Migraines / Do I get tested?

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I found your post interesting.

I get these really intense ear headaches. It is always in my left ear, I

don't know what causes it, but nothing works, I have been to three ENTs, and

thought about seeing a TMJ? Wondering if my jaw was out of wack, but I don't

think so.

BUT I do think my ear headaches come in times of stress and when weather

changes: fronts come in too fast or the barametric pressure rises or falls

too fast.

I wonder if I should get my blood and urine tested, a metabolic work up????

I might be too affraid to know. Am I alone in this thought?

Amy, Bucks County, PA (mom to (2yrs), possible mito, seizures,

global developmental delay, microcepaly, GI reflux and GI delay in emptying,

CVI, ? Hearing, and the best smile and giggle)

mag/headaches-Anne

> From: stacimom@...

>

> Hi, all!

> I've had migraine headaches since puberty... familial, on my dad's

side.

> One theory is that they are caused by first vasoconstriction, causing

some

> of the " prodromal " signs, that tells they're coming on. For me, at its

> worst, it would cause speech changes, vision changes/ silvery spots that I

> later on found out is due to constricted blood flow to the brain, numbness

on

> one side, sometimes tongue, lips, hand... whichever part of the brain's

> affected that time.

> The thing that causes the terrible headaches (one-sided, usually),

nausea

> and vomiting, is thought to be vasodilation after the vasoconstriction.

> Another theory is that it's affected by emission of prostaglandins, nasty

> things that come out during stress, etc. Cyclic vomiting syndrome is

thought

> to be a form of " abdominal migraine " . The same phenomenon might also

occur

> in the feet.

> I use Atenolol/Tenormin for prophylaxis of my migraine headaches,

> stabilizes the blood pressure. Then immitrex or zomig if I have one. I

> don't think these have been approved for children yet..

> It's really strange, Staci is adopted, but she and I do have some

medical

> issues in common! Even some mother-daughter meds!!

> Take care, and may you and yours be pain-free!

> Love,

>

> In a message dated 03/05/2000 6:41:05 AM Pacific Standard Time,

> juhlmann@... writes:

>

> << mixed component with my

> children's migraines. This is because they have autonomic dysfunction

and

> they vacillate between extreme vasodilatation, (and subsequent very low

> blood pressure) and then vaso constriction, (headaches, etc.). This is

of

> course all exacerbated by the typical metabolic issues with Mito. >>

>

>

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