| Migraines could be killing. I know of a person who | | | | to the extremities and changed the brain wave |
| suffered from it right from her childhood days. | | | | patterns so that the focus could not be so |
| The misery went into such an extent that the | | | | foreboding. |
| poor child used to rush into the bathroom at the | | | | Sadly enough, although migraine treatments |
| first symptom of attack, lie down prone on the | | | | include eliminating allergic toxins from coming into |
| floor and pray to God to take her life as the | | | | contact with the person (by way of removal of |
| excruciating pain literary tore her apart. No | | | | offending food, drink, pollens, etc.) no significant |
| distraction of the mind could diminish the torment | | | | relief could be initiated, the only viable therapy |
| nor provide a relief for the hapless child. It was | | | | being intake of Imitrex that prompted violent |
| such a helpless situation. I wanted to offer | | | | retching and the highly controversial and addictive |
| migraine treatments, just to comfort the child, | | | | Vicodin. The only consolation was the education |
| but had no knowledge of any migraine treatments | | | | sessions at the doctor's office where those |
| that could offer relief. I felt frustrated and sad. | | | | seeking migraine treatments were consoled and |
| Things have however improved since then. | | | | information on famous migraine sufferers were |
| Migraine treatments introduced about a decade | | | | given. Medical explanation was also provided. |
| back worked on the principle that reduction or | | | | It may not be out of place to relate a story I |
| elimination of the pain could be achieved by | | | | heard from a paramedic about a person who |
| focusing on the changing of the alpha/beta wave | | | | often suffered from migraine. Hearing about a |
| patterns of the brain. This worked by warming | | | | quack who had a sure cure for the ailment, he |
| the hands and rubbing the feet together - the | | | | rushed to him expecting migraine treatments, but |
| idea originally came from the early symptoms of | | | | was only blindfolded for a minute. A heavy blow |
| the onset when these extremities suddenly | | | | on his leg from a wooden bar momentarily |
| started getting cold. This was among the | | | | maimed him and while nursing the injury, he |
| advanced migraine treatments of the sixties and | | | | forgot about the migraine. |
| seventies where a form of biofeedback was | | | | The truth is, the subject is even today not |
| used. As a matter of fact, warming did two | | | | understood properly, and so permanent migraine |
| things at a time - it helped return the blood flow | | | | treatments look some distance away. |