Yeah, it is so strange to me too, I expected it (quitting) to help but it does the opposite. I do get the migraines still, just fewer if I do daily pattern of caffeine. Relaxing is my biggest trigger now, it was periods before, those were the absolute worst.
It’s weird to ask, but are you young? I’ve seen it suggested that migraines tend to recede in those 35+. I was very, very grateful for them going away as I got older. As long as I stay away from the caffeine, the worst headaches I get these days are just a mild annoyance. Especially compared to the I-wanna-kill-myself ones I got when I was in high school.
No, I am in my 50s now. Migraines started at 18, were worst in my 30s, so painful that I didn’t understand when the doctors asked to rate the pain, so bad that when I went through natural childbirth my only comment was “well, it wasn’t as bad as a migraine, at least.”. And yes almost always with vomiting. Turned out it was birth control pills making them more intense but I didn’t know that until I stopped them. Hormonal IUD did not have that effect, nor does menopausal hormone treatment. Now I do still get them, much less often and they do vary in severity now, not straight to 11 on a scale of 10.
I will also say they are well managed with the sumatriptan injection, 90% of the time or better it works and doesn’t even feel dopey, just fixes it. For 20 years now, it’s worked. The problem was that when it didn’t work it sometimes was a 3 day thing and I couldn’t drink at all, even a sip of water caused vomiting. This bad has only happened like 6 times total, you used to be able to go to the doctor and get pumped full of something like heroin, it didn’t touch the pain really but put me so far away from it and I’d sleep and wake up without the headache. But now, because it didn’t really work, and there’s such a backlash against opiates, they won’t - even though this is a once every 4-5 years thing and nothing else works either. Now nobody but emergency room will touch it and all they do is IV liquids so you don’t die from dehydration, and something in it to stop the puking. But it leaves the headache there.
Yeah, it is so strange to me too, I expected it (quitting) to help but it does the opposite. I do get the migraines still, just fewer if I do daily pattern of caffeine. Relaxing is my biggest trigger now, it was periods before, those were the absolute worst.
It’s weird to ask, but are you young? I’ve seen it suggested that migraines tend to recede in those 35+. I was very, very grateful for them going away as I got older. As long as I stay away from the caffeine, the worst headaches I get these days are just a mild annoyance. Especially compared to the I-wanna-kill-myself ones I got when I was in high school.
No, I am in my 50s now. Migraines started at 18, were worst in my 30s, so painful that I didn’t understand when the doctors asked to rate the pain, so bad that when I went through natural childbirth my only comment was “well, it wasn’t as bad as a migraine, at least.”. And yes almost always with vomiting. Turned out it was birth control pills making them more intense but I didn’t know that until I stopped them. Hormonal IUD did not have that effect, nor does menopausal hormone treatment. Now I do still get them, much less often and they do vary in severity now, not straight to 11 on a scale of 10.
I will also say they are well managed with the sumatriptan injection, 90% of the time or better it works and doesn’t even feel dopey, just fixes it. For 20 years now, it’s worked. The problem was that when it didn’t work it sometimes was a 3 day thing and I couldn’t drink at all, even a sip of water caused vomiting. This bad has only happened like 6 times total, you used to be able to go to the doctor and get pumped full of something like heroin, it didn’t touch the pain really but put me so far away from it and I’d sleep and wake up without the headache. But now, because it didn’t really work, and there’s such a backlash against opiates, they won’t - even though this is a once every 4-5 years thing and nothing else works either. Now nobody but emergency room will touch it and all they do is IV liquids so you don’t die from dehydration, and something in it to stop the puking. But it leaves the headache there.
Oh crud, your case sounds far worse than mine. Glad you have them somewhat under control.
If I suggested my migraines were worse than childbirth to my wife, she’d kill me. Our child was, uhh, very reluctant to joint the world.