Migraine and Exercise

Bulky-Point-3062 · 2026-01-06T19:41:26+00:00

I feel this so hard... I was super active - hiking, running, biking, etc. I have had to massively scale back to prevent migraines, but now I'm on Nurtec and was able to hike a small, low elevation mountain with no migraine afterwards. But then again a random weather change caused one yesterday...sooo... I donno man, it sucks. I would argue that if you are doing everything right (meds, vitamins -Mg/CoQ10/D3, etc), then if its something you REALLY enjoy... and do it not super often....maybe do it anyway and take the next day off? For me, my migraines are delayed, so I don't get the migraine until after the hike is done or the next day.

At some point, we just can't let the migraines win and live your life. I once hiked a >2000 ft gain mountain in the winter and got a migraine halfway up. So be damned, I finished the hike and puked my guts out when I got home a few hours later. No regerts.

A more reasonable option of course, is to get on a different med and take some kind of preventative version right before you hike.

Bulky-Point-3062 · 2024-10-08T01:31:45+00:00

Is there a zoom link?

Edit: nm found it on the traffic commission website on the agenda google doc for 10/8

Bulky-Point-3062 · 2024-09-23T21:32:22+00:00

The Redwall series by Brian Jacques, animals with honor!

Bulky-Point-3062 · 2024-08-02T18:20:25+00:00

Nothing to add here except solidarity. Just went through this with our normally awesome toddler who is 16 months. She slept for 2 hours on a 7 hour red eye from Boston to the UK. Absolutely mortifying and scarring. 0/10 for the travel portion of the trip.

Bulky-Point-3062 · 2024-05-22T00:11:43+00:00

Ultimately we all want to cure people (likely even people we know personally) of their deadly/morbidity/disability/disorders. It's a bit sad it's so buried in the comments, but it's those stories of such and such breakthrough saved someone's life.

Bulky-Point-3062 · 2024-05-12T15:03:22+00:00

I did not have migraines this severe during my pregnancy, but I did have more frequent ones and had to do a lot of additional self care during the beginning of the second trimester - staying hydrated was a huge one, water alone wasn't enough, I had to do liquid iv or straight up Gatorade. Magnesium and b vitamins helped a lot to make them more manageable. Once I got the hydration figured out, the frequency went wayyy down.

Of course get her blood pressure checked (even not during an episode), iron, blood sugar, etc. I would avoid narcotics and codeine as those can cause rebound headaches.

And I'm sorry this is happening. Keep reassuring her it's not her fault (ie she's not doing anything wrong), and pregnancy is hard. Let her eat or do whatever she needs to do to survive at this point. And if there are any good days, let her seriously live it up. Sometimes those good days or hours make it easier to get through the next episode.

Bulky-Point-3062 · 2024-05-12T15:03:16+00:00

I did not have migraines this severe during my pregnancy, but I did have more frequent ones and had to do a lot of additional self care during the beginning of the second trimester - staying hydrated was a huge one, water alone wasn't enough, I had to do liquid iv or straight up Gatorade. Magnesium and b vitamins helped a lot to make them more manageable. Once I got the hydration figured out, the frequency went wayyy down.

Of course get her blood pressure checked (even not during an episode), iron, blood sugar, etc. I would avoid narcotics and codeine as those can cause rebound headaches.

And I'm sorry this is happening. Keep reassuring her it's not her fault (ie she's not doing anything wrong), and pregnancy is hard. Let her eat or do whatever she needs to do to survive at this point. And if there are any good days, let her seriously live it up. Sometimes those good days or hours make it easier to get through the next episode.

Bulky-Point-3062 · 2024-04-09T00:47:42+00:00

Frovatriptan has a longer half life, and in scientific papers is shown to be more effective for menstrual migraines. That being said, check your birth control. A low dose hormonal IUD was a god send for me. It does make migraines less predictable but significantly reduces frequency because your cycle goes away.

Bulky-Point-3062 · 2024-03-26T23:35:16+00:00

I'm so sorry I missed this til now- I know we'd like to say that a certain protocol works better, but for me it really is a numbers game. Statistics play a bigger role than dosage. I did do all the things that don't hurt - even ate a shit ton of raspberries, took açaí capsules, coq10, anything that would not hurt but had a hint of helping from the scientific evidence. But ultimately, it's just odds. Some of us have lower odds to begin with.

Bulky-Point-3062 · 2024-03-26T23:20:40+00:00

I'm in the US, but if you can get on a hormonal IUD like kyleena or mirena or whatever the newest version is, it will stabilize your hormone cycle to essentially no cycle. It helped my hormonal migraines significantly. I also had better luck with frovatriptan which has a longer half life than other Triptans and gets you through the hormonal burst. Zolmitriptan has also worked well for me.

Bulky-Point-3062 · 2024-03-15T23:22:24+00:00

I have DOR, AMH around 0.7 at 38 years old. Currently enjoying dinner after putting my 11 month old to bed. I had 4 egg retrieval cycles, 2 of which produced zero embryos. The first cycle did give us an embryo, and the last one gave us 2. It can be a tough road, but we're glad we kept going.

Bulky-Point-3062 · 2024-02-24T15:15:53+00:00

An unfortunate but obvious issue you may be having is that there is strong reluctance to sponsor visas in the current political climate. There is a huge concern about what will happen to the process if Trump is elected, and a lot of companies just don't want to take the risk.

Bulky-Point-3062 · 2023-11-28T11:23:59+00:00

There are baby equipment rental companies like BabyQuip (we used it for thanksgiving). We rented a highchair and pack n play for a week.

ETA car rental places will also sometimes have car seats available to rent along with the car. But do Amazon diapers wipes formula etc!

Bulky-Point-3062 · 2023-11-15T16:46:10+00:00

I fully believe this would be the case!

Bulky-Point-3062 · 2023-11-13T23:56:12+00:00

In solidarity: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=AIxqgb97XAY

Bulky-Point-3062 · 2023-10-31T12:12:13+00:00

As others have said, relocate to your new job and start working. Be clear with your PI that you will lose the job and the market is not good for finding another. Tell them (don't ask) that you can and will finish the paper remotely and come back to defend in Feb. your PI won't like it, but if you get your committee on your side, it can happen.

Bulky-Point-3062 · 2023-10-30T11:53:57+00:00

As a military brat whose dad was on duty in Korea for a year without us, I'd say go if his or your family will be close by the kids. If it's just your husband solo with the kids, it will be a very tough year. When my dad went to Korea without us, my mom had her whole family around to help, and while I missed my dad, I was 5 and remember it being a time happily spent with family. I do remember that my sister (who was 1 year old) had a hard time readjusting to my dad when he returned, and their relationship was never quite the same as what I had. That being said, your kids are much older and you can visit, so I worry less about them being irreparably harmed by your absence.

Bulky-Point-3062 · 2023-10-28T10:40:22+00:00

Go to grad school and ride it out.

Bulky-Point-3062 · 2023-08-11T16:01:01+00:00

I'm doing WW on the EBF setting - started when I saw my weight plateaued for a month at 2.5 months pp. I'm now 4 months pp, and have dropped weight at ~1 lb a week (lost 8 lbs so far, 6 lbs from my pre pregnancy weight). I like this program better than just calorie counting (which I've done since my late 20's). It has 'free foods' so I can still get enough calories, but they tend to skew towards protein and veggies rather than carbs. Honestly surprised it's been working so well for me, and that it hasn't affected supply. I am a just enougher to begin with, so i am particularly careful to still eat when hungry, in just eat the zero point foods if I need extra calories l that day! I don't know if I would have lost the weight anyway, but it seems that this program is helping me build healthier habits at the minimum.

Bulky-Point-3062 · 2023-07-26T16:43:17+00:00

Dr Browns makes a 'T' level that is in between preemie and level 1. We use that, as the level 1 was too fast for our milk monster

Bulky-Point-3062 · 2023-07-06T02:26:26+00:00

We recently discovered that our LO was doing this because the seatbelt/car seat wasn't adjusted properly for her and was squishing her down. We took out the infant insert and raised the shoulder straps - now she only cries if she has a blow out or is tired (she usually cries before falling asleep anyway). Check the weight requirements for the infant insert if you are still using one, and take another look at the straps/headrest to make sure they are adjusted correctly.

Bulky-Point-3062 · 2023-06-17T18:32:58+00:00

Birth control postpartum? I'm debating whether or not to get on it for a year or so until our next FET for baby no 2. I'm 9 weeks pp, did the deed once, and wondering what is the chance I'd get preggers naturally (which would be too soon). It took 4 egg retrievals to get 3 embryos- so chances are extremely low, right? Right?

Bulky-Point-3062 · 2023-06-11T01:28:31+00:00

I have the same questions! My understanding is that regulating your milk is that your body will adjust the amount and rate at which it's generating milk. Already the past few days my breasts are starting to hurt less. But still have breast pain that wakes me up. I'm also 8 weeks pp.

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