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Migraines are a mystery to me also. I had them as a child of 5-12 years...always the day after a stressful event. I would have to lie down just suffering enormous pain around my right eye and temple, and my mother would give me bread and butter to bring on the vomiting which led to 12 hours unconscious sleep, and the next day I'd be ok. There was nothing back then but aspirin, and that wouldn't touch my migraines. At puberty they disappeared completely, and came back sporadically in my late 20s.
But these were monsters, and I would have to go into the hospital to get the vomiting stopped and get rehydrated. Now there doesn't seem to be any one thing that causes them. They can start as a tension or sinus headache that lasts 2-3 days, then morphs into a migraine. The things I link them with are superstress, (I had one the day after an operation, but I was already in the hospital with an IV, and my Dr was able to stop it immediately) and consumption of nitrates, and excess sodium. I have less and less tolerance for salt as time goes by.
However, for me, Imitrex is the wonder drug-it will stop my migraine in its tracks-even if it is well under way, and since the prescription comes in packets of 9, I sometimes have only half a dose available-and even that works like magic.
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Sorry to hear about your migraines! I have IBS-D and when I am having a severe flare, I get horrible migraines. I don't have a prescription for it, but it became clear to me that my dehydration from the D caused me to have these headaches. I try to keep as hydrated as possible and it has helped me relieve the pain when need be. That, combined with sleep, really worked for me.
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I know that hydration is really critical with IBS-D and with migraine's ... I try to stay mindful of it as well ... this is just a beast we have to deal with 
I had tried Imitrex and it just made me nauseaus along with just about every other migraine drug they have available today ... so I do use 50 mg. of nortriptyline at bed and it "was" helping ... I'm seeing my neuro next week to see what we can try next
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Edited by SLHoutz56841 (08/04/07 09:05 AM)
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I can feel your pain! I know that sleep is a big helper to me as well ... but I can't always just go jump in the sack 
Sandra Houtz
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My daughter has been ill for 3 years with a GI disorder. We originally thought it was IBS. All test results were normal. Her symptoms were severe abdominal pain, rectal urgency and stooling etc. We have just received a dx of abdominal migraine. We will be seeing a neurologist since it is a neurological disorder. GI will continue to follow her. Since starting an antimigraine med her pain, headaches, nausea etc have been greatly relieved. They say when she grows up the abd pain will recede and she will be left with migraine headaches. I am glad to have an answer and just wanted to pass it along in case others here are suffering. Maybe some adults had this as a child and never was dx properly. My pediatrician has never seen a case of abd migraine, nor did my GI MD. It was a second opinion that figured it out.
http://headaches.about.com/od/migrainediseas1/a/what_abdom_mx.htm
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I'm so sorry to hear that your daughter is suffering with this. I can really feel her pain. I know that as a child from the age of 10-18 I have terrible IBS-D and headaches, but at that time I was being raised in a terribly dysfunctional alcohol drenched home with a very violent, verbally abusive, attempted sexually abusive step father and a mother that was clueless as to what was going on in the home.  So, I just attributed my physical problems to the emotional hell I was living in. But, when I moved out and got married and the problems did not resolve, then I knew I had to get to a doctor and was "officially" labeled as IBS-D ... and was given a prescription for Immodium (at that time it was only prescription available). It would help but then cause the reverse problems for me ...
I have a really good neuro. that is trying to figure out these darn headaches. I have been on and off so many meds and NOTHING really helps for any length of time.
I hope that your daughter can get some resolution of this and at least you know what she may be facing in the future.
Sandra Houtz
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Hello again
They started her on periactin, which is a old med, an antihistamine, and serotonin blocker. It has been a miracle drug. She has no pain, or nausea or other symptoms. She has been able to gain weight (she was the same weight for 2 years due to anorexia from pain)
I was reading some of Heathers archives here about the brain gut connection and serotonin is one of the problems in our guts that causes IBS and symptoms.
Reading some of those articles makes me realize how complicated it is. But for us we are grateful they figured something out that would help. My kid literally has her life back.
I know I have seen other parents on this board with kids like my kid. I hope they find a doc who knows about abdominal migraine so they can rule it in or out.
As for you, I know you say you have a really good doc. So did we but it was not him who figured out my kids problem.
We saw him for 3 years, and it was another doc who saw her once who recognized what to do. Medicine is an art. Not everyone responds the same way to the same disease or RX. Some docs have tunnel vision as they treat disorders the same for everyone. My doc wishes he had figured it out and now uses my kid to help others as he is studying abd migraine and sees other patients who might have it.
Edited by mykidhasibs (09/04/07 05:16 AM)
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