fiorcet will barely touch them. They can last for hours or

weeks. They rarely cause nausea and vomiting.

Cluster headaches are violently sharp pains that last for several minutes to an

hour or so. Then they stop, often momentarily, and then strike again.

Cervogenic headaches feel a lot like a combination of a migraine and a tension

headache. They can either be left or right sided or encompass the whole head.

They're pretty vicious in their own right and can flatten a person for days.

They normally do not include nausea and vomiting, but they can happen at the

same time as a migraine, so the two can get confused.

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Lyndi

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Hi

In the early days of my back injury I got lots of migraines. As time

went on they got less. To manage them now I take Sandomigran and keep

my back flexible by regular physio or massage. I use a massage seat on

a regular basis. Since using a massage seat and Sandomigran I have

reduced my migraines by over 80 to 90 percent and the severity reduced

by as much.

I find if I don't use my massage seat much I get a migraine. It has made a large

difference in my life. There a various types out there any prices to suit all

needs.

Cheers

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I'm glad that you can tell the doctors that Frova is the medication that helped.

There's one thing I hadn't mentioned about migraines of mine. My first one

started when I was pregnant with my first child and the best I can remember they

had let up by the time she was a year old.

Then they came back with a vengeance about a month after I had an accident 9

years later. I got a bad whiplash and several ruptured discs on top of the

fibromyalgia and degenerative discs and bone changes that had been going on

since I was a teen.

About 2 years after that accident and numerous visits to the ER and lots of pain

meds; I went to my herbalist who is Amish. He " manipulated " my neck and I got

icy feeling up the left side of my neck just where the headache seemed to come

from. I didn't have another until 2003. I was slammed to the ground upside

down, basically on my shoulders, and my neck was bent forward forcing my chin

into my chest. Then I began with visual auras and now, about 3 years after that

I have about 3 migraines a month.

So, I think that migraines are caused by many things. Treating the cause would

seem like the wise thing to do, but doctors are still puzzled to some extent.

Cleveland Clinic Hospital in Ohio has a headache clinic. Although I hate to

break my pains up into affected parts of my body and not focus on how the whole

body interacts, maybe a visit to them would be worth the time.

One thing going to a mental health therapist did for me was to give me the

courage to speak up about my own concerns and to make sense while doing it. I

used to break down and cry if I started describing what " bothered " me. Or I'd

get so angry and frustrated at the doctor for not hearing me that I'd leave and

not seek help at all. Now I can keep my cool, most of the time.

Jennette in Ohio

kcl4165 wrote:

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Hi Jennette,

Ice helps me as well. Frovo also helped the longest out of all the

medications. I had

forgotten the name because I forget everything during mirgraines, so thanks for

reminding me! For some reason, my doctors didn't have it in their records that

they had

given me that, either.

S

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