@lovendures, wow, that must have been miserable for your daughter. Really glad to hear that the manipulations helped her. Yes, in my experience if you've sustained any kind of injury, that can contribute to or even cause migraines. The neuromuscular manipulations for your daughter that you mentioned are in line with the body work that has often helped me. My physical therapist does all hands-on work very much like a DO, and unlike a lot of cookie-cutter PT, a lot of what she does extends outside the box. She does the myofascial work I posted about, cranial sacral and other modalities. She is also a rolfing practitioner and lymphatic drainage specialist.
My husband gets fewer migraines ever since he received balloon sinuplasty for his sinus headaches. He was getting both kinds of headaches, the sinuses sometimes triggering a migraine.
@laura-f, @polarberry, @kateinpdx, @sistermoon, @bluebelle, @lovendures, and anyone I may have missed,
How are you feeling today?
I used to have both migraines and headaches several times a week and regular days of them relating to hormonally active times similar to @Laura-f. I still get them but much less often as I am navigating peri menopause/menopause. The worst was when they would last up to 3-4 days. Luckily, a couple of years ago I tried sumatriptan and that helps for the most part with the migraines. I also once got a major migraine that was directly related to the arrival of the monsoon when I lived in the tropics. As soon as the rain arrived, it cleared up.
Luckily, I don’t have a migraine today but I am sore all over and completely out of energy. I really hope that I sleep tonight. The last two nights it was very hard to settle down and sleep and even then, it was a light and interrupted sleep with vivid dreams. It feels like the weight of the collective is getting ready to shift. As chaotic as everything seems right now, it feels to me like this was what it was going to take to make meaningful change occur.
I hope all of you are well and feeling better. I have enjoyed reading your posts about the reasons - both physical and metaphysical - that a lot of us tend to have migraines.
Morning deetoo & all,
Still hanging on. It's better but still there under the surface.
Baba, it's really odd that you posted about being tired and sore. All week, I have been abnormally sore and exhausted. I attributed the soreness to working outside but I'm not really doing anything I don't normally do. And draggy tired. Trouble staying asleep. I watched the video of the older gentleman protester in Buffalo right before bed. That was horrible.
@laura-f, @polarberry, @kateinpdx, @sistermoon, @bluebelle, @lovendures,@baba, @jeanne-mayell, @frank, @deetoo
To all the migraine sufferers out here (in case I missed someone) I have been reading this and thinking back to my childhood and the 1980s. I had migraines when I was in 3rd-6th grade because I needed distance glasses (astigmatism) and it turned out my parents just didn't believe me or realize I needed glasses.
Then when I was in my 20s I was hit with occasional SEVERE migraines that actually caused me (when they occurred) to feel a pain in my head then suddenly I would pass out. I was in a work-related graphics class in the mid-80s and I woke up suddenly with everyone standing around me. I had no idea what had happened. They told me I passed out suddenly at the beginning of the class. I was even afraid to drive all the way home occasionally. So I "feel" your pain. What is amazing is that after I hit my late 30s, the migraines went away! So I can only assume that I grew out of it and that it was hormonal. I mention this here in case this information is helpful to anyone who suffers from them and perhaps natural remedies that help hormones might be useful.
blessings and namaste! ?
I am feeling better this morning - the first day in awhile that I haven't woken up with a headache.
The weather pattern in this area remains the same (and will be the same for the next few days), so I know my improvement is not related to weather.
I'd like to believe it indicates a positive change in the collective, but I don't know. Today seems to be a low hope day for me -- need to snap out of it.
@polarberry @deetoo @sistermoon
Yes, today finally feeling like it has passed. Not wobbly. LOL
Glad you're feeling better too.
Now I have to play catch up on all the stuff I back burnered this week.
Yesterday was a day, headache and vertigo. So I was definitely a bubble off. Thank you for asking and I hope your are feeling better yourself.
i am pain free today after a restless night alternating between wakefulness and vivid dreams. Feeling much better, just tired.
@laura-f I am cutting my caffeine intake by half.
I definitely had more nausea/vertigo/brain fog than actual head pain this week... très bizarre...
Glad you're better too!