Migraines

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So am I! I am becoming temporarily christian just to keep god sweet until I get home.

Aww yeah. If God is as good as he's supposed to be, he won't mind being used at your whim.

Is that like a vitamin? Could I get it at a pharmacy?

He's used me at his whims enough times.

Yes - it's a mineral, and you can buy it as a food supplement. (It's also included in many multivitamin pills.) You should definitely be able to get it at a pharmacy, but you might also find it in health food stores or the like. It's not terribly expensive either.

Yep magnesium is a supplement you can get at natural food stores or pharmacies and can help with preventing migraines. You'll probably need to take it about a month to see a difference if it helps. It helps some people. Another one that helps some is coenzyme-q10, again pharmacy and natural food stores, about a month before you see if it helps prevent or reduce severity of your migraines.

Coenzyme-q10 helps with mine so it's one I take daily.

For an otc painkiller I find ibuprofen is the most effective. Caffeine can help with ibuprofen. Ibuprofen immediately at the start of a migraine can do a lot, including non pain symptoms. Of course not as much as my migraine prescription abortative, but an otc has advantages. Do that's worth noting, frequently one of the otc pain relievers works much better than others when dealing with migraines, which varies person to person.

I've had migraines for years, and they've gotten much more frequent after the birth of my daughter. I used to take imitrex for mine, but its effectiveness has worn down; now I take maxalt, which seems to be working for now. Caffeine sometimes helps, but not on its own unless the headache is very mild. Mine, too, seem to be triggered partly by eyestrain and partly by hormones (ovulation and menstruation are the key times). I'd recommend giving the triptans a try -- they can give you a LOT of relief.