Hi all gorgeous IM's, I have 15 years old boy who has been getting massive headache after he does any physical activities. It all started to happen this year. He used to be a happy boy and active in sports but now he spends a lot of time in bed. The headache would followed by vomitting and body cramps. Once he got very sick and collapsed on my arms and have to be taken to hospital. I took him to specialist and they said he has migraine and he just have to get to know how to control it. The thing is my husband and I don't have this. It is so heartbreaking for me to see him getting so sick, especially I can't help him feels better. We have decided to stop him doing his favourite sports because he would get very sick afterwards. I feel so sad for him, being 15 there are so much you want to do but he wouldn't be able to do. He is such a great 15 yrs old boy. He never asked for anything, he is so placid and polite, always so helpful around the house and always get great marks at school, the list just go on. I just can't believe it's happening to him and I wonder if this will stop soon. Well I am hoping it will STOP soon.
I guess I just want to find if any mum out there have this issue with their children or anyone in their family and know how to overcome this migraine thing.
My teenage boy started having migraine.
My teenage boy started having migraine.
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Migraine is a notorious contributor to rates of codeine addiction.
You will need to ask this of your doctor too. How do we manage this.
I have a number of family members with migraine these are just some of the weird things they do:
*For migraine dark quite rooms are haven.
*Wet flannels on the face to hide behind.
*Rolling a cold egg on the face....
*pain relief taken during Aura (google migraine aura) will reduce severity and duration of migraines. In other words at the earlier sign of even before pain arrives.
*lavender
*b vitamins
Keep track of what happens in the day or so prior you may be able to pin point migraine triggers.
A notorious but little known one is chocolate
Dark chocolate ?
all chocolate any amount of cocoa butter in any product and my daughter will have migraine if she has a generous serve or more than a bite . There is no 'safe' chocolate for her. Dark chocolate is an instant and sure fire acute migraine however.
Just before he was heading back home one day he lied to her and told her that chocolate chip tiny teddies are caramel. He dumped her at home and bolted for the airport leaving us with the fall out. He has also tried to tell her that mum is just a worry wart and it doesn't give her migraines. She won't even eat white chocolate anymore by her decision
I suffered migraines. It seems Ive grown out of them, thankfully, because they are hell.
There are triggers, orange, red wine, dark chocolate, strobe lights, flashing lights, neon lights, the sun flickering through trees when I'm driving can set me off, physical exercise, read up and get him to pay attention to what's causing it and avoid them. When you start to feel it coming on, take panadol early and regularly and lie in a dark quiet room and it's possible to catch it before it gets full blown.
Try different medicines each time, paracetamol, ibuprofen, codeine , some people find one that works for them.
No advice but just wanted to wish you the best of luck & hope it all gets sorted soon. He sounds like such an awesome young man! There's nothing worse than seeing your kids in pain & not being able to make it go away. Goodluck mumma ?
My boy suffered from migraines for years. He also did sports (footy). What we found out was his scoliosis was a contributing factor. He actually has polands syndrome (mild) he is missing a peck muscle which in turn his body has twisted to compensate. We tried a lot of stuff to help him but the thing that has really helped is a lift in his shoes and exercises to strengthen the muscles in his back to take pressure off his neck. I am not saying your child has scoliosis but please get it checked out. Growth spurts triggered his and possible that is the same as ur son. Consider all avenues that everyone has given u. Find the source and don't stop. Its so hard watching your babies hurt (even the big back chatting ones ?)