migraines

pepipony · migraines

I have suffered these for years. However I have begun to see that there is a link between my severe ones and either a death or close to it with my critters. Started with the death of my ol gelding, that true one in a million horse. I got a migraine and he started colicing. Next with my heeler, Dallas , last week with my mare who coliced ( 20 yo and first time) and that headache lasted untill yesterday. However day before, I had to put our old dog down, no wonder migraine stayed.
I either need to get a handle on these, or figure out how to loose what ever ability I have. I do think I have some as I have heard my horses speak to me, ditto with a dog. Bad thing about these migraines is I cannot think and function when I have them, which makes for a really bad time when you are trying to keep someone alive. Things that I would normally think about or figure out, I cannot. I sometimes wonder if that isnt why I lost my Indy to colic, had the migraine and missed the signs.
Can someone help me out here? Maybe point me in the direction of a book that I can study? TIA! Heather

Sage/Debs

Welcome Heather. I am glad to see you jumping in. For migraines you can't beat Lapis Lazuli and accupressure if you want to go natural. Many if us hear and speak with the animals. And I agree the two for you can be connected. If you can get a handle on the migraine, you will hear better. I am so sorry for so much loss and heart ache. You know alot about the stones so do try wearing lapis always or carry one. There are several accupressure points that help with headaches and migraines. The web between the thumb and first finger, the arch of the foot, Reiki is very effective for them as well. I hope that helps alittle and I'm sure others will chime in also.

herding cats

I think some shielding might be in order. Check out this topic.

http://lightingthepathlesstaken.myfastforum.org/about1671.html

The disco ball might help. Basically visualize your head inside a disco ball...sounds funny but it works. Lots of mirrors bouncing negative thoughts and energy away from you.......it might help if you can do it at the first sign of a headache coming on.

Another thing that works but is really hard to master.....learn to accept the pain even welcome it and feel it and then let it move on. I cannot describe this well at all..........but you want to experience the pain and not fight it, let it wash through you and then relax out of it.......oh gahhhhh....... q11

does anyone else know what I am talking about? can someone explain it better, oh like in english q23

woodnldy

Cats I know what you are saying ,but(d** I hate that word) having been where Heather is first hand ,it is hard to do when you can't see straight and it feels like someone is beating a BIG drum behind your eyes. Mine were hormone related,I could mark the calendar when they would start. Its better now but I still get them occasionally(stress will do it or being exhausted) The only thing that ever helped when they started was Fioranol with codeine. Lord I have had that prescription for 30 years or more. Atenalol(beta blocker used for blood pressure too) helps some as a daily med. There were times when I was working that they would get bad enough I ended up in the Emergency room getting knock out shots(they said I couldn't take the codeine and work, later I just took them and bosses never knew) Try the acupressure points for sure and work on the meditation , they both help a lot. All my best to you hon, Blessing and healing thoughts your way q13

Cheryl

herding cats

Totally understand Cheryl........just another trick for the pain arsenal.....

I've rarely gotten headaches so cannot imagine a migraine......but I have had back pain so bad I wanted to be shot and buried out back.......

a dear friend told me the technique and believe me my immediate reaction was...are you F#$%@^$ out of your mind...feel the pain...yeah right lady.....

good reason to suggest and practice BEFORE a pain attack...maybe with a mild pain.....

It basically is a form of relaxation and taking yoga taught me how to do it....I stink at explaining.......but I have had pain so bad that if told drinking frog pee would make it go away I would have done it q27

woodnldy

Frog Pee

LOL I am gonna try it myself(Not the frog pee thanks) q18

You are a mess cats

Sulis

I know exactly what your explaining very well Cats.

its just as you say dont fight the pain embrace it, give it love and your whole attention.

DONT ask it to go away cause its there trying to tell you something, it needs your attention.

thank the pain for the lessons you have learned, ask what you can do for it to help it with its lessons.

youll probably never know why but it will get what it needs and move on.

As Cat says, try it on something smaller first, the more practice you get before the big one the better.

we are so busy living outside our bodies that we dont communicate with it enough,

and as Sage says, breath, breath deeply and consciously be aware of your breath, that brings you back to you and not 5 feet in front of you.

Sage/Debs

Heather, I know the headaches come from the first trauma. Look deeper into this, are you holding a grief? a heart pain? and the assimilate it to the current situation? The pain then flies to you trying to blind you from the heartache? If the head hurts the heart will not. Look deeper, head pain is almost always stress induced.

As Susan said (and gosh I'm being quoted these days q18

) breathe. Folks forget to breathe. I lived in SO much pain for years til I looked "into" the pain. Stupid as it sounds our bodies speak to us with pain and sickness. "Hey YOU< I need something!" thus you have the pain or illness.

Lie back and focus, don't lie there and say "Oh God I hurt" and tighten up. Lay back, sit back with your head supported. Now say "God I hurt" and look at the pain. Exactly "where is it" focus on that, then breathe. Inhale thru your nose, deep to the belly, slowly see the belly come up (you're doin it right) then slowly let the breath out thru soft lips pursed almost like a kiss.

Close your eyes and empty your mind and breathe. Now it takes lotsa time to empty your mind cuz it hurts and all the daily clutter has to march thru first..but allow that.

Then think toes, relax the toes, make a circle with your ankles, breathe, move up each part of the body and relax it, til you come to your arms. Raise them up and stretch, then fall limp, open your jaw and relax your mouth, don't clench your teeth, then breathe, breathe softly..look at the pain. What color is it? Red Black purple? Now how does it feel? burning, pulsing, or tight?

Now slowly while still breathing, walk into the pain like a tiny figure....now you are going to have small pin in your hand, you approach this balloon of pain. When you find it..delicately pierce the balloon with your pin and breathe OUT slowly like the balloon and the pain should soothe slow but sure.

Know I am happy to walk you thru this once by phone if you wish it. Also look into Reiki some more. Also pressure points..there are several that help greatly with the pain of headaches.

Lastly before you are crippled with one, pay attention to it's approach, note "why" it comes and head it off fast with the points and the breathing. I hope this helps a little. I suffered from migraines for years, they rarely sneak up on me anymore.

Sage

**One more thing, Cats makes a very good point about sheilding. ALL of us have had issues with how to find and make our own personal sheild, look into that and your own personal space that you can use each time you need some space and time to heal or to just get away.

pepipony · migraines

Debs, ya know, I am holding a hurt. 9/11/03 I had to put my ol man down. I went to the Vet with the intention of picking him up, then WHAM, had to put him down. That totally and completely broke my heart. I loved that horse more than nearly anything. I gave up riding for a bit, stopped showing, stopped looking at horses , just lost the desire. That was the first time I noticed that my headaches came with a death/illness.
Even now I want to bawl, even worse when I see a red dun ( his dad was rather prolific around here ). My heart actually aches. Is there another way to deal with this, than you wrote out?

Sage/Debs

Oh Heather, I know that pain, having let my Treasure go. We can do a clearing ceremony, kind of a cutting of those hurtful ties. I've just broke me foot Hon, so I'll get back to help with that soon as I can..I'll try to find the cutting ceremony thread we had here tho in the mean time and you know you can call anytime.