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what can i do to ease this migraine?

i have been on opiods, staydol, oxy over 30 years - - then the 75mg fentenol stopped working and i was labeled an adict. i have been off the patch since april and off ritilan since june and xanax since may. my migrains have been at the worst and increase in frequincy. no doctor has given me a plan or what i can try. i'm doing yoga, meditation, massage as alternitives....
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Hi,
How are you? Aside from acupuncture, another complementary and alternative medicine technique  include biofeedback therapy. This is  a technique that trains people to improve their health by controlling certain bodily processes that normally happen involuntarily, such as heart rate, blood pressure, muscle tension, and skin temperature. This is primarily used to treat high blood pressure, tension headache, migraine headache, chronic pain, and urinary incontinence.Discuss this with your doctor for proper management. Take care and best regards.
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To to get relief from headache/migraine naturally, the full pranayam exercises are described below.Do it seriously, regularly  and at the suggested duration, and you can call it a cure or control without medication.Start today and post your feedback (on this thread) in 11days,1 month , 4 months and 12 months, to help others.
Initially do Anulom Vilom (as much as you can) for the fist few days and then start the full set of pranayam.This works gradually, so allow time (1 week upto 24 weeks) and concentrate fully on the breathing. Avoid cold drinks and drink warm water.

Build up your timing gradually.If you feel tired or dizzy, stop and resume after 1 minute.
Kapalbhati -(Do it before eating) Push air forcefully out through the nose about once per second. Stomach will itself go in(contract in). The breathing in(through the nose) will happen automatically. Establish a rhythm and do for upto 15 minutes twice a day. Not for pregnant women. Seriously ill people do it gently.

Anulom Vilom -  Close your right nostril with thumb and deep breath-in through left nostril  
then – close left nostril with two fingers and breath-out through right nostril  
then -keeping the left nostril closed  deep breath-in through right nostril
then - close your right nostril with thumb and breath-out through left nostril.
This is one cycle of anulom vilom.
Repeat this cycle for 20 to 30  minutes twice a day.
You can do this before breakfast/lunch/dinner or before bedtime or in bed. Remember to take deep breaths into the lungs.

Bhramri Pranayam -Close eyes. Close ears with thumb, index finger on forehead, and rest three fingers on base of nose touching eyes. Breathe in through nose. And now breathe out through nose while humming like a bee.
Duration : 5 to 15 times

Continue the pranayam once a day to stay healthy.The factors helping are the extra oxygen and the relaxation(reduced stress) you get when doing the breathing exercises.
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How about acupuncture? Search for a doctor (MD) that does it and you may have a better experience. I get relief right away.

Also, maybe being off some of the meds for a while may help to clean out the system - rebound may be an issue. Even OTC meds can give rebound.
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