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[casey's moon]

yep, you can get it w/o prescription. of course, if you can make a more natural treatment work, that would probably be better for your all around health, of course... I tried acupuncture once and will probably try it again, but I wasn't too happy with the "acupuncture side effect" which involved nausea and temporary hearing/sight loss! But that did make me believe in it, since all it took was a few pins in my neck... If they don't understand your best Konglish, you can also write it down in English -- this works for pretty much all medecines actually. And I think you had it right with "�̺���������" -- not "���̺�...." which is what I used to do and then would give up and write it down in English!

Migraines are a nightmare -- I hope it gets better for you soon.

[komtengi]

acupuntre also worked for me... I used to get a migraine about once every two weeks... now I'm lucky to get one evry three or four months... certainly made life more bearable

[gajackson1]

Accck - Christina gets them fairly frequently; I do occasionally. We got something OTC that koreans use specifically for migraines - let me try to dig up the name . . .

We've been cleaning, and of course I can't find a diety beaver-dwelling thing.

In LP's Language Handbook (for Korean), look up 'At the Chemist;' migraine headache is listed there. Take that phrase to a pharmacy, and ask for the 'sang-ah' pills. They are blue capsules, with the letters MDR on one end, and SAP on the other.

I agree with the other posts that there are other, more holistic/natural ways to deal with it, but hey - this is a pretty direct solution.

Panadol or Pafen are great as well, if you get the kind of migraines that affect your balance/make you nauseous.

We empathize, & hope you find a solution that works for you.

Regards,

G & C

[Seoul Skye]

Strobe lights, computer screens with a high "flicker factor", and generally any sort of flashing light can trigger migraines. If you spend a lot of time in front of a CRT you can buy a filter screen at any office supply store which reduces the flicker effect.

As ofr medication, I've had the best luck with going to the pharmacist and asking for the strongest migraine medication they have. The "sang-ah" pills are okay for an average migraine but ask for Midren (red capsules) for the more wicked ones.

[Zyzyfer]

[captain kirk]

Teaching sometimes gives me a headache, too. Well, not a 'headache' but all the 'energy' is up in the head, like my head is some bowling ball going for strikes, spares, etc.
If you hold your hand out now, back of it facing up, you can find a pressure point to relieve a headache/hangover. Pinch the web between root of thumb and first finger, the meat there. Hold. But a clothespin is too tight and looks funny.

[the saint]

Chocolate was my trigger. Had two day migraines all through my teens. Numb down one side of my body, no vision, vomiting and of course the thunderous headache. Knocked me out and no medication would work at all...

Then I isolated chocolate as the trigger after someone suggested it. Stayed off chocolate for four years but every now and then got one when I ate chocolate unexpectedly - even a tiny amount say in a dessert.

Then one day I went to a rip roaring healing televangelist style meeting in the UK. Felt really out of place despite being a Christian. Hated it. Thought it was a load of baloney. At the end, the guy asks anyone if they want healing of anything including, he mentions, migraines. Massive queue of people forms.

I'm torn. I think the guy is a fake but I know Jesus heals today. I don't know what to do. The crowd is singing, the guy is praying, nay screaming into his mike at people. I'm just sitting there staring at it all.

Suddenly I hear God speak reeeaaallllly quietly deep down inside me, these very words: "Go home. Eat chocolate tonight. You're healed." It was so so quiet and yet I heard it almost audibly whispered to me. I knew... I just knew I was healed.

I went home and despite my now wife's protestations that I was mad, ate a single chunk of Cadbury's Dairy Milk. From that day in 1994 to this, I have not had a single migraine from eating chocolate.

Praise be...