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I found that one trigger for me is bananas. I don't know why, but I get a migraine about fifteen minutes after eating a banana and it won't go away for at least 12 hours.
I also found that (odd though it is) I get a migraine if I don't have at least a cup of caffeine, but also if I have more than 24 ounces of any type of caffeine in a day's time. There are many food triggers as well as environmental triggers to look for. I have also found that I will get a migraine when a certain factory has their monthly burnout and burns all the coal out of their furnace to put new in. There are like five or six in town and it only happens with this one (but it is the only one who still uses coal burning furnaces and stuff to do their work). My husband has them whenever the pressure changes and they won't go away until it rains.View Thread

Thanks for this post. I get migraines at work, home, and anywhere else. It is why I keep the medicine that I know will cut it in my purse, so it is always with me. I know what triggers most of my migraines, but there are still times when I have avoided all those things and still get one so I don't know everything yet.
What I take is Alieve. It removes most of the pain so I can keep going, but the annoyance to sound and light are still there and the nausea is too. Is there anything I can recommend to my doctor to try?View Thread

The best advice I can give is journal the amount of pain it causes (1-10), when it is at its worst and best, what makes it become worse (ie activity, laying down, etc), and what you are taking to cope with it then show this journal to your neurologist. This report will tell them exactly what the experience is like for you and what you've tired to do yourself for it. They can then take that information and provide a plan that will help you get up and going again.View Thread

Oh, and I'm dyslexic.
Of your symptoms in the second paragraph I too have issues with eye sight that the eye doctor can't explain. Last year I was out of glasses, this year I'm in bi-focals with my left eye (always been my problem eye) having a near blind without glasses label in my chart. I have migraines and then constant pain from the neck up. I have issues with my breathing as well and my O2 stats are normal. I have a rubber sensation in my legs, limp everywhere, and have had them go out on me.
According to my doctor these are symptoms of MS and Parkenson's mostly, but every test for both have come back negative. I do these tests yearly.View Thread

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