This site is dedicated to the variety of options from which you can choose when considering a migraine headache treatment.
This isn't a flashy site, with lots of graphics, cool fonts and super cool new products to sell.
I'm not selling anything.
Simply, when it comes to migraine headache treatment, I have seen it all; I have tried it all; I have experienced various levels of success with, literally, IT ALL.
And here, I will share with you what I've learned during my 15 year search for the best migraine headache treatment.
THE PITFALLS - COMMON MIGRAINE HEADACHE TREATMENT MISTAKES
1. Medication is the only migraine headache treatment solution.
When we're sick, we go to the doctor. A doctor treats you with medicine. If this is your focus, then the focus of your migraine headache treatment will be migraine medication.
This path will lead to 3 things:
- Immediate relief from your current migraine headache.
- A devastating rebound headache cycle that seems impossible to escape.
- Frustration with all migraine headache treatment.
2. Not identifying all of your triggers.
All migraine headache treatment options SHOULD begin with the identification of your own personal migraine triggers.
Unfortunately, I have not found a single doctor that places the emphasis on trigger identification. In my experience, this is the ONLY path to a migraine headache treatment that will CURE you of your migraine headaches.
Every doctor I have gone to prescribed me one drug or another -- and most prescribed 3 or more drugs at once. This has been the automatic migraine headache treatment response I have received from EVERY doctor I have gone to over a 15 year time period.
Identifying and eliminating ALL of your triggers must be the first step in your migraine headache treatment and will do more for you than any medication EVER will.
3. Fearing all medication.
It's better to steer clear of all medicine than to use all medicine that your prescribed blindly.
However...an effective migraine headache treatment course will include the infrequent use of abortive migraine medication (e.g., Imitrex, Axert, Zomig, etc.), as well as the occasional dose of Aleve to boost the effectiveness of the triptan (abortive medication).
But again, if your current migraine headache treatment does not include ANY medication, you are still better off than following a migraine headache treatment plan that includes LOTS of migraine medication.
4. Not questioning your migraine headache treatment.
Doctors are testy. It's rare to find a doctor in any field that actually enjoys being tested on the validity of their diagnosis. Especially difficult is asking your doctor questions after she prescribes a migraine headache treatment plan.
But this is your life and your doctor is being rewarded handsomely for the few minutes you're spending with her.
If you have a question, ask. If you want to know why a certain medication makes you feel a certain way, ask.
If you are curious as to why you are having more migraine headaches since the start of your migraine headache treatment, you should ask.
Just be ready to go to another doctor. Because not all doctors are created equal.
5. Not trusting your own body to tell you what migraine headache treatment works.
I was raised to do whatever my doctor told me to do. After 15 years of suffering with migraine headaches that actually increased in severity and frequency as I increased the intensity for a medical migraine headache treatment, I came to the realization that I hadn't tried everything.
I hadn't listened to my body and tried what it told me to do.
Ask yourself this: When was the last time I didn't take a pill to solve my migraine headache? When was the last time I tried a natural migraine headache treatment?
YOU can determine the course of your migraine headache treatment.
CONCLUSION
A migraine headache treatment, in order to be fully effective, requires a prescription to the triptan that works best for you. But these are not necessary very often if you follow the proper migraine headache treatment path.
Don't get stuck in a rebound cycle. No one should naturally suffer from migraine headaches more than a couple times a month (even that is too frequent). No one should be taking pills every day as their migraine headache treatment.
There's a better way. Read Better Migraine Headache Treatment Options.
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