How does living with migraines effect you? Is there migraine relief to be had? We think so. With a good headache specialist, and education, you can have headache relief.
How many people do you know that have migraines? Some I bet. And each one that has migraines suffer differently. Some migraine symptoms will be different than others.
The causes of migraines are different in each person. But everything comes to one point. And that point involves head pain.
And for many of you, there seems to be no headache, and migraine relief.
For some of you guys that have physical problems that give you migraines, it's a lot harder living with migraines. But most know what is wrong when they have a physical condition, and sometimes that takes longer than someone that discovers they have a migraine trigger.
Don't give up, there's a doctor that can help you. Find the best to fix your physical problem.
But for many of you that have foods or beverages,
stress, bad sleeping habits, and a host of other triggers, that you can "keep your distance from", it may be easier to help your migraines.
As you know, living well with your migraines won't be easy.
Sometimes temptations that are just to great to stay away from, "although we know the consequences", will be the cause of your migraine.
You know all to well that you can become slaves to migraines. Waiting for the next one, not participating in anything that the family does, for fear of a migraine coming on can take its toll on you.
I've watched my wife for years, watched as migraines changed her from being a fireball to what I call her, Howard Hughes.
( He became a recluse in later years of his life).
Migraines can, as you know, devastate you and your family if not managed right. And by (manage) I mean that you should look back at the end of the day, and say, I gave 100 percent today to help my migraines.
What can you do to live well with your migraines?
Number one in my opinion is knowledge "books on migraines", about migraines, and headaches". As you learn more you have more power, and control over your migraines.
Just taking pain pills every day without ever trying to find your migraine cause will soon make your migraines worse.
Number two on my list on living with migraines, is to find the right headache doctor. A good medical team means that you can let them worry about your head instead of you.
Next is maybe the most critical one I think for living with migraines.
You need people (especially your family)to support you, to love you, to pray for you, and to know that they may not feel your pain, but if they could, they would suffer for you. Remember, let yourself be cared for without feeling guilty. Living with migraines with prayer and faith helps each one of us remember that we're not alone. That helps all of us see small miracles, and smile when we receive them. We can't understand the reasons for pain and illness, but prayer and faith remind us whatever happens, God does not leave us.
Team up with your doctor. Make friends with him/her. Here is some food for thought.
In a recent medical study it showed that patents that were educated by their doctors about treating migraine pain early, reported better results than patents who took medicine but received no information from their doctors.
If you read migraine books you will be knowledgeable enough on migraines to ask your doctor questions that may be valuable in your migraine relief, because you will have the power of knowledge, of understanding your migraines more.
Print out this diary,
and fill it in.
Keeping a headache diary to track your diet, activity, mood, and headaches, may turn up evidence that will help solve what factors that trigger your pain.
Also keep a record of your pain free days. Take it to your doctor. He may be able to diagnose your migraine relief better.
Did you know that there are many famous artists, and musicians living with migraines. And they tend to be very conscientious, organized, and very aware of others feelings.
Did you also know that out of twenty eight million or so migraine sufferers, there are millions that just take a few pain pills, and never see a doctor? One in four United States households has a migraine sufferer. More than half of those have never been diagnosed with migraines.
There's no need for you or anyone with migraines not to seek help with all of the new treatments for migraine help.
They are legitimate illnesses that can be treated. Living with migraines always requires an ongoing search for a positive quality of life.
For you guys/gals there should be two goals for living with migraines.
The first is to deal with your medical problem to the best of your ability, and the second is to cope with the ways that your illness affects your life, and lifestyle.
And if you succeed at both, you will find ways to live with migraines much better than the migraine sufferer that takes no interest in their headaches other than just taking a pain pill.
Wishing all that's living with migraines a pain free day.
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