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From: sbishop@desire.wright.edu (Sue Bishop)
Newsgroups: misc.handicap
Subject: Re: Migraines
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Date: 5 Dec 90 20:39:58 GMT
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In article <15871@bunker.UUCP>, debbie@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Debbie Forest) writes:
| Index Number: 11962
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| In article <15746@bunker.UUCP> Pat.Shirley@f999.n142.z1.fidonet.org writes:
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|>Is the subject of the migraine headache appropriate for this Echo?  My wife 
|>All they do is throw prescriptions 
|>for drugs like Caffergot at her.  Has anyone done anything or does anyone 
|>have any information about anything that's been done, to eliminate the 
|>headache itself, hopefully permanently, rather than just eliminating the 
|>pain for the time being?  
| 
| my husband had very good success with chiropractic.  when he started going
| (for a wrenched back actually) he was getting migraines almost every day.
| about 3 times a week he'd get one bad enough to be deabilitating (sp?)
| after a short time they decreased in frequency and severity, and soon
| disappeared altogether.  while he was in regular treatment he managed to go
| many months without a single migraine!  when he stopped going to the
| chiropractor as regularly, he started getting them occasionally.  but now a
| treatment once a month or so seems to keep them under control.  
| 

Caffergot contains caffeine.  Many people have a sensitivity to
caffeine that triggers migraines when the level of caffeine
declines or increases in their body.  I cannot tolerate caffeine at
all and if I drink any beverage containing it I quite often get
massive migraines.  I would suggest your wife try stopping any
ingestion of any substance that might contain caffeine.  It may
take as long as several weeks to get it all out of her system.
Then see if she has a reduction in the migraines.  Warning!  She
may have more severe headaches for a while as the caffeine in her
system leaves.