Home with a migraine again but ....

[Kem]

Not sure if I ever told any of you this but way back before much of the fairly effective migraine medication ever was available in the US, my migraines were so horribly painful that I truly wanted to die. The pain was beyond anything I could endure, way worse than natural childbirth. Anyway I desperately needed a way to deal with it and I used to get up and go into the living room so as hopefully not to disturb my husband too much.
At first I just kept begging God to ease the pain but that really didn't help, next I decided I needed to pray for others instead and that didn't change things much either. After a bit I just put on my headphones and played my cassette tapes of Christian music and sang with it. Sometimes I sang all night. It truly made an amazing difference and helped me draw closer to our dear Father and our Savior. So even though this is years later and good relief is thankfully available, I'm grateful for migraines and not going to complain.
A funny aside....my youngest son, about 10 at the time, said to me one morning "mom, you sing good in church but you sound really terrible when you have a migraine". lolol I guess it didn't sound terrible to God though.

 

[Tall Timbers]

 

[Andy C]

Glad you found a way to handle it before the meds became available.

Praying migraine's will no longer come upon you.

 

[pixelpusher]

 

[Andy C]

 

[Andiamo]

Not sure if I ever told any of you this but way back before much of the fairly effective migraine medication ever was available in the US, my migraines were so horribly painful that I truly wanted to die. The pain was beyond anything I could endure, way worse than natural childbirth. Anyway I desperately needed a way to deal with it and I used to get up and go into the living room so as hopefully not to disturb my husband too much.
At first I just kept begging God to ease the pain but that really didn't help, next I decided I needed to pray for others instead and that didn't change things much either. After a bit I just put on my headphones and played my cassette tapes of Christian music and sang with it. Sometimes I sang all night. It truly made an amazing difference and helped me draw closer to our dear Father and our Savior. So even though this is years later and good relief is thankfully available, I'm grateful for migraines and not going to complain.
A funny aside....my youngest son, about 10 at the time, said to me one morning "mom, you sing good in church but you sound really terrible when you have a migraine". lolol I guess it didn't sound terrible to God though.

I can emphasize Kem, my husband is a migraine sufferer since he was 6 years old and has described the terrible times he would have. Even after we were married, before he was prescribed rescue injections, nothing else worked. It was hard for me to see him suffer so badly. Not just the pain but the vomiting until he was retchng up liver bile. But one thing he managed to do, as he lay there In pain, was to to pray. He decided he could be miserable as he spent hours alone in a dark room, or he could spend it with God. He knows now that God shaped him within that suffering.
I thank God his migraines aren’t as bad now and he rarely needs his injection.
Your testimony is beautiful. I can’t wait to show it to him.

 

[Margery]

 

[Armor of Light]

 

[Ronnie]

I outgrew headaches, but had more than my share when I was a kid and young teen. I found relief by laying on a sofa with firm arms a putting my head right on the arm. Applying pressure cut off those nerves.

 

[Everlasting Life]

I know there's many reasons why people have migrains but thought I'd share a couple that's helped people I knew who suffered from them. One had a leaking dishwasher with mold growing in the floor. Once that was fixed she didn't have any more headaches.

The other had TMJ from grinding her teeth at night resulting in terrible headaches. Once she figured this out with a dentist specialist they were able to fit her with a special mouth guard when sleeping and her issue was resolved.

Thought I'd share in case that might help someone.

 

[Baby Yoda]

 

[Andy C]

 

[Growing in Grace]

 

[LydiaJoy]

Thank you for sharing this! You’ve inspired me to put together a good worship mix to have on hand when dealing with pain episodes.

 

[LightOfMyLife]

 

[mattfivefour]