How do you deal with migraines?

[Traceround]

I have a tendency towards migraines. I will get them after a gluten exposure (I also have Celiac Disease) and they can sometimes take around 24 hours to resolve fully.

Normally I would just pop an Imitrex at the onset and go about my day. That has proven to be the only thing that has worked for me.

Being pregnant though, that is absolutely NOT an option. Especially not being newly pregnant as I am.

So what options do I have? The pain is pretty ferocious and I have a very high pain threshold anyway. I've tried Tylenol but I might as well have been eating Skittles for all the good it did me.

[Red Sonja]

I have chronic daily migraines, so I can sympathize with you. Normally they're controlled fairly well with meds (down to 1-2 a week) but I have to go off most of my meds during pregnancy. So I'm just taking it a day at a time, and if I have a really bad breakthrough I'll try cayenne and then heat up my rice sock and put it on the affected side. That sometimes help me relax enough to sleep it off (if I can make it until the kids go to bed).

I'm guessing you already avoid any other food triggers other than gluten?

[Traceround]

Yes. Red wine is a trigger for me too but I am not a wine drinker to begin with and so avoiding that is easy enough.

Gluten is easy enough for me to avoid since I am the kitchen boss in my house. The only gluteny products are hamburger buns and sandwich bread for my husband and those are kept totally separate from everything else.

Tell me more about the cayanne. Do you take it in caplets? How does it help?