I'm married

[DVS]

...I've called Dr Phil. He'll be at your home shortly. Please stand by.

WOW! You know Dr. Phil? Oh, brain fart! I guess all of you folks in the biz know each other, huh?

 

[rida]

Confession time:
I am married. What? It is not new?

Ok then: I sometime pee in the shower.
it saves water, you know?


As for cookies: Langue Du Chat, Baicoli and Speculum ( I think that's the name) are my favorites!

 

[satindesire]

Get off my volcano!

...You damn kids!

You-uh...you forgot that part. I just wanted to add that in.

 

[SirLeo]

Ok, since we're doing our deepest confessions in here.

I really am enjoying being a vegan.!

Ok, two things that are great about vegans/vegetarians that don't eat dairy. Our farts don't smell (though we do fart, and our cum never tastes bitter!
Oh and just to keep this on thread, My wife thinks so.

 

[graceanne]

I used to feel that way about Nanaimo bars and then I ate about a dozen of them in one sitting.

Burp.

Ugh.

I have an amazing ability to ingest sweets and not get ill. It's actually common in the diabetics in my family. We can eat candy and stuff all day and be perfectly content. I've sat and eaten entire boxes of chocolate covered cherries many many times and I still love them. I also don't buy myself boxes anymore - I have no control. If I HAVE to have a chocolate covered cherry I either get those singly packaged ones at the stop and rob or go to a store and buy two or three really good ones.

Confession time:
I am married. What? It is not new?

Ok then: I sometime pee in the shower.
it saves water, you know?


As for cookies: Langue Du Chat, Baicoli and Speculum ( I think that's the name) are my favorites!

I have to say I wouldn't eat ANYTHING called speculum.

 

[Etoile]

Ok, two things that are great about vegans/vegetarians that don't eat dairy. Our farts don't smell

Haha, not true at ALL! Soy is your enemy still!

 

[FurryFury]

I eat soy, nearly daily, but mine are scented like flowers and vanilla.

 

[CurlyKat]

I have to say I wouldn't eat ANYTHING called speculum.

I THINK she means speculaas. Absolutely fantastic cookies. The kind I've had, from Germany, have a good bit of ginger and cinnamon in them so they're also good for migraines.

 

[rida]

I have to say I wouldn't eat ANYTHING called speculum.

Good point .....

I THINK she means speculaas. Absolutely fantastic cookies. The kind I've had, from Germany, have a good bit of ginger and cinnamon in them so they're also good for migraines.

Yes! Those! Thanks!

It's all your pervy folk's fault if I could not remember the name of the cookies!!!

 

[CurlyKat]

Yes! Those! Thanks!

It's all your pervy folk's fault if I could not remember the name of the cookies!!!

Never fear, the international cookie lover is here! Ever had the German Christmas cookies made with lemon zest that get better the older they are? I can't remember the name of them (they're the ones made with the decorative rolling pins), but they are a definite good memory from my childhood.

 

[MasterPhoenix]

Confession: Forgive me Father, for I have sinned. I am not a Catholic, but I am confessing this....

 

[eastern sun]

I THINK she means speculaas. Absolutely fantastic cookies. The kind I've had, from Germany, have a good bit of ginger and cinnamon in them so they're also good for migraines.

Are ginger and cinnamon good for migraines? How does that work?

My daughter is getting migraines, and she would love spice cookies as a remedy!

 

[DarkEmpress]

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[Recidiva]

Are ginger and cinnamon good for migraines? How does that work?

My daughter is getting migraines, and she would love spice cookies as a remedy!

I love ginger and cinnamon, but they don't work on my migraines.

Ibuprofen and Excedrin when one starts to head it off, and Imitrex when that doesn't work.

Unfortunately they don't come in cookie form.

 

[graceanne]

Are ginger and cinnamon good for migraines? How does that work?

My daughter is getting migraines, and she would love spice cookies as a remedy!

I haven't heard that, but I do know that ginger helps with nausea, and cinnamon is good for blood sugar problems, so I'd say it'll help depending on what's causing her migraines. Have you checked to see if she's allergic to MSG, a very common preservative in processed foods, and is normally what causes my headaches.

I love ginger and cinnamon, but they don't work on my migraines.

Ibuprofen and Excedrin when one starts to head it off, and Imitrex when that doesn't work.

Unfortunately they don't come in cookie form.

Excedrin normally does it for me, if I catch it quick enough. I've only had to use Imitrex once.

 

[Recidiva]

Excedrin normally does it for me, if I catch it quick enough. I've only had to use Imitrex once.

I take about 18 Imitrex a month. I would use more, but that's the legal limit. It's much better than it used to be, but I've probably spent 3/4 of my adult life having a headache and the other 1/4 being afraid of it.

Now it's maybe down to half of my life with a headache and the other half trying to do other things.

 

[graceanne]

I take about 18 Imitrex a month. I would use more, but that's the legal limit. It's much better than it used to be, but I've probably spent 3/4 of my adult life having a headache and the other 1/4 being afraid of it.

Now it's maybe down to half of my life with a headache and the other half trying to do other things.

*hugs* Have you checked for food intolerance's? Gluten intolerance can cause migraines, too.

 

[Recidiva]

*hugs* Have you checked for food intolerance's? Gluten intolerance can cause migraines, too.

Yup, I've done a ton of elimination diet attempts over the last 20 or so years. Even being vegan!

As far as I can tell, I'm just intolerant of my own hormones in a way that sets of a migraine. Birth control pills helped limit them also.

Biggest hint was not getting them much when I was pregnant.

But otherwise I cook most of my own food with whole grains and suchlike and if there's anything (like alcohol) that exacerbates them, I've gotten rid of them from my diet.

 

[CurlyKat]

The ginger and cinnamon have helped mine, which are admittedly very rare, and my mom's, which are far more common. I think both of ours were caused by blood sugar and stress issues. With me, when I start to get a bad headache that could turn into a migraine, it really upsets my stomach, so they help settle my stomach and even out my blood sugar. With that part under control, I can actually stomach any pain killers (like Excedrin) to take care of the rest of it.

My mom actually always keeps a box of them in the house, and one at her office, just in case. Hey, if they work, why not?

 

[Recidiva]

The ginger and cinnamon have helped mine, which are admittedly very rare, and my mom's, which are far more common. I think both of ours were caused by blood sugar and stress issues. With me, when I start to get a bad headache that could turn into a migraine, it really upsets my stomach, so they help settle my stomach and even out my blood sugar. With that part under control, I can actually stomach any pain killers (like Excedrin) to take care of the rest of it.

My mom actually always keeps a box of them in the house, and one at her office, just in case. Hey, if they work, why not?

That makes total sense, ginger works on upset stomach for me. I always have it around in powder, paste, raw and tea form for that sorta thing.

I'm not sure cinnamon works the same way on me...but it's sure yummy.

 

[Sir_Winston54]

This is kinda long, but may offer some helpful info to migraine sufferers. For the rest of you, just move along, there's nothing to see here.

I used to get migraines 1-2 times a month. The migraine clinic at the University of South Florida College of Medicine gave me some ergotamine sublingual tablets to take when I felt a migraine coming on, and they were very effective at flat-out *stopping* the migraine IF I took it before the auras got bright. Unfortunately, when I'm focusing on something - detailed bookkeeping type work, reading a really good book, etc. - I often would not notice that the headache was coming until it was too late. My wife at the time (#2) used to come into the room I was in - or my boss would come into my office (she was an RN and knew my medical history) - and spot me rubbing my right temple and say, "Winston (name changed to protect the not-so-innocent), do you have a headache?" I'd look up vaguely, make note of the fact that three fingertips were going round and round in circles on my temple, and say, "Oh, yeah. Oh, shit."

My main (primary care) doctor at the time was cool. In the beginning, I'd go into his clinic, sit around and wait a while, go into the exam room and wait a while longer, then he'd come in and say, "What's up?" I'd tell him I had a migraine and he'd say, "Okay, we'll give you a shot of demerol, and you can go home and sleep it off" (the only resolution that worked for me once one was full-blown). After a couple years of that, the nurses all knew me, and I'd go in, tell the desk nurse (yes, she was a real nurse!) I had a migraine, and she'd just send me to the exam room immediately, another nurse would come in and stab me with 100 mg of demerol and send me home - 5 minutes, in and out.

Then the doc realized I was driving myself home from the clinic after the shots, about 25 minutes. He was *not* happy with me. After a brief discussion, he agreed that we'd do it a little differently. I'd come into the clinic, the nurse would give me a hypo with 100 mg of demerol loaded into it, and I could drive home and then shoot myself up with it. Yeah, right. I'd drive a block down the street to the nearest gas station, go into the restroom and stab myself, *then* drive home. By the time I got home, the demerol was just starting to work decently, and I could close the blackout curtains in the bedroom, crawl into bed, pull the covers up over my head, and go to sleep.

Somewhere around the time I hit 45, though, the frequency suddenly started decreasing, to the point I only have 1-3 a year now... one of the few benefits I've found of getting older. Disadvantage: I *really* don't notice them coming now, so when I get one, it's a boomer, and can take anywhere from 8 hours to 3 days to get rid of.

For those of you who still suffer from migraines, and have noticeable precursors (auras, odor hallucinations, etc.), I don't know if ergotamine is still in use, or in the pharmacopeia of your physicians, but I have to say it *really* worked well at cutting my migraines off when used at the right time. It might be worth looking into.

Good luck, and when you have one, I remember feeling your pain, and I sympathize. That's one thing I *don't* have any sadistic impulses toward.

 

[Recidiva]

Thank you SirWinston

Unfortunately I'm resistant to most drugs. A lot of the painkillers they've tried to give me might as well have been Pez for all the effect they had.

I'm lucky Imitrex works.

I'm praying for menopause. Can't wait! It's gonna be awesome!

 

[eastern sun]

I haven't heard that, but I do know that ginger helps with nausea, and cinnamon is good for blood sugar problems, so I'd say it'll help depending on what's causing her migraines. Have you checked to see if she's allergic to MSG, a very common preservative in processed foods, and is normally what causes my headaches.

We are just starting to identify triggers, but since I get hormonal migraines, and every woman on my father's side of the family gets migraines, and my daughter is entering puberty, it isn't too surprising.

I've found regular exercise to be helpful in preventing the onset of migraines. And ibuprofen is in the early stage. Interestingly, apart from sleep, I've also found meditation to be extremely helpful once the migraine is established. Though it seems like the last thing you'd want to do, it facilitates relaxation and reduces the pain that I associate with the fear of the headaches.

Thanks everyone. It's hard to watch my daughter cope, but I'm glad I understand what she's going through. Since the headaches came from my father's side, and my parents divorced very early, my mother never knew what to do to help me. People who don't get headaches often treat me like a malingerer.

 

[Recidiva]

We are just starting to identify triggers, but since I get hormonal migraines, and every woman on my father's side of the family gets migraines, and my daughter is entering puberty, it isn't too surprising.

I've found regular exercise to be helpful in preventing the onset of migraines. And ibuprofen is in the early stage. Interestingly, apart from sleep, I've also found meditation to be extremely helpful once the migraine is established. Though it seems like the last thing you'd want to do, it facilitates relaxation and reduces the pain that I associate with the fear of the headaches.

Thanks everyone. It's hard to watch my daughter cope, but I'm glad I understand what she's going through. Since the headaches came from my father's side, and my parents divorced very early, my mother never knew what to do to help me. People who don't get headaches often treat me like a malingerer.

You both have my sympathy. It's difficult to know that migraines really are very different from other types of headaches. I have the hormonal type, also exacerbated by lack of sleep. I take 50 mg of Benadryl nightly to even out my sleep cycles and that helps. Good nutrition is key to lessen triggers and deficiency triggers. Fish oil helps as a supplement, I think it helps my mood stability. Exercising in the morning can make mine worse, exercising at night can make them better. I have no idea why some of these are true, they just are. Trial and error.

Meditation for me is a refuge not from the pain, but the suffering. Avoiding "why me" and self pity has also been key for me to survive. Comparing myself to myself each day and not what other people think I should be. And forgiveness, lots and lots of forgiveness to be strewn about like pinata candy.

It's also hard to get understanding when there's no physical signs. Sometimes I wish I could put a cast on my head. I treat my migraines like seizures, with the explanation that the mind is affected by lowering its threshold of all pain and presenting everything I experience as pain.

I hope you can find a treatment model, the best way I've found to heal is to try everything...and keep the things that work, toss what doesn't after you know you've given it a good trial. Keep trying alternate methods and traditional methods and keep after a doctor who might provide medical pathways. Funny how caffeine isn't a trigger, but helps me, after I'd avoided it for ten years in all forms assuming it would be a trigger. So try things out.

 

[graceanne]

That makes total sense, ginger works on upset stomach for me. I always have it around in powder, paste, raw and tea form for that sorta thing.

I'm not sure cinnamon works the same way on me...but it's sure yummy.

I keep ginger around because an upset stomach happens A LOT with me and ginger cures it faster than anything else. I ginger.