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What are your Migraine triggers?

Saturday, August 8th, 2009

Over the many years I have dealt with Migraine headaches, I have been able to identify several food ingredients that are guaranteed to make my head hurt for hours or days. The first is what I consider the less painful trigger… Xanthan Gum. This food additive is found in lots of foods including Ice Cream, Cream Cheese, Salad Dressing, and drinks of all types, including some popular sports drinks.  The second trigger is Guar Gum, which I stay away from like the plague. This is the only ingredient I know of that is guaranteed to give me one or more days of hell that can’t be attributed to my primary Pituitary condition. Guar Gum is also found in all of the products I mentioned earlier. What are your Migraine triggers?

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No More Dreams

Sunday, August 2nd, 2009

I don’t know if this is unique to me or if other Migraine survivors experience it as well. Today I was listening to one of the political talk shows and the host started talking about his dreams he has while sleeping. This got me to thinking again about how infrequently I dream while sleeping.

I can literally count the number of dreams I’ve had in the last 6 months on two hands.  I have noticed this over the years, but never really bring it up because it doesn’t seem very important. When I wake up, after my alarm goes off for an hour or more, I’m usually very tired and feel like a bus hit me. Is this due to not enough sleep? If I sleep too long I am almost guaranteed to have a headache or a Migraine., but thankfully not always. Is it due to not getting REM sleep, or enough REM sleep?

I also find this weird because everyone in my family seems to always have dreams, most of them are very vivid and they remember them the next day. I realize everyone is different, but am I really that different?

I would be curious to hear from others like me to know if you have noticed a lack of dreaming while sleeping. Post your comments.

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Introduction…

Wednesday, July 29th, 2009

From day to day it is a constant battle to be functional in your work and personal life. It is one internal struggle over another and the sole goal of the Migraine is to ruin your day. This is the daily battle each of us Migraine sufferers deals with constantly and we don’t even have the choice to turn the pain off.

I may be different from many of the Migraine sufferers because I was also diagnosed with a Pituitary Macro Adenoma in my teenage years. Since I could remember, I have dealt with chronic Migraine headaches. Future posts will discuss some migraine symptoms, migraine treatments, migraine drugs, migraine medications, migraine causes, migraine relief and other issues I have lived with since my early years. I hope this blog will be inspiring at the least to those out there that may all the sudden be dealing with Migraine headaches.

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