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Top 63 Questions About Headaches and Migraines

Monday September 18, 2006
Dr. John Claude Krusz and I have been answering reader questions for going on four years now. It's amazing to look at our Ask the Clinician Archives! There are now nearly 1,500 entries there!

Dr. Krusz and I love answering your questions. You're wonderfully inquisitive in your search to learn more about your headaches and Migraines. We never quite know what to expect when we open your questions. Some of you are so enthusiastic that you ask questions that entire books have been written to answer.

Your response to our Top 50 Questions was so positive that I've been looking through all of the questions and answers and decided that it would be both fun and helpful to increase the Top 50 to list more of the most asked and relevant questions and their answers. So, for those of you who missed the Top 50 and those of you who want more, here we go...

  1. I have been on every kind of prevention medication available and am still having bad and frequent migraines...? Answer
  2. Can headaches cause memory loss? Answer.
  3. Pregnant and worried about Imitrex taken at beginning of pregnancy? Answer.
  4. What is connection between migraines and alcohol usage? Answer.
  5. Why do I still get migraines while taking Topamax? Answer.
  6. Auditory and visual hallucinations during Migraine attacks? Answer.
  7. Can hot weather cause migraines even if I keep hydrated? Answer.
  8. FDA advisory about triptans, antidepressants, and serotonin syndrome? Answer.
  9. Could lower estrogen levels be contributing to my migraines? Answer.
  10. Vagus Nerve Stimulator? Answer.
  11. Facial & eye pain. No aura as usual. Sinus infection missed on CT? Answer.
  12. Migraineur never had CT scan. Recommended? Answer
  13. I'm wondering how to know when to consult a doctor? Answer
  14. Waking with full blown Migraines? Answer
  15. Would having a hysterectomy get rid of my Migraines? Answer
  16. How can I tell the difference between migraine and stroke? Answer
  17. Can my child be having Migraines? Could I be experiencing Migraines for the first time in my 50s? Answer
  18. Headache every time I masturbate? Answer
  19. Help with ocular migraines? Answer
  20. Daily Migraines? Use of ibuprofen? Answer
  21. Is it possible to have tension headaches every day? Answer
  22. New preventive treatments for cluster headaches? Answer
  23. What can you tell me about the hole in the heart called a PFO and migraines? Answer
  24. Fever as a Migraine trigger? Answer
  25. Can I prevent migraines from flying? Answer
  26. Worsening Migraines... Doctor says merely suffering from depression. Answer
  27. HRT combo that works best for women with Migraines? Answer
  28. How common is numbness in the extremities during a Migraine? Answer
  29. What can I eat without getting a migraine? Answer
  30. What causes triptans to become ineffective over time? Answer
  31. Are Migraines and Cluster Headaches one and the same? Answer
  32. Is there any viable alternative to indomethacin? Answer
  33. What normally goes on in the brain prior to, during, and after a migraine? Answer
  34. Is there any links between migraines and a freezing cold nose? Answer
  35. Addicted to drugs prescribed for migraines? Answer
  36. After getting out of rebound, one dose of analgesic causes rebound? Answer
  37. I'm just wanting to see what you think the link is between Fibromyalgia and migraines? Answer
  38. Why don't doctors want to treat Migraines with Demerol? Answer
  39. I get a severe headache at or just after orgasm. Help! Answer
  40. I have chronic daily headaches and have tried every medication there is. What can I do? Answer
  41. Can Migraines change over the years? Answer
  42. Could headaches be directly related to stopping birth control pills? Answer
  43. I have a strange type of headache when I bend over, sneeze or cough. What could this be? Answer
  44. Is having two or three Migraines a week normal? Answer
  45. Can you have a Migraine attack without having a headache? Answer
  46. What are these short, very sharp head pains I get? Answer
  47. Having Migraine with seeing flashes of light. What causes it and what kind of Migraine is it? Answer
  48. Is there any medication I can take that is safe to use while nursing? Answer
  49. Headaches when I cough, sneeze or bend over to do any kind of work? Answer
  50. What are "painless, optical migraines?" Answer
  51. Why does the change in the weather help contribute to the onset of a headache? Answer
  52. Does sleep relieve only certain kinds of Migraines? Answer
  53. Abruptly stopping beta blockers? Answer
  54. How do antidepressants help prevent Migraines? Answer
  55. Can Maxalt used by a 14-year-old girl? Answer
  56. Any advice telling the difference between a headache and a Migraine? Answer
  57. Does the pain from Migraines cause blood pressure to rise that high during attacks? And likewise, does high blood pressure cause migraines and cluster headaches? Answer
  58. How can I manage my type 2 diabetes when having a full-blown migraine? Answer
  59. Link to the sun and constant headaches? Answer
  60. Are all of the migraine meds designed to be vascular constrictors? .... Is there anything else I can try? Answer
  61. Clenching jaw as a Migraine trigger? Answer.
  62. Maximum dosage of Topamax for Migraine prevention? Answer.
  63. Neuro said not to take triptans during aura? Answer.
If you'd like to look through more questions and answers, just visit our Ask the Clinician Archives.

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