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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My 17 DS has had migraines since he was 5, but only 1-2 per month. Initially his triggers were bright artificial light, like laser tag, movie theaters, and video games in a dark room, maybe dehydration. In the last year the trigger changed to barometric pressure and oversleeping on weekends. Rainy days often come with a migraine. Sleeping in sometimes awakens with a migraine. We initially treated his childhood migraines with coffee and sleeping it off in a dark room. Then Excedrin. Then adding Ibuprofen. Then nothing worked.  We finally saw a neurologist this year and she said he has "adult migraines" now, so less treatable with the caffeine/OTC options. He tried Imitrex plus Excedrin and it worked, but it caused a lot of flushing, so the doc prescribed Resitriptan, saying it's better tolerated.  He goes to college in August, so we need a reliable solution by then!

Regarding gluten and dairy, dad and I are gluten intolerant, I'm dairy intolerant, and DS has the HLADQ2 celiac gene, so I often wonder if it's connected, but he's very healthy otherwise, so not willing to make a diet change yet. Had at least one celiac blood test growing up and due for another now. He eats very little bread and knows GF diet might be in his future.

In the meantime, the neurologist and friends with migraines insist he take magnesium, B2 ad feverfew supplements, but it's hard reminding him to take it![/quote]

Are you taking him to a headache specialist or a regular neurologist.  GO to a headache specialist.  Those supplements are the blow off treatments and don't do much.  There is testing for dairy and gluten as well as vitamin B.  Most regular neurologist know very little about actual migraines (having been to multiple).

Imitrex works best with Ibprophen, not excedrin (depending on the person) but some generics aren't great in terms of side effects and brand is better.[/quote]

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