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About me: My name is Fay and I am in my early 50's. I am currently suffering from migraine that happened to come at least 3 times a week. And sometimes last for 2 days. My shortest period is 7 hours. I am currently on Maxalt...that works great. My problem is the attacts is very often that I sometimes do not want to take the medication.

I have been lucky at this moment because I haven't had an attack in almost 2 months...to say the least I am very happy, but scared that one day it may creep on me.

I finally accepted that I cannot tolerate the odors (strong), like perfume, smoke, cleaning chemicals, dust. Anything that will irritate my nasal passage, and that is also pollen.

One day, I was watching Oprah and she had Dr. Oz on her show. The doctor was having a Neti Pot demonstration. It is a nasal flush system that have been used by the Indians (India) for thousand years. In desperation I ordered the Neti Pot at Himalayan Institute. Anytime that I will get exposed with the irritants I will use the Neti Pot. Of course, I have also avoided getting exposed to my migraine triggers. It took awhile to get the good result. I am not migraine free, because once in a while I can tell that is going to hit me... it is pollen season now. And it's only been two months of feeling okay. I am hoping the Neti Pot will be my help. But I am also taking allergy pills. And when I feel a little pounding I will take excedrin...before excedrin never help me.

So, that is me.

My motivations for joining WEGO Health: To raise awareness about a particular condition, To connect with leaders in my condition-specific community

At 11:43am on May 9th, 2008, Paula said…: Hi Migrish - please let us know how the Neti pot works for you. I have strongly considered purchasing a Neti pot myself, but haven't taken the plunge yet. I think the next time I get a cold I may very well take the plunge and see what happens.

I'm glad to see you joined the migraine community. Another community that might interest you is our asthma and allergy community.

I hope your feeling better and hope that pollen season has been kind to you so far. Take care :)

At 10:14am on April 24th, 2008, Ellen Schnakenberg said…: Hi Fay! We're so glad you're here!!

I too use a Neti Pot. I haven't found that it makes a difference in my migraines yet, but I'm so glad it's making you feel better. Everyone is different. Even a small difference is reason to celebrate, isn't it!

I hope you find that visiting WEGO Health is helpful to you. This is a very supportive, positive group and we're so glad that you've joined us!

Hang in there...

At 11:27pm on April 20th, 2008, Deanna Durica said…: Hi Fay - Welcome to WEGO Health. I am so sorry to hear about your frequent migraine. I, too, hope that today was a better day for you, and I hope that the resources you will find here at WEGO Health will be helpful to you.

I, too, have a neti pot - once i got over my fear of drowning myself I found that I loved it!

Take care.

At 10:26am on April 20th, 2008, Migrish said…: I am praying that today is a better day. I just did my nasal flush. My head is a bit sensitive right now. A false move I am going to get hit. I am going to have a light breakfast, take an excedrin and pray there that it will be a comforting day. God Bless you all!

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