Migraines..........

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Good Morning! Have a question for you all...my daughter is 17, autustic and has been experiencing bad headaches since she was 13..Now, they are becoming migraines, complete with the auras, tingling sensations in the arms, and just wear her down to the point where she is in bed for the day....Anyone else suffer these bouts?Thanks for your replies........Peace.....

could be to do with hormones,especially with females,females are more likely to get migraines as well.
Am Autistic and female,and had migraines since around ten years of age,got worse as teenager,but as adult in her twenties,am find it is less and less now.

I've suffered from migraines my whole life, but they began to appear more frequently (every few days) from age ten. To boot, I have a chronic never ending headache. Migraines are more common in women (especially teenagers) and generally end up going away after the teen years. There's really nothing you can do. Medicine never really helped me, but you could go speak to a neurologist.

I have been a big migraine sufferer at various times. Some thoughts on how to minimize their frequency and severity:
-sleep regularly and a lot. Vitamin-S is one the one vitamin almost all people have deficiency with. Try taking Melatonin
-keep a routine. Routinization is a big topic for headache researchers
-exercise vigorously and regularly
- and last of all: consider cannibis. This is the most ancient remedy and I can say that it does work in many cases.

I've been lucky in that I've never had many headaches of any kind, and I've never had a migraine, fortunately.

I have constant headaches and they usually turn into full-blown migraines at least once a month. There's not much I can do about mine. I've started eating a lot healthier and they seem to be dissipating. I've had them for most of my life.

I have suffered bad migraines since i was 11 , If you havent taken your daughter a specialist yet please do , start with your GP obviously but if they cant help fight to see a neurologist . Mine got worse and worse and there are nasty side effects from untreated and poorly treated migraines. some drugs i have had success with are Zomig which you take as soon as you feel it coming on . pizotifen wich is a anti histamine wich prevents migraine and propranolol wich is a blood pressure med which is also prescribed for panic attacks but can do wonders to prevent migraines . This january i just celebrated a year without admission to hospital because of my migraines . I still have them but they are back down to a more normal level rather than the hemiplegic ones i was getting before . Good luck and i hope your daughter manages to get some decent treatment , too many people think migraines are no big deal , which is wrong for many migraine sufferes , untreated they can destroy your life .
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I've been having migraines since I was about 20. I don't get many now because I know what triggers them and they are usually food-related. If you think your daughter's could be, it might be worth keeping a food diary. That's what I did to help me identify the culprits which are, apparently, very common triggers for migraine. Mine are :-

red wine
Cheese
chocolate
oranges and orange juice
Yeast (including bread, unfortunately) ~(this is not a common trigger with most migraine sufferers)

I used to have cravings for these foods and I have read that we sometimes crave what we have an allergy/insensitivity to. (why, I have no idea, it doesn't make sense does it?) Anyway, if your daughter gets any food cravings, it might be an idea to avoid those foods first, and see if it improves things.

Try to find out whether there's something that triggers these migraines. If it's some kind of food it should be easy to find out.
It took my parents several years to find out it was the energy-saving lamp they installed in my room that triggered my headaches. Exchanging the lightbulb solved the problem...
Basically, it could be anything. If your daughter has some sort of sensory issues, it might be worth investigating them. It could be noise (the constant ticking of a clock maybe? many autists can't filter that sort of thing out), smells or things she has to touch (maybe even some clothes or bedsheets). You should definitely take your daughter to a doctor if you haven't already done so.

Had one this morning, I am going through a cluster of migraines and 'sick' headaches right now.
I'll go a few months with no headaches then I go through a few days where I get one or two a day.
They are not as intense or sickening as they used to be when I was a teenager.
I don't know if they are triggered by anything in my environment or my diet. I suspect
they are caused by unstable blood pressure or some other vascular issue.

Wow, There are alot of migraine sufferers! She had an MRI several months ago, but there were no red flags to speak of. I do keep a journal for when she gets them, but I just can't see why her hands start to tingle before a migraine...Her cycle and undo stress at school only heighten the odds of getting a migraine...Thanks for your replies, sure do appreciate it! Peace.....

talk to a doc, I would recommend excedrin but she's too young to be taking aspirin (excedrin has aspirin in it, adolescents should not take it because of ryes syndrome)

Great idea, but she has a bleeding disorder, so aspirin is not recommended..I give her tylenol, a quiet room,she plays indian music to soothe her, and we just wait it out........Thanks for the reply!Peace....

Rush
the tingling is normal i used to get it all down my right arm into my finger tips and also my tongue and lips , it was downright scarey the first time because i had no idea what it was.