Sharing Your Invaluable Experience

Hi everyone,

I have noticed considerable traffic on this blog which encourages me to write new posts every other day. However, I am surprised at migraineurs not leaving their views on the subject. 

It would be very considerate (and tis a Season of Giving) if more migraineurs share their experiences of medications, therapies, practices and other relevant data on managing pain effectively. Any help to a fellow-migraineur will be very very appreciated and very very welcome!

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Allergy to your own hormones!

Do you think it is possible to develop an allergy – to your own hormones? No? Well, think again. For many migraineurs this is precisely what happens. The spiked bodily reaction to changed hormone levels in the times just before periods, such as bloating of the abdomen, acne, breast tenderness etc, indicates allergy to hormones. In fact, it has been confirmed through various studies that migraineurs actually develop antibodies (!) to their hormones. These antibodies are called IgE and are released when hormone levels become high in the body. Migraine just before monthly menstruation, is considered in many a medical quarters, as an allergic reaction to the body’s changed levels of hormones.

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Trying Magnesium

About 2 years back, I stumbled upon magnesium’s big role in regulating calcium ion inflow to neuron cells, channelopathy in migraineurs and of course its spiral effect on the all important serotonin and eventually prostaglandin and a whole gamut of things that go on for a migraineur. By the way, migraineurs are generally defecient in magnesium. Run a blood test and find out if you are in this bracket.

In desperation, I calculated the approximate amount of magnesium I was getting from my diet and it was apallingly low! (Incidentally, magnesium absorption is also inhibited by the caffeine and alcohol intake). I started out on magnesium-calcium supplements for a month that gave me RDA values on both (esp magnesium at 400 mg a day). OK, now get this. I had an episode of migraine the following month but it was so much milder than usual. It arrived one day before I was to head out to London. My work didnt have to stop on the day I was travelling out to London. This was a big deal for me, as will be, I am sure, for many, many migraineurs. I would not have been able to do this without the supplements. Ever since, I have made magnesium a part of diet. I do go off it now and then by choice but I usually do take them and benefit from it immensely.

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