BM08

what do you take for it?

Im not talking about bad headaches im talking about proper full on migraine, flashing in your eyes, sickness etc, as thats what i get from time to time and its the worst thing in the fucking world, you dont know what to do with yourself

Anyway got these tablets ages ago from the docs, "imigran 50" but the fucking useless, i mean ok i might take them slightly to late to work sometimes but they dont seem to do nothing, dont even stop me from being sick, is it just because there only 50mg and not very strong? maybe i can get some more that are stronger or something completly different that works for you?

It always happens at work and end up coming home losing money aswell

Jim Galbally

50mg means nothing.

50mg of some stuff will kill an elephant in seconds

what does your GP say?

adamS2RST

I used to get them, usually when I've not had enough sleep and it catches up on me, not much you can do apart from sleep I never take anything for them, but as I said, hardly get them

Davie

I suffer from real bad migraine mate. and i've had imigrain(sp).

But they are useless.

If found the only thing if you catch it quick enough is Migra-Leave, plenty of water and a dark room!

BM08

oh right i didnt know that thanks for that

Im gunna go back and just explain what ive said above with regards to them not working.

Just wondered if anyone use's something else thats really good and actually works

BM08

Thanks mate might have to try them or just see what the doc recommends first

cos jon

Migraleave for me too at the very second you start getting the flashing lights !!, been told to drink lots of water and stick your feet above your head in a dark room.....does help.

BM08

never heard of the feet above your head thing

These migraleave tablets, are they perscription jobbies or chemist? as the imigran 50's were from the docs

Doug

Paramax on prescription from the quack and a dark room feet up and sleep




Regards Doug .

Redkop

I used to take Imigran, they were useless.

I now take Naramig 2.5mg and all I can say is..... they are feckin' brilliant!

I also take Sanomigran 0.5 to try and prevent migraines.

Both on prescription.

BM08

Excellent, glad its not me taking the tablets wrong

Looks like another trip to the docs then.

Thanks for your input everyone

x.Char.x

hey saw ur post! I started gettin sickness, terrible pains across my temples, numbness in my body and flashing lights i didnt no what was rong with me so i had 2 ave a load of scans was propa weird! In da end was migraines so mi Gp put me on this tablets called ParaMax they actually worked which suprised me, i think you should ask your Doctor for a different perscription.

mathewwebber

The Migraleave are very good by all accounts, both my mother and gf find them to be the only thing that helps. You get a pink one to take as the first sign of one and then a yellow one for during (think thats the right way around). They are fairly expensive but if it was me i would rather pay out than suffer

Lee Reynolds

I get them very rarely, but when i get them christ! Suffer a kind of 'hangover' from them too... I get them if i drive a long time at night...espcially on a motorway with the lights of cars going in the opposite direction flashing through the barrier!!!!

I just go to bed in the dark under the covers....

x.Char.x

i dnt get em dat often nemore used 2 get em propa bad to da point where i had 2 shut miself in a dark room, until i felt alive agen, worst one i had was wen my entire left side went numb and all tingly and saw flahin lights proper weird didnt no quite wat 2 do

BM08

never had numbness but i get the flashing light in one eye and really really bad headache in what feels like my whole head, and oh dear it makes me feel weasy just talking about it

Had it this morning and it went after about 2 hours of complete agony, still not 100% as i speak, but gunna have an early night and get an appointment at the docs asap

Frogford

I make these at woprk. If 50mg imigran doesnt work then try the 100mg's. Prescription only I believe bvut they work a treat. Its what I use ! Also work a blinder on hangovers

Would suggest Naramig if you can get it but I think it may be USA only

x.Char.x

well i hope u feel betta soon i no how rough they can make ya feel x

vroooom ptssssh

My mum used to get some form of self given injection?

Redkop

They have been available in UK for last 12 months or so as I started on them when they first came out.

Doctors are reluctant to prescribe them though, because they are something like Ł15 a tablet.

D.K.

I get them well bad, i was given imigran 100mgs but they just made me sick, i end up pretty rough for 3 or 4 days after migraine nothing i do eases them, makes me feel like topping myself some days

nigel b

ive tried most tablets and nothing seems to work on me
ive had all the tests at the hospital but they can only come up with me being allergic to some kind of food
ive had 2 since friday
sometimes i can go a few months without any then get loads fairly often

aRSe

Pretty much the same here. Not unusuall to have three in a week, though i've not had one for a couple of months. I usually take 'Nurofen Migraleve', they seem to be ok if i take them soon enough. If possible i try to go to sleep if i feel one coming on. It's not so much the headache, but the frustration from the blurred vision and the nausia that gets me.

I've tried to monitor my diet, and other factors like my working environments etc, but i see no patterns as to what causes them

Smit

iTrader: (5)

Imigran are good

usually get Migraines when i'm either tired or not had enough sleep!

Redkop

That's what I get, it's called Cluster Migraines, I could sometimes go 3 or 4 months before they appeared, but lately, it's more like 3 or 4 weeks.

Also, I get what they call "aura migraine" usually before a migraine starts. The aura involves losing part of your vision and seeing bright zigzags like this.....



Most of my migraines start during the night, so I don't get the aura warning to take a Naramig before the headache kicks in. If I get the aura migraine during the day though, taking a Naramig stops the ensuing migraine that would follow it.

I've found out that stress and certain foods cause mine, but having had migraines nearly everyday for the past month and after a trip to my GP I've also found out that a 'mechanical' reason can cause them and in my case this is due to a dodgy shoulder I am having physio for.