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almostangela	Nov-18-09, 05:31 PM (CMT)
"Back from Vegas - 6 migraines in 3 days"
I just got back from a wedding/mini vacation in Las Vegas and I have never been there before. In 3 days I got 6 migaines which is a record and it has me thinking about a connection. Being that I get preventative releif from Topamax which is made for Epileptics, and Vegas is a non-stop sea of flashing lights and dinging noises which would bring on epileptic attacks; for me, it brought on 6 attacks in a rapid succession. Things that make you go hmmmmm. It's all in the brain, of course. Angela
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di	Nov-18-09, 09:31 PM (CMT)
1. "Flashing lights+ ringing bells+ cigarette smoke="
I am sorry, you had zero chance We drove cross country this summer, spending a night in Reno and Vegas. Both hotels the husband and I had migraines within 10 minutes of walking in- and we did not gamble at all. It was just the awful combination of all 3. Plus the no windows, natural light, or clocks.
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	joanr	Nov-18-09, 09:37 PM (CMT)
	2. "RE: Flashing lights+ ringing bells+ cigarette smoke="
	Are you kidding? I was only at a regular wedding and just the flash bulbs going off set me off (but do any of the rest of you think 2 still photographers and 2 videographers is excessive? Everywhere I turned there were bright lights). Yikes, I cringe at the thought of Vegas! Joan Believe in kissing - Eve Ensler
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	Chinookgrl	Nov-19-09, 11:43 AM (CMT)
	3. "RE: Flashing lights+ ringing bells+ cigarette smoke="
	Don't forget the smoke! There is no smoking in restaurants etc where I live. The smoke is one of the first things I notice in Vegas. Huge Trigger! Jo
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almostangela	Nov-19-09, 12:08 PM (CMT)
4. "RE: Back from Vegas - 6 migraines in 3 days"
I was thinking about the smoke also. Everywhere you go I was walking into a cloud of second hand smoke which I wasn't used to. That, and the stress level was kept high with the constant distractions. No chance for relaxing. Migraine hell for sure. Angela
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	crt	Nov-19-09, 01:38 PM (CMT)
	5. "RE: Back from Vegas - 6 migraines in 3 days"
	What I wonder is do the folks who don't have migraines like all that flashing and dinging? I can't understand how anyone thinks that's enjoyable. Chris
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	finnosian	Nov-19-09, 11:41 PM (CMT)
	6. "RE: Back from Vegas - 6 migraines in 3 days"
	I like vegas, but it is migraine central for me too. For me, it is the dry weather. I try to drink lots of fluids when i am there, but still i get all dried up and get headaches from the slight dehydration. This seems to be a problem that follows me through the southwest.
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	almostangela	Nov-20-09, 08:46 PM (CMT)
	7. "RE: Back from Vegas - 6 migraines in 3 days"
	While I was there the weather was cool and not hot at all, but I was so thirsty you'd think I had shares on bottled water. I thought it was the meds but I wonder if it is the extra oxygen they pump into the casino air (or do they?) There was one day that I didn't have a migraine and I still couldn't get enough water, and even my guys were super thirsty too. Could that be the stressed atmosphere/setting maybe that keeps the adrenalin too high? Do migrainers who engage in adrenalin activities (such as sky diving) trigger migraines? Angela
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planobizman	Dec-10-09, 09:48 PM (CMT)
8. "THE STATE OF TEXAS GAVE ME SOMETING,,"
THEIR REHAB DEPT GAVE ME AN OTC PRODUCT FOR MY BACK PAIN AND WOW, DOES IT WORK! I SIMPLY RUB IT ON, WELL, I TRIED IT FOR MY MIGRAINE, AN IT WORKED SOOOO FAST IT WAS FREAKY,,,IT WAS TOTALLY GONE IN 4 MIN WHEN I RUBBED IT ON WHERE THE PAIN WAS COMING FROM.ITS CALLED BLU MJK PAIN TREATMENT I FOUND IT AT WWW.ERASE-PAIN.COM I THINK THEY ARE SHIPPING FREE SAMPLES,, I RECOMMEND IT! BOB
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	lovegia	Dec-10-09, 11:02 PM (CMT)
	9. "RE: THE STATE OF TEXAS GAVE ME SOMETING,,"
	bob shut up and get off this page. post once dont post nine thousand times. i respect trying to advertise but trying to piss people off who are genuinely in pain is a different story. you arent getting any business here. if you dont stop posting i will post on every migraine site i know that your product wont work and you will loose money, my friend. like i said, there's nothing wrong with some good business marketing, but being excessive is wrong.
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	AuntieBubbs	Dec-11-09, 05:39 PM (CMT)
	10. "RE: THE STATE OF TEXAS GAVE ME SOMETING,,"
	Bob, at the risk of being rude, take that "someting" and peddle it somewhere else. As to Vegas, it is a big migraine cesspool for me. I still go. I LOVE Vegas. Love it. I love to gamble though. It's an adrenaline high for me. I love the lights, the noise, the people, the vibrancy, the atmosphere. I confess I even smoke when I'm in Vegas. I draw the line at drinking though. I no longer drink at all because of the alcohol triggering migraines. I live close enough to Vegas that I used to go 4 or 6 times a year (when I had a job). I kind of got used to the triggers so they didn't bother me so much. The migraines were manageable after a while. Now, although I don't go as often (only once this year and last), and I still get migraines while there, they aren't severe. I go to casinos closer to home and am not bothered by the atmosphere very much either. I guess its a matter of what you can get used to?
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