Living with Chronic Migraines: My Story

I have chronic migraines. Certain food, drinks, scents, exercises, stress and lack of sleep. A lot of the food I love to eat are what's causing to trigger my migraine. So I limit my intake of food I love. I was put on different kinds of medication and none ever worked. My migraine comes with its bestfriend and that's nausea light vertigo. At some point, I was in and out of kaiser and they would always just give me shot and put me to sleep other wise I'd have an ongoing vertigo and nausea even if migraine is gone. I've had 3 MRI and all I got was that it's chronic. So my neurologist prescribed me propranolol and promethazine to take. I had to change my lifestyle to get better and so far it better than in and out of kaiser. I still get migraines but I can manage it a little better than before. But at times it still gets really bad it's painful to touch my head. I don't wish migraines for anyone. It takes part of the things you love to do or eat. I'd love to know if anyone had something that worked for migraine

Keep a food Diary. The migraine can happen even 24 hours later. Mine are deli meats and hot dogs (preservative). You can buy uncured hot dogs now. Getting really tired. Some smells. Animals/pets. Chocolate , too much sugar. I am 75, had my first h/a at 13. Been through most of the meds. My best one now is Fioricet, very old med. Drug insurance doesn’t have it in my formulary because of my age. Some ppl it makes falls a problem. So I have to get an exception. My headaches every AM4-5 AM. I can take med, go back to bed, and am good then. Hope some of this helps. The best is to find triggers, that can be hard as some may be delayed. Best wishes and prayers.

I have chronic migraines too but they come in spells out of nowhere and I still to this day cannot identify my triggers. Of you want to be friends send me a message

Hello! Have you identified what’s causing it in you? For me I have several triggers….Some foods and drinks like chocolate, red wine, coffee and some perfumes. I need to drink enough water every day and need to sleep enough. Control stress levels and hormonal cycles can cause migraine. You can keep a journal to identify the triggers and try to minimize those That is the best way to reduce them Hope you are good!