Migraines in children?

Anyone have any experience in dealing with migraines in little kids?

Migraines in children?

how old of a child are you referring to?

I started getting them around age 12 and was taken to a few doctors just to make sure nothing was wrong. In my case, i was told they can be hereditary and both my mom and dad do suffer from them.

Migraines in children?

I started getting headaches in 4th grade, so 8/9 (?), but no one really believed me that they were as bad as they were. I was basically told to "suck it up", different time. I think they thought it was because of stress back then (I had anxiety and was teased pretty bad because my parents were divorced). Doctors never seemed to think anything of it.

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As a very very small child I had what they believe to be abdominal migraines. I started complaining about actual headaches by the age of 4. At age 10 they were very painful and I went to a pediatric neurologist who dismissed my compaints. By 16 I was getting almost daily headaches. Still get very bad migaines. They actually went away for a while (3 years) after my 1st child was born but they came back. Hereditary in my case and unfortunately haven't had much luck with any preventative meds (and I've seen some great neuros).

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My 8 year old has been suffering from severe headaches. I get migraines and was told she is likely to be more prone to them. She also suffers from bad allergies/sinus issues. She was recently put on flonaze and I was told she should continue with it daily for no less than 3 months to try to clear up her sinuses which are most likely contributing to the headaches. It seems to be working she has been complaining much less in the past 2 weeks.

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i dont want to scare you...but whenever i hear of young kids with headaches i get nervous. my friend's 4 year old son just recently passed away from Dego's Disease which started out as headaches. i would see a doctor just in case. but i'm sure it's not that! :)

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My son suffered from debilitating migraines with nausea and auras (seeing silvery lights) as he grew up, and often had to go to bed until they passed. My DH gets them too. We had to get the doctor to write the school a note that he needed to take Tylenol at the first inkling of a migraine's onset, and the school had us leave Tylenol there just for his use.

When DS felt a migraine coming on he would go to the school nurse to get his Tylenol from her and would lie down in her office until he felt it was safe to go back to class. If he did not do this the migraines progressed until he threw up. The school was very understanding and worked with him all through middle and high school. He does not get them as much now that he is in his 20's.

I do know that chocolate triggers my DH's migraines. You might try to figure out if anything is triggering your child's.

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Migraines in children?

My son is 5 and we went to peditirician, eye dr, ENT for sinus scan and neuro. Neuro did an MRI and full blood work and all is okay, thank goddness!!!! The last 2 weeks its just been day after day of a headache that won't go away. Went back to neuro and said its chronic migraines. We got a medication for it, but he said it might take a while to play with the dosage. Its breaking my heart for my 5 year old to have to deal with headaches!!! Anyone have any experience with cyproheptadine? We are on the lowest dosage right now.

Migraines in children?

I started getting them at age 7 so debilitating I would have to miss or leave school. I have them more managed as an adult but still have to miss work at times because of them. The best thing that helped me was learning my triggers so I could avoid them as best as possible and I also suggest finding what works to manage the migraine the best way of getting through them is knowing and doing what works and having those things on hand for me it's a cold dark room. A soft pillow I use specifications for migraines and my migraine medication I also eat grapes as they release tension. If I get them in clusters I'll go to the chiropractor multiple times in a week to release tension and that works great for me

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I started in 4th grade. I was getting a couple a month. My mom took me to a few doctors. I would get so sick projectile vomit and sometimes throw up blood. I couldn't have any light on. I was on a medication for a while I don't remember the name it was a small blue pill. The headaches decreased a lot in my teens. I didn't have any from the time I was 22 until this year now at 32. Now I've had a few and they are just awful.

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I started getting migraines when I was about 8 years old. Pediatrician wasn't surprised since my mom had them and they can be hereditary.

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My daughter has been having seizures since last summer

Hospital stays video EEG etc etc. All her tests are perfect

Last test is a MRI bc they said migraines in smaller children can cause seizures

She is 2

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I dont have answers but my 11.5 yo has been getting headaches since age 10. She is in 6th grade and I thought it was from hormones plus academic stress. They havent been diagnosed as migraines yet. I feel terrible for her. I get headaches occasionally too.

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My DD - 9 years old has had migraines for about 2 years now. She gets them about once/month. They are almost always around the evening hours and she almost always throws up and then falls asleep. She wakes up fine.
We did take her to a neuro - Dr. Rosen - and they did a MRI and EKG. Both were fine. She is on no meds - I doubt she would take anyway. One thing we did do that seems to help is eliminate red dye in her diet.

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I started getting them when I was about 9. I remember the sun beating on my head at a beauty salon before going to see the nutcracker and feeling weird with a headache. At the nutcracker I remember puking in every garbage can imaginable. I was worked up with a battery of tests. As a teenager they got worsen where I would black out and a numb feeling in my arm before blacking out. Since then I rarely get them. I control my stress, sleep and eating habits much better. Also at the first sign of them I take excedrin migraine, drink coffee or cola, and/or sleep. I usually feel them on the right side of my head.

Eta: I also believe mine are hereditary.

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I was 9 or 10 when I started getting them.