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[sprinklethief]

migraines - how do you deal with them?

i've been rapidly gaining weight lately even though i changed my eating habits (for the better) and i'm more active. i was baffled and horrified that this nightmare could start again. then i was reading an article(you can't read the whole thing online :P) at work about migraines and the argument about what starts (nerves vs. blood vessels) them in scientific american mind and i found a snippet that made my heart jump into my throat about how beta blockers (what i take for my migraines) cause excessive weight gain and some patients have to stop taking them because they gain so much weight that it triggers diabetes.

diabetes is in my family. and for some reason if i can get fat i will, even on the small amount of food i eat each day. i guess my metabolism likes to drive like a little old asian lady.

so the doc told me there was no risk of weight gain with this med. i've already gained 5-6 lbs. you can see where this is going - fuck this med, i'd rather have migraines than diabetes. and i sure as shit don't want to get fat again.

so any pointers on how to take care of migraines?

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[paroxysm-cycle.livejournal.com]

i tried midrin once, i don't remember if it worked or not but i was on 8763249845309342789 meds at that time so it might have got lost in the shuffle.