Similar story for me, but migraines weren't as extreme as yours and the fix was also not as extreme. Had migraines for decades, tried many different doctors, a lot of whom where not the standard western doc's. But nothing helped. 20 years ago or so I discovered that one or two cups of strong coffee would knock out a migraine most of t…
Similar story for me, but migraines weren't as extreme as yours and the fix was also not as extreme. Had migraines for decades, tried many different doctors, a lot of whom where not the standard western doc's. But nothing helped. 20 years ago or so I discovered that one or two cups of strong coffee would knock out a migraine most of the time. (I was not a regular coffee or caffeine user.) So I just lived with them. I got them about every 3 weeks on average. A year and a half ago thru an unusual set of circumstances (I had an acute situation with head pain as base of skull) I saw a chiropractor (I'd seen chiro's in the past and they had not helped) because he had a PEMF machine. He told me he didn't think the machine would help and went on to say that the cause for 40% of migraine sufferers is muscular. He treated me by pressing very hard on my jaw muscles to release the muscle. Second time I saw him, I jokingly said, just don't break my jaw because it felt like he was pressing it so hard he actually could. He said, no, I'm not pressing that hard, and showed me by pressing on my wrist. Third time I saw him he said I'm going to release you, which meant, come back as needed. He initially thought I'd need to see a TMJ specialist and get a splint made, but now doesn't think so. I see him every 2 or 3 months. Haven't had a headache since starting to see him and that was a year and a half ago. I used to get one or two a month.
PS I did try a migraine pharmaceutical once, but hated the way it made me feel like someone was choking me. So at that time, I just went back to coffee. It was way more comfortable and more fun! ;-)
Similar story for me, but migraines weren't as extreme as yours and the fix was also not as extreme. Had migraines for decades, tried many different doctors, a lot of whom where not the standard western doc's. But nothing helped. 20 years ago or so I discovered that one or two cups of strong coffee would knock out a migraine most of the time. (I was not a regular coffee or caffeine user.) So I just lived with them. I got them about every 3 weeks on average. A year and a half ago thru an unusual set of circumstances (I had an acute situation with head pain as base of skull) I saw a chiropractor (I'd seen chiro's in the past and they had not helped) because he had a PEMF machine. He told me he didn't think the machine would help and went on to say that the cause for 40% of migraine sufferers is muscular. He treated me by pressing very hard on my jaw muscles to release the muscle. Second time I saw him, I jokingly said, just don't break my jaw because it felt like he was pressing it so hard he actually could. He said, no, I'm not pressing that hard, and showed me by pressing on my wrist. Third time I saw him he said I'm going to release you, which meant, come back as needed. He initially thought I'd need to see a TMJ specialist and get a splint made, but now doesn't think so. I see him every 2 or 3 months. Haven't had a headache since starting to see him and that was a year and a half ago. I used to get one or two a month.
PS I did try a migraine pharmaceutical once, but hated the way it made me feel like someone was choking me. So at that time, I just went back to coffee. It was way more comfortable and more fun! ;-)