The Daily Migraine - Migraine Headache Treatment for Extended Migraine

Where do pills fit into my migraine headache treatment?

A large component to effective Migraine Headache Treatment revolves is trigger elimination. A main contributing trigger to many people's migraines is actually the medication they take to abort (kill) the migraine in progress.

This medication (Triptans, opioids, OTC pain killers, etc.) causes a condition called rebound headache.

Most people who seek out migraine headache treatment from their doctor, only to find their migraine headaches occurring more frequently or more severely, are most likely suffering from rebound headache.

There is a situation where it's worth biting the bullet, getting the abortive medication and getting yourself migraine relief.

NOTE: If you're otherwise healthy[link to imitrex warnings], a Imitrex, Axert and Zomig are very effective. I've found Imitrex to be far and away the most effective triptan on the market. I have not tried Treximet, Pozen and GlaxoSmithKline's new version of Imitrex that combines, basically, Imitrex with Aleve. This drug was approved in April, 2008 and my migraine headache treatment eliminated my migraine headaches before the drug hit the market.

If you are suffering from a migraine headache that has lasted several days, you're not getting sleep, you're pouring Ibuprofen, Aleve, Tylenol, Excedrin Migraine, etc down your throat trying to get rid of this terrible headache, just STOP!

Get yourself into a doctor and ask for an injection of Imitrex. It will work almost immediately, aborting the headache with very little side effects...

...at first. All triptans, including Imitrex, lead to rebound headaches, which you should avoid at ALMOST all cost.

Here is the exception to the rule: A migraine that lasts more than two days should be aborted, rebound be damned!

If your doctor won't or can't give you the Imitrex injection, ask for a prescription to Imitrex (the generic, Sumatriptan, is now available in the US) or Treximet, if your insurance will cover it.

Get the prescription filled, take one pill, and relax. You have aborted this terrible, unending migraine headache.

This migraine headache treatment, as I mentioned before, if used more than a couple times in a month, will send you into a rebound headache cyle that will prove more frustrating than the original migraine.

You will get a migraine attack that seems worse than the original, take one of your new pills and find relief. But then you'll have ANOTHER MIGRAINE ATTACK the next day or the day after! Then you'll take another Imitrex. Soon, you'll be having these attacks nearly everyday.

The stress from dealing with these suddenly VERY frequent migraine headaches will make the severity worse, cause you to spend endless hours seeking out a new migraine headache treatment (which is probably how you found this site in the first place), and cause you to take more and more Imitrex.

Soon, you won't get enough Imitrex to fill the need.

NOTE: You'll find that most insurance providers won't pay for more than 18 pills in a month. Many only pay for 9. For years, I could not understand why. I was suffering from daily migraine headaches, and my insurance company would only pay for half of them to be treated! Why no one explained to me that these pills CANNOT be taken more than a couple times a month is, well, a WHOLE other issue...

So in closing, don't be afraid to use a triptan to abort a migraine that just won't go away. You will be able to see the world with clear eyes -- and that is the only way to seek out a safe and effective migraine headache treatment.

Migraine Headache Treatment Options

Not All Migraine Treatment Options Are Created Equal

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.