Response to migranes

My father's side of the family has had migrains for years. My sister and I suffer greatly, but there is hope! My grandmother 'grew out of them' when she was 50, as did my dad. Only 39 yeas to go for me. I go into a dark room to try and sleep off my migrain, although I find it doesn't always help. My doctor did suggest taking Riboflavin, which is Vitamin B2. (There is no gluten or lactose so the pills won't start any migrains, if those are trigers for you). My doctor prescribed taking two in the morning, and two in the evening from the 100mg bottle. I use Jamieson. I will be honest, they did not work for my sister, and work off an on for me. They helped my dad enormously. I've told others, and it has helped them. All this vitamin will do however, is try to relieve pain, and you may not have as many. This is NOT a cure, it will not get rid of migrains all together, it is merely a preventative. Keep a diary of the foods you eat, you could be surprised. I found out one of my trigers is gluten; now I eat rice flour bread. Also, chicken, and red meat. My sister gets them from citrus fruits! I learned on "The View" today, that putting a cold compress on your forehead and putting your feet in warm water could help. The estrogen levels will change, and can help the relieving of the migrain. Apperantly, humans have a natural morphine in their bodies, and doing the above will release that morphine. I am not a doctor, but these things may just work for you. Suffering with you, Catherine

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