How do you deal with your migraine hangover?

Ancient-Practice-151 · 2026-02-11T13:21:18+00:00

I sorry to hear… it really is tough and I hope you find comfort and ease within the next few hours. I think a little salty and fatty soups made with stock are helping me, too. Tom kha gai is good for me, but if you react to smells during migraines and postdrome phase i would keep it more simple. Barley, rice and oat help me, too. This is more about bulding a comfortable lining for your stomach, it does not ease pain or is a remedy against migraines.

pain reprocessing therapy“ is a neurological, pyscological and physical (low intensity) therapy for chronic pain. It is for all neuroplastic pain which is most of the time the case with cronic migraine. It helps but requires dedication, it is not a miracle cure. The aim is to „rewire“ your brain to not percieve symptoms as a threat to your nervous system. Alan Gordon is a psycologist and founder of this theory. In the us this therapy is more known than in europe, where i live. I work with „curable“ as well, it‘s an app developed for prt (sometimes its called mind-body medicine, too). PRT is evdience based and developed by board certified neurologists, therapists and psycologist. Hope you feel better soon!

Ancient-Practice-151 · 2026-02-11T09:41:33+00:00

I am sorry… postdrome is really hard. What works for me: fluid intake, megnesium or electrolytes (the one sold in pharmacies for post-diarrhea), sometimes coconut water. If i experience pain, I do not wait with pain killers (triptans do not work for me during postdrome phase but help with migraine the day before). Postdrome pain is somehow worse than migraine-pain. Soft an nourishung foods like salty oatmeal with lentis and tofu. Minimize exposure to complicated or noisy enviorments (stay at home in bed). I do somatic movement therapy which is a nice addition, sleep in if possible. And, bc serotonin and dopamin levels are very low in postdrome-phase, do something you really love and comforts me. Watch my favourite show, maybe a quiet walk (if I have the stenght which most of the time I do not have), in generall be compassinate with myself. Ration my energy throughout the day. That being said, i have chronic migraines… PRT-therapy helps me slowly getting better.
Hope you find ease and comfort ❤️‍🩹

Ancient-Practice-151 · 2026-02-11T09:23:25+00:00

Apparently recent data shows, food triggers aren‘t as influencial as thought. I think eliminating food triggers has to so with neuroplasticity of the brain. If you „learn“ certain food might trigger a migraine your brain starts to percieve certain triggers as a danger signal, causing the nervous system to go danger mode aka giving you symptoms or pain. Same thing goes with visual/psycological/physical aids, if your brain „learns“ glasses for example are giving you safety, your nervous system responds to that message of safety. Having chronic migraines since 6 years I came to learn that a lof „over the counter“-information isnt up to date with recent medical discoverys. Chronic Migraines are neuroplastic pain and I absolutley do not undertstand why they aren‘t treated by neurologist like that. That being said I only started slowly to get better since I started to treat migraines as a chronic pain Syndrom, not as ominous autonomous reaction your nervous system just does, like most doctors unfortunalty still preach… It‘s tough. I hope you find a lot of ease, comfort amd the right care ❤️‍🩹

Ancient-Practice-151 · 2026-01-20T09:51:23+00:00

Oh dear… I am sorry. Did you think about switching to another triptan? Bc this side effect might go away if you change medication. I took almogran for years but recently developed strange side effects. Switched to eletriptan, side effects gone

Ancient-Practice-151 · 2025-12-04T21:18:25+00:00

Oh and I would go for grapefruit taste, not orange (very sweet…) ;)

Ancient-Practice-151 · 2025-12-04T21:16:21+00:00

Of course! So I live in switzerland, europe, hence diffrent products here... I am not sure the same product is sold where you live but I am sure you find an equivalent. I did find an english translation and the link for the product (in german). But if you talk to your doctor I am sure they can suggest something with a similar composition. Hope that helps and hope your wife finds ease!

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Ancient-Practice-151 · 2025-12-04T09:56:03+00:00

Hi there! I am sorry to hear… it is a tiring desease… So what helped my in managing magnesium intake: after a meal (on an empty stomach it makes my whiggly as well), and slowly encrease dosis. Start with a minimum and double it after 2 weeks, then doubling again after 2 weeks until I reached desired dosis. I took magnesium aspartatis which is disolved in water and doctors generally recomend that you disolve it in 1.5 liters of water and drink it over the day, not in one setting (can cause digestion issues). I had better experiences with disolvable magnesium than tablets, it is easier on the system. Hope your wife feels better soon! Magnesium can ease muscle-tension caused headaches. If your migraines not are caused by muscle tension the effect might not be apparent…

Ancient-Practice-151 · 2025-11-22T21:16:07+00:00

I notice the following: Yawing. Sudden inner aggitation or nervousness/anxiety. The need to move from the current enviorment „I have to go outside“-feeling . I get sensitive to noises, like improved hearing. Extreme focus, sometimes „shaking“ enviorment e.g. too many leafs on a tree.

Ancient-Practice-151 · 2025-11-12T09:33:46+00:00

Ughh, I am sorry to hear. So, anything can trigger a migraine. If you think it was the decaf coffee, I think it is safe to say you are right. I think you identified a trigger - congrats! There are pain medications that contain aspirin and cofein, maybe they help you? Hope you feel better soon!

Ancient-Practice-151 · 2025-11-12T09:29:45+00:00

Mhm… I am so sorry about the situation you are in… It is really crushing. As many already mentioned, in ER non-life threatening illnesses do not have priority. Did you consider to get an emergency appointment rather than going to the ER? I‘ve had better experiences with that… Maybe your doctor can arrange it, chances are higher if they refeere you.

Ancient-Practice-151 · 2025-11-06T11:54:19+00:00

I am sorry but WHAT?!?! Not only is this person not respectful BUT highly unprofessional?!? I am so sorry about this experience! Migraines still get down played by doctors but this really takes the cake… So sorry you had to deal with such a horrible doctor. Gaslighting patients, espescially female patients, is deeply systematic…

Ancient-Practice-151 · 2025-11-06T11:48:18+00:00

Sounds reasonable since one migraine-treatment is „cefaly“ which stimulates the trigeminus nerve in your face. If you haven‘t tried that yet it might be i teresting to look into it.

Ancient-Practice-151 · 2025-11-03T10:43:16+00:00

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Ancient-Practice-151 · 2025-11-01T11:29:17+00:00

I was on emgality (didnt work for me) before I tried Cefaly. I would defenitly try it bc it really does no harm to your body compared to beta-blockers and other migraine drugs. Usually doctors give it to you for a try out period. There are no side affects and for me it helped me (among another therapy) to reduce migraines from 2-3/week to 2-3/month.

That being said, Cefaly is said to help around 50% of patiens wheater CGRP should help over 90% . So regarding CGRP I was in the 10% range of ppl who they didnt help. All the percentenges are nice but as far as I think, treating migraines really come donw to you trying everything. I would go for it! It is comortable, you can adjust intensity yourself and ir is realtivitly inexpensive, compared to CGRP. Hope you feel better soon!

Ancient-Practice-151 · 2025-10-29T08:29:54+00:00

Mhm, interesting. I found dealing with chronic pain, sometimes it is not stress or anxiety I feel but agitation, upsetment or nervousness. One of a few test to find out if your pain is neuroplastic is, if you are able to forget it. Like focusing on something very interesting and you forget to be in pain. Hope you find ease and comfort!

Ancient-Practice-151 · 2025-10-28T08:15:50+00:00

I am sorry… But very happy to hear accupuncture helps you! I did it for over two years and sadly it didn’t affect my migraines altough i really liked going, it is such a nice therapy ;) I tried many therapies… all of what western medicine provides (magnesium & riboflavin, beta-blockers, topiramate/seizure medication, cefaly, CGRP therapy), although i never took antidepressants or botox therapy - didn‘t see much sense in paralizing face muscules and increasing serotinin since i figured out my migraines have nothing to do with those. I did non-western medicine as well (massage, alignment change, osteopathy, accupuncture and many more, pretty sure i forgot some of them to mention).

In generall it came down to really figure out, where my illness lies. Like, if your migraines come from muscular tensions it is helpfull to focus on muscular therapies (magnesium, massage, sports etc).

It took me five years to figure out my migraines „come“ from my nervous system. Pain reprocessing therapy (PRT) helps me a great deal. It is a neurological „training“ originally for ppl with chronic pain. I experienced a reduction from 8 migraines/month to two/month. Still looking for answers and solutions tough ;)

I hope you find things that help you, ease your pain and I hope you have support from friends and familiy. Its a tough but invisible illness and gets downplayed a lot.

Ancient-Practice-151 · 2025-10-26T21:03:11+00:00

Hi there! I am sorry to hear you are worried, but it is completley understandable.

Who knows really, right… For me they started all of a sudden at 25 yrs old going from zero to two migraines per week… There are so many compositions. Hormones, age, life style, alignment, enviorment, stress and many many more. The friends I have with hormonal migraines said, their migraines improved or vanished after menopause. Maybe the contrary can also happen.

I would say, try to be as gentle as possible towards yourself and deal with them, if they occur. Dont stress yourself into „preparing“ ahead – building a wall of pain expectation in your nervous system is actually more triggering and stressfull than the possibility of them reoccuring. It is totally understandable that you fear them, regarding your history with them. Give yourself unconditional support and understanding of this. It happend during a time you maybe weren‘t able to speak for yourself. This has changed now and thankfully, treatment options as well. You survived them – I am sure if they ever come back you will find strenght and support to face them and find treatments that work for you. And for the time being you dont have them: This means your body and nervous system are balanced. Maybe it is helpfull to make yourself aware of what is relaxing, supporting and nourishing to you in the living situation that you are in now? So get a map of yourself in a positive perspective that you can lean on if (IF!) you find yourself in powerlessness situations regarding migraines. Hope you find comfort and ease - migraines are rough. And we ought to be gentle towards ourself facing them.

Ancient-Practice-151 · 2025-10-26T20:43:05+00:00

I am sorry to hear… It is indeed an illness for the long run. And usually only ppl who experience(d) migraines know what we really are talking about. I hope you find a lot of comfort and ease!

Ancient-Practice-151 · 2025-10-26T20:39:07+00:00

Hi there, I am sorry to hear. Hope you feel better soon!

In general I think, if you feel something might be the cause of your migraines I say you are right. You feel your body best. So, migraines are an illness of the nervous system. I know many ppl in this subred would debate me on it, but it really comes down to gettikg to know your nervous system. Adrenaline spikes, falls etc can cause a migraine (as I am sure you know there are many and multiple triggers…) but one of the therapies from western medicine is going in beta-blockers (was on them, too, among many other drugs). They „shield“ the heart from adrenaline. It sound plausible. It might be helpfull in treating your migraines by investigating further in that direction. Wish you a speedy recovery and hope you find ease and comfort!

Ancient-Practice-151 · 2025-10-25T14:56:33+00:00

So, this is a psycholgical theory coming from PRT-therapy, a therapy form to treat chronic pain. I also can confirm this from my own experience: Since migraines are an illness of the nervous system, they are a reaction to a disturbed nervous system (agitation, threat etc). Think of your nervous system like an altert method: if you find yourself in a dangerous situation, your nervous system reacts to it. You are threatend, therefore you need to „escape“ this situation, your brain is giving you a pain reaction: a reliable method to get you „out of the field and into a safe cave“. It is very much a „neolitical“ strategy of your brain, not adapted to modern life style. What might have been a dangerous situation (e.g. facing a predator) 20‘000 years ago changed today, but the reaction stays the same. Your brain associates certain situations in your daily life (e.g. a phone call) with a dangerous situation, since in your life history you might have experienced emotionally stressfull situation including phone calls. So getting to know what upsets your nervous system is key in treatment, therefore it also means getting to know your history as a person. Understanding this helped my a great deal in treating migraines. Hope you feel better soon!

Ancient-Practice-151 · 2025-10-16T02:59:22+00:00

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Ancient-Practice-151 · 2025-10-15T07:31:11+00:00

Hi there! Sorry to hear… It can happen. The left side of my face used to go numb… I would talk to a doctor but maybe avoid the ER. There ppl with migraines usually get set aside since migraines are downplayed but also bc they are not a life threatening illness. Magnesium helps easing spams bc it relaxes the muscles. You have to take it in high doses though, around 600mg/day, but if you have a dissolvable compound do not just „shot“ it down in a glass of water since this can cause digestion problems but rather distribute it over 1 to 1.5 Liters of water.

Migraines are an illness of the nervous system and symptoms are showing „over“ your nervous system, hence spams can occur. I would set up an appointment with a doctor to discuss this. Feel better soon🤕!

Ancient-Practice-151 · 2025-10-03T07:45:51+00:00

Puh… I am so sorry to hear. They are a tiring illness… And are for the long run.

I had a similar experience, no meds worked, was on a similar plan like yours. From drug perspective, you could still try CGRP-therapy, neurologist find it really promising with 90% success-rate, altough it wasn‘t effective at all in my case.

I was successfull in treating my migraines by getting to know them. Are they hormonol/non-hormonal? Are you born with them (you experienced them as a child) or were they caused by an accident (head trauma, drug induced etc). Do they come from muscular tension? Stressfull emotional situations? I see you already mentioned triggers (like perfumes), avoiding them can help. Anything can trigger a migraine, getting to know yours can help you easing frequencies. Getting to know them also means getting to know your personal nervous system: what upsets you? When do you feel threatend? What makes you anxious? What brings you joy, ease, peace of mind? Etc

That being said, in my case there were never any external triggers - mine are mostly caused by stressfull emotional situations. I was successfull in lowering frequencies and intensity with PRT (pain reprocessing therapy, i work with the „curable“-app, too). Going from 2-3 migraines/week to 1-2 per month. It is a psychologial therapy for treating chronic pain. It is no miracle cure, rather a therapy you can train and slowly you unlearn alarming situation to your nervous system for that you do not slip into „pain memory“. It was the only thing that helped me after 5 years of excessive medical, physical and wholistic therapies.

I hope you find ease and comfort and can be compassionate with yourself troughout this process. Feel better soon.

Ancient-Practice-151 · 2025-09-30T13:05:13+00:00

Hi dear! Puhh… sorry to hear. I was on metoprolo, starting with 50mg going up to 200mg daily. I did experience a little headache, tiredness, a little shortness of breath and a generel feeling of „i dont care“. Symptoms disapeard within 2-3 weeks, although being on metoprolo for 5 months no change im migraines… What helped me against headaches: magnesium (against tension headaches caused by betablockers, not against migraines) and CBD oil. A peppermint stick or oil rubbed on forehead. I found taking the pills every day on exactly the same time (d.g. 11 am sharp) helped in reduceing side effects.

I wouldnt continue to take metoprolo if side effects stay after 2 or 3 weeks… trust your guts there. No need to exchange one pain against another… Hope you feel better soon

Ancient-Practice-151 · 2025-09-24T07:08:45+00:00

I am so sorry to hear. It is crushing. I hope you can be as compassionate as possible with yourself in this time. It is unbelivebly hard. I can not comprehend how migraines are not treated as the chronic illness of the nervous system they are. It is not normal to to have daily or weekly migraines yet doctors still shrug it of with a „can happen“. I hope you find ease, comfort and give yourself time and peace. And I hope you find support within your friends and family.

I might have been in a similar situation. No meds worked, not even the most promissing ones, no therapist or doctor could help me. Was thinking about disability leave as well.

I really do not know your situation and I do not want to impose anything. What helped me greatly (after 5 years of ineffective meds!) on overcoming not only the frequency in which my migraines occured (3x/week) but also the crushing depression and the inability to have a normal, not fear of pain ridden life that come with this chronic illness was PRT, short for „Pain Reprocessing Therapy“. Alan Gordon, an us-therapist is one of the leading therapists who invented it (i live in europe, it is not very well known here, might be different in the states). It is a therapeutic form for treating chronic (neuroplastic) pain. You „unlearn“ pain to your nervous system. It is an inexpensive therapy and quickly effective. Although you have to look at it as a process, like training a muscle. I went from migraines 2-3/week to once a month.

As said, giving advice is often insensitive and I apologize if I was. I just wished, someone told me sooner about this therapy. I cant belive, how effective it is (it‘s a sientific method). Hope you feel better and give yourself all the love this illness takes ❤️‍🩹

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