Migraines

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I have had extreme migraines. Say three a month that will last maybe three days of heavy medication. Quite expensive as prescription is about $60 for just four pills a month.

I started drinking Red Wine and have not had one in two months. To be fair, in the evenings the wine has replaced either diet coke or coffee. But I am not going to argue with success. The wine is cheaper and I would rather not have the migraines.

I came to this realization because if you drink it thins the blood. Example, don't get a tattoo while you are drunk because not only do you not know what you are doing, you bleed more, much more. I don't have tattoos but it made sense and hence I gave it a try.

So far so good.

What has been your experience with migraines?

Thanks
Bill

I've not gotten them in quite a while, I used to get them as a kid, but almost never now. Alot was fixed when my diet got better. But the main thing that aggravated my headaches was Aspartame, cut Aspartame out of my diet and they pretty much all went away.

Funny you'd mention diet beverages. Try cutting those out for a few months (if you haven't already) and see what happens. I suggest that as a person who has allergies to pretty much any diet sweetener (Aspartame and Sucralose especially, some to Ace-K) and my symptoms are I go pail, start sweating bullets, get a migraine, and start talking like Scooby Doo which my brain functioning follows along with as well.

As for other things you can do; try cutting out caffeine if you haven't already and make sure you're getting enough sleep. I remember getting them regularly, especially during certain seasonal weather changes (fall was one of my worst times for them) and it seems like the more rest I get and the farther I keep myself from caffeine the thicker my threshold against migraines tends to be.

I don't know if any of that will be specifically helpful for you but - if you see anything I mentioned that you haven't tried yet give it a shot.

Thanks,

I try cutting way back on the Diet Drinks and Caffeine. I just can't give up cookies:) But it is a small price to pay to avoid migraines. Chinese food seems to bother me also, I think it is that MSG?

Bill

Its a possibility. I know glutamate comes from both that and aspartame, although for some reason I don't have any noticeable allergies to MSG the way I do diet sweeteners.

Try it and if it works I suppose there may not be many questions to ask.