yellowroom

it's still made in the UK if you know where to look. Always used in my family (tendency to IBS), I preferred it to immodium as it was far more comforting. Not surprising when you look at the ingredients:

• Morphine
• Kaolin
• Sodium bicarbonate
• Black treacle
• Liquorice liquid extract
• Peppermint oil
• Alcohol 96%
• Anaesthetic ether
• Chloroform
• Liquid sugar
• Purified water

Who isn't going to feel better after a dose of alcohol, ether and chloroform?!

Flopsie

Yes it's easy to find vegetables. But it's not so easy to know where they come from. In the uk I ate veggies from a local farmer that came from a field I could see. Here everything is industrially farmed and organic is obscenely over priced when compared to uk prices.
Plus the meat here is pumped full of growth hormones and my migraines are hormone related so I'm wondering if that's relevant.
There are a lot of preservatives, additives and food growing methods here that are banned by eu regulations.
I eat decently here. I'm not snacking on in n out everyday. I eat salads, fresh fruit, smoothies, steamed veggies and white meat. It's more the quality of the produce that concerns me.
And even if everything is made fresh at home from well sourced produce what happens when you eat out?!
I'm not thinking it's the weather because today was lovely and cool, last time it was hot, the first time I was in big bear during snow :/ I think a trip to a doctor is necessary.

nethead

My migraine history is very similar sounding to that of the OP. Mine haven't increased since being here thank goodness, only thing I would suggest is keeping a food diary for a while and seeing if there are any triggers.

morayeel

wish I knew what triggers them. I get them about 5 days per year. Have never figured out what causes them. Last visit the doc finally gave me replax after I begged for meds She wanted me to have a scan, but without medical insurance I didn't obviously want to get that! she gave me 10 replax pills! I hope you figure out what causes yours because I KNOW how ill you can be with them..

Bink

Thanks. It's getting better just reallllly slowly. I can at least function now, albeit with a constant migraine.
It was due to being tested for meningitis (lumbar puncture/spinal tap) so really a 2 week migraine was the better outcome because thankfully I didn't have meningitis.

mamasue

I've always had Migraines. When I lived in the UK, I'd take Co-codamol, which is paracetamol and codeine.
I found out you couldn't get it here without a prescription, so, When I went back to the UK for vacation, I stocked up, and brought a couple of hundred tablets over....Not realizing it was illegal to do that!!:
When I realized I was bringing 'illegal drugs' into the country, I freaked at what might have happened if my case got opened at customs!!!

Now, I get Maxalt from my doctor (expensive if you haven't got insurance)and they work fantastically. You melt one under the tongue, for almost instant relief....saved me from many a 3-day blaster!

penguinbar

I get migraines as well. Mine are hormonal and stress related. I used to take Topamax but it really didn't do much. I would get them probably two or three times a month. I would get very nauseous and light sensitive and some days just couldn't leave the house the pain was so bad. I got acupuncture for them just over a month ago and (knock wood) have not had one since. I had three treatments. I also found B.C powder helps. It's an over the counter powdered aspirin and caffeine combo.

scrubbedexpat097

Please be very careful with the BC powder, it can cause intestinal problems if over used.

And before anyone jumps on me for that, I mean "excessive" use not occasional.
A guy M worked with was using them everyday, sometimes 2 or 3 times a day. His large intestine became eroded and he recently had emergency surgery from a massive internal bleed.