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**Avoireeideree** · 05-07-2010, 10:34 AM

I'm so sorry you all get them that bad for that long. I always thought I got them bad, but now I know I'm relatively lucky.

Eh, nobody who has migraines or recurring headaches is lucky (I mean, to get them; I'm sure there are ways in which we are all lucky)!

Most of mine tend to be menstrual related. Various combinations of eating, drinking, hot shower, smoking, tylenol, aleve, and ibuprofen usually help. Sometimes I get one that just won't go away and is helped by not just eating, but constantly eating, even if I'm not hungry. Something about the chewing can help.

I thought my headaches would go away after my wisdom teeth came out, but they're still there, but a LOT better.
Interesting stuff there. Sometimes I'll think mine are menstrual related, but I can't track my cycle at all, so I have no clue. I'd like to hear more about this wisdom teeth thing. That's new to me, and I don't have mine out (they've just never presented a problem or whatever; I'm 25, so I figured I was one of those lucky people who would never have to have them out).

On another note, someone told me today that her mother had migraines until she found out (and apparently this is common) that she had a small hole in some part of her heart. They endoscopically patched it up or something, and she never got a migraine again. According to my friend, you just need to have an echocardiogram to tell if that's what's causing yours - and sometimes it can be free because they're in clinical trial phase. Granted, I was told this over a picnic in the park, and I'm not a doctor, but it sounds reasonable to me.

05-07-2010, 10:34 AM	#10
Avoireeideree Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 505 Senior Member	I'm so sorry you all get them that bad for that long. I always thought I got them bad, but now I know I'm relatively lucky. Eh, nobody who has migraines or recurring headaches is lucky (I mean, to get them; I'm sure there are ways in which we are all lucky)! Most of mine tend to be menstrual related. Various combinations of eating, drinking, hot shower, smoking, tylenol, aleve, and ibuprofen usually help. Sometimes I get one that just won't go away and is helped by not just eating, but constantly eating, even if I'm not hungry. Something about the chewing can help. I thought my headaches would go away after my wisdom teeth came out, but they're still there, but a LOT better. Interesting stuff there. Sometimes I'll think mine are menstrual related, but I can't track my cycle at all, so I have no clue. I'd like to hear more about this wisdom teeth thing. That's new to me, and I don't have mine out (they've just never presented a problem or whatever; I'm 25, so I figured I was one of those lucky people who would never have to have them out). On another note, someone told me today that her mother had migraines until she found out (and apparently this is common) that she had a small hole in some part of her heart. They endoscopically patched it up or something, and she never got a migraine again. According to my friend, you just need to have an echocardiogram to tell if that's what's causing yours - and sometimes it can be free because they're in clinical trial phase. Granted, I was told this over a picnic in the park, and I'm not a doctor, but it sounds reasonable to me.
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