From: utzoo!decvax!decwrl!sun!megatest!fortune!hpda!hplabs!sri-unix!cca!ima!inmet!ericf
Newsgroups: net.med
Title: Help for a migraine sufferer - (nf)
Article-I.D.: inmet.66
Posted: Fri Apr 29 13:30:56 1983
Received: Mon May  2 04:01:30 1983

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inmet!ericf    Apr 28 11:07:00 1983

I don't know if this has been brought up before, so please forgive me
if it has.

I have been suffering from migraine headaches for 12 years or so.
Their occurance is not what I consider the high points of my life.
It's more the case that I want to have my head removed to alleviate the
pain. The doctor prescribed Cafergot, which has no effect other than to
upset my stomach more severely than what the migraine itself causes.  I
know there are a lot of migraine sufferers around, and some of them are
a LOT worse of than I (I get migraines once every three months on the
average, though I had a record of 3 within two weeks).  My question
is:  what do you do about it?  It seems that medical science isn't
making much progress in relieving migraines.  Does anyone know of any
preventive measures?  Anything to make an episode less painful (or
shorter?) I've done a lot of reading on the subject, but it seems that
no factors come into play to trigger a migraine (e.g., food may or may
not be a factor, since I've gotten headaches after having eaten a
variety of foods.  SEVERE stress can sometimes be a definite factor,
but I usually get an attack while I feeling pretty good).

Anyway, if anyone could mail me some helpful suggestions, I'll
summarize to the net.  Anything specifically in the Boston area I could
look into would also be appreciated.

					"May brains hurt"
					Eric Feigenson
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