I’ve heard of a few people who have had this piercing and said it’s worked for them. I don’t know why but I was always sceptical about it. The same as I’ve heard a few people say their migraines were far worse over lockdowns when they couldn’t get their Botox injections. I’m not a fan of needles so I’ve always stuck to tablets but they seem to take 3/4 days to actually work and one of them leaves me feeling really drowsy so it’s not ideal.So I don't think what I had was migraines as such, from things I've heard mine definitely weren't as severe. But I would struggle with severe headaches weekly, usually on a Friday/Saturday after a full week of work. I'd get to 6pm on a Friday and I would have a headache behind my eyes making me exhausted, couldn't stay awake and nauseous thankfully never dizzy and I could carry on with life albeit struggling.
I did get the daith piercing, I had it on a Saturday while suffering and the relief was almost instant! I do still get these headaches but no where near as often, maybe every 6 months or so and usually after a tough few days of work rather than just a normal week.
I didn't see a GP prior to this as it was nearly always manageable with paracetamol, now they're far less often and always manageable with painkillers so I'd say a massive help!
But like I’ve been told by so many people.. just lie down in a dark room and take migralieve and you’ll be fine.mine fills my whole face with an acid like feeling - sometimes can't even drink through a straw. i used to get really bad nasal burning as an aura (??) but now that happens randomly with no migraine after. i can physically feel the pain move to the other side of my head when I lie on one side too which is maybe weird idk and if it's just around my eye sockets the sensation gets 'trapped' by the bridge of my nose?? also got rosacea which can flare at the same time (mask wearing triggers both but randomly) so the facial flush / burning combined with the feeling that my cheeks and jaw are being eroded away is literally torture!
We have those in the UK, sold as Syndol. I find them brilliant for migraines but they seem to go in and out of stock all the time, which is irritating (also you have to be careful as the have codeine in so you can only take them for a few days at a time, max.)I used to have them years ago but thankfully haven't had one in a while (touch wood!).
Up until last year, I'd get a massive headache (not a migraine) every Saturday morning; I put that down to it being my body releasing all the stress of the working week. Since I got my daith pierced (which I did in the hope that my hearing would improve [it has helped]), I've found that I only get slight headaches when I'm under pressure or haven't had my daily coffee.
The only drug I found that would help when I used to get migraines, was Mersyndol (https://www.medsafe.govt.nz/consumers/cmi/m/Mersyndol.pdf), but they'd leave me feeling really hungover for days afterwards (no headache, just drowsy and nauseous).
I was given the nasal spray. It worked. But I was fed up of sinus infections. Horrible! Currently on Maxalt which is so much better. (it's a tablet which disolves on your tongue)I forgot to say, I had sumatriptan pills, nasal sprays snd injections. The injections worked but I bled because I got so stressed and then couldn’t do them at work. Alcohol was a major trigger so that went 13 years ago. Air pressure is too and the changing light at the equinoxes.
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