[Den]

The only thing that triggers migraines for me is barometric pressure anymore. I've managed to eliminate all the triggers that I have control over, so I'll take the occasional (maybe one every two to three months) migraine.

[dragoness129]

I don't know what triggers migraines for me.

[Den]

Originally Posted by dragoness129

I don't know what triggers migraines for me.

It was a process of elimination for me. MSG was a big one for me, and once I stopped eating cup ramen, and stopped using the seasoning packet in the envelope packaged ramen, it helped. Also helped that I started reading ingredients lists.

Drinking more water helped, as did remembering to eat regularly. Reducing the amount of alcohol I consumed helped a LOT. Now, I only drink maybe twice a year, and usually only at new year's.

Stress has been one that took me awhile to get under control, and sometimes, if I get worked up, it'll come back with a vengeance. That one is a challenging one for pretty muchanyone, so if that one gives you trouble for awhile, don't worry.

Barometric pressure headaches were the only trigger I wasn't able to eliminate, because I can't control the weather.

[dragoness129]

I don't get them too often myself. My mom gets them more often than me.

[Den]

My brother used to get them a lot when we were younger. I used to get them a lot until I made the changes I talked about in my last post, and Mom... I honestly don't know how frequently or not she gets them. The woman had her wisdom teeth pulled, and tried to go back to work the same day because she felt fine.

[dragoness129]

I had my top two wisdom teeth pulled on February 1st and went to work later that day.

[Den]

o.0 You and my mom must be made of sterner stuff than me. I was so loopy after I had my wisdom teeth pulled that they had to bring me out in a wheelchair.

[dragoness129]

They just numbed my gums, nothing that would make me loopy.

[Den]

Ah. maybe that's why... I've always been really sensitive in my mouth, to the point where I had one dentist who ended up using nitrous and a lot of novacane to spare me agony and stress.

[dragoness129]

I wish they would have used some novacane. It would have been nice to be a bit loopy afterwards. I did take a nap before I had to go in to work and it helped.

[Den]

After the sedatives wore off, I had fun pain pills that would knock me the heck out in half an hour after taking them. so I spent a lot of the recovery time napping...

[dragoness129]

I went and got some pills for the pain filled, but I never took them.

[Den]

Dang, Dragoness. I mean, I can handle the pain of getting a new tattoo or piercing, but still...

[dragoness129]

My mouth didn't hurt, but it was a bit stiff.

[Den]

My mouth hurt. It hurt when I got a tooth extracted in 2014, too... but the only thing that would put a dent in the pain was 800mg ibuprofen tabs...

[dragoness129]

I guess it's cause I already had two different teeth extracted before. -shrugs-
I know my teeth are pretty bad.