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1) The EEG that the hospital
did, indicated that I had a "Migraine Compatible Brain", but no-one would
explain the term. My gp guessed it meant a brain that has a tendency to get
migraines. What is your understanding on this? Is the current understanding of
migraines that the blood vessels dilate, causing the surrounding nerves to get
irritated and they stay irritated even after the blood vessels constrict back to
normal. It is the irritated nerves cause the migraine. Is this correct? Bob.
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2) I'm a 33-year-old woman who
has been diagnosed with migraines for at least 10 yrs now... hypothyroidism, and major depression.. scheduled to see a Neurologist again,
and I'm not exactly sure what information he or she would be interested in...
how do I handle seeing this doctor? ...
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3) I have had migraines for as
long as I can remember...since childhood... I have a complication, which is that I also have Meniere's (for the last
5 years). The Doctors at Mayo say that I must get the migraines under control if
I am to stop the progression of the Meniere's...
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4) I occasionally gets these
flashing lights which start in the corner of my eyes. It lasts about 20 minutes.
I was told it was migraines without headaches. Is there such a thing. What
causes it? Martina.
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5) Our son has been diagnosed with
Asperger's and more recently was changed to PDD-NOS. He gets frequent migraines.
He also has frequent meltdowns. Can the migraines & meltdowns be related? Could
either/both be seizures? ...
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6) I have had migraines at least
twice a month (hormonal) on the left side of my head since about 1992. In the
last couple of months I have begun having nosebleeds only on the left side of my
nose. Is there any connection or should I be concerned about nosebleeds starting
at 36 years of age? I took Imitrex for about 6 years until I realized that I was
taking them more and more often because of rebound headaches. Thank you for any
help. K.
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7) My doctor has diagnosed me with
a severe migraine condition. He has prescribed Pizotifen as a preventative and
Imigran to treat migraine attacks. Despite the Pizotifen (and other preventative
drugs the doctor has tried such as beta blockers and Epilim), the pattern for
the last year or so has been 3-4-5 days free of headaches followed by 3-4-5 days
of headaches. Using the Imigran at an early stage I am able to control these
headaches and lead a fairly normal life... can I go on indefinitely taking
Imigran at a rate of about 1 per 2 days, without long term harmful effects.?...
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8) I'm 28-years-old and have been
suffering from migraine's for about 15 years. Over the last 10 years or so I
have been having hypoglycemic migraines but don't really understand what they
are! ... Is there anything you could suggest to reduce the number of attacks
I get?
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9) I hope you can help me. I am a
35-year-old male and I get this pain that starts in the middle of my upper right
jaw then goes straight up through my right eye and sits above my right eye and
on bad days it also goes down the right side of my neck, on a few occasions it
felt like my upper jaw was numb...
Doctors keep telling me it's just a sinus infection, but people I have talked to
who have sinus infections never have the same symptoms as me or the pain...Could
this be signs of a migraine or sinus related?...
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10) ...I
experience each time just before my migraine hits. I've only had 3 in my life,
but all 3 have been begun with this weird trapezoidal shape w/prism like colors,
ALL colors, you name them, I can see them. Then slowly vision fades in the outer
right side until the colors cover just about the entire outside vision. And then
just like that the colors and shapes are gone and within 35 to 50 min, WHAM, the
pain starts...
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