What methods do you use for migraines?

Trying to find out what methods others are using for migraines. My mother suffers from daily migraines. So far Hash oil seems to be working quite well, but she is starting to wake again with migraines; something that was going away. I've been trying to find ways to supplement the oil.

What methods do you use for migraines or Chronic pain besides smoking?

When I use weed medicinally I prefer it orally. I generally make a hash oil pill.. the effects last much longer and can be a much more accurate dosage

I smoke bubble hash when I have a migraine. it works well, I use one of those vape pens and it knocks it out of me in like 5 min. smoking flowers seems to make it worse for me. I think edibles would take too long to kick in, I don't want to lay around in pain and incapacitated for an hour, when I get them all I can do is bury my head in a pillow and toss and turn in bed. Light hurts sounds hurt movement hurts so I want something that will work a little faster than medable, maybe some hash while waiting for it to kick in. Have not tried that but usually it will pass with just the bubble hash and I don't need a longer lasting effect. Flowers get me high, Hash gets me normal. EDIT: just saw you said besides smoking. Ive actually put peppermint oil on my temples and had it help before.... just a little something to add

i get prescribed nasal sprays for when i get an attack. they work wonders for me!!

they are called imigran nasal sprays in the UK and their active ingredient is Sumatran

i get migraines with the visual aura and AT THE FIRST SIGN of the aura i take one of these sprays, the aura gets worse till i am basically 99% blind with just a little clear spot in the middle of my vision. then the sprays starts to take effect and the migraine reverses to having like a migraine hangover or totally no effects of the migraine.

if i dont get a spray early enough i am basically fucked and its a trip to the hospital for a higher dose injection of the same stuff and that does the trick.

i have been really lucky over the past year to 2 years, i have had no attacks. touch wood.

Hello, I have suffered from migraines all my life and have tried numerous medications, with only one working for me. I have now been using cannabis to help relieve them. I cannot use hash for migraines as it makes mine worse. I have tried vaping different strains and most just made it worse, depending on the strain. I have been using Death Star for my migraine and it has worked wonders for me, I usually medicate orally, think edibles mostly. I have vaped Death Star during a migraine and that worked well for me. I have made capsules with a coconut oil extraction and those have worked for me as well. I too wake up with my migraines, so a lot of the prescription migraine meds didn't as most you take at first signs of a migraine. We obtained Death Star as a lot if the info on that strain state it is good for chronic pain and migraines. I have had two neck surgeries and have some neuropathy in my arms due to my neck issues, so definitely suffered with chronic pain as well. I find edibles the best way for me to medicate, preferably with an edible made with a coconut oil extraction. Coconut oil gives you more bang for the buck, as the absorption rate is higher due to the lipid profile of the oil. It lasts longer than butter and is more potent, IMO. Good luck with your mom and I feel for her as migraines suck!

Thanks everyone for the advice! Trying to find alternative methods - currently cooking up some coconut infused oil (Thanks Raeofsun!) She has been smoking, but it does not have the same effect on her. The RSO seems to work, but the high is too much for her. Have some Harlequin (High CBD) that I just harvested. Using some trim from that for the oil.

Going to look into other suggested methods as well.

qwizoking said:

When I use weed medicinally I prefer it orally. I generally make a hash oil pill.. the effects last much longer and can be a much more accurate dosage

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Hey qwizo, I like your method of iso hash. Have you posted a how-to for your orals? If so, could I pleeeease get a link?

it works. you can get it at any health store its just like a peppermint menthol oil with other stuff you rubb it on your temples or forehead, works very well

just dont get it in your eyes or take a bath with it on

I've had no luck using Cannabis to treat migraines. At one point I thought that Sativa-dominant strains were providing some prophylactic effect, but i can't be sure. I will say ... in pain and high as **** was very unpleasant for me.

Well if you know how I make hash, I simply take that oil (decarbing beforehand) and dissolve into coconut oil until saturated....sorri Sunni, but you do need to make sure you don't use vegan gel caps (unless a certain brand or something doesn't dissolve) that's really it. If you make decent qwiso it should be "shatter" and be a solid at or near room temp, the coconut oil serves to solidify it mainly, but because it only holds so much in solution its a pretty accurate way to weaken and measure your hash. But you can just fill the pill with your qwiso or whatever....I actually have posted about making the pills before, even put up a few of my finished pills...one of few pics I've put up
Oh and I've heard people use lecithin, I don't notice any difference. .

Thank you Qwizoking, going to try that too. The oil that I made works well for me, but I have yet to give her any of the coconut oil I've made. We are just desperate, trying to find a method/strain that works for her. It's just a matter of time till we find something. I have several strains/seeds to try, most are high CBD.

Its not just any 'sativa' you want. I am looking for the best possible strain I can find for my next grow. I want top quality seeds with top quality genetics with top quality care provided. I am not going off topic... So this search led me to a site leafly. It has a search feature for searching for good strains for whatever ailment you may have. Migraines is one of them, I suffer from migraines although have not had an attack in about 2 years, touch wood (or touch weed... hmm might start saying that instead lol).

But have a look here.
http://www.leafly.com/explore#/Migraines

This site is a collective of all the strains known to man and the main points about them including reviews and where to get if you are in a legal state in the US.

I am in the UK but I still like this site for a starting point for certain attributes of strains.

Someone has to point me in the direction of edibles and how to. I am I chronic pain with herniated disks in my neck and migraines. Smoking doesn't help.

grasscropper said:

Someone has to point me in the direction of edibles and how to. I am I chronic pain with herniated disks in my neck and migraines. Smoking doesn't help.

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this is a Psssst of mine from the cannabutter for dummies
Thread might help you
hey folks read some of the posts here wanted to add my 2 cents... I have been making butter for a long long time back in the day we used comercial kitchen equipment huge stock pots on a commercial stovetop a thermometer a lot of weed and a lot of butter. that was then and this is now.... I always run it through the blender with enough water to get it movin. chop the shit out of it till it looks almost like a green smoothie if the trim is wet I freeze it a day or 2 before I use it. I always come out with scary powerful results.... put me down for 18 hr. the other day and when I woke up I felt soooooooo refreshed and ready to take on the world. I feel the 2 key points are chopping it up in the blender and then the special tool wich I will get too. I don't really measure anything I just eyeball it wich is probably why it comes out too strong somtimes but just little adjustment on the dosage and all is well. so I covered the blender part already next comes the crock pot with an eyeballed amount of butter we will say 2 sticks for this run then pour in the blended trim I then run on hi for 2 hr. then low for 2 hr and now the fun part everyone loves, back in the day when we were dumb and full of cum we would pour it through a cloth then squeeze the butter out with our bare hands burning the shit out of ourselves for the cause. Fast forward 15 years and hey check out this cool new tool I got, you all may have seen it before or heard of it.... A fucking potato ricer.... I use one to squeeze the moisture out of my morning hashbrowns before I cook them but wait, you could squeeze your weed with that thing. If you are really anal about things you could put a coffee filter in the bottoom of it to keep any bitches that squeeze through the lil holes from scuming up the bottom of your butter but I really don't care about that so much. The trim that you blended with a lil water and cooked for four hours comes out a fine dry fiber... it is beutiful and soooo dry but by useing a potato ricer you squeeze every last bit of butter out of the fiber getting the most bang for your butter check it out I highly recomend you pick one up http://www.amazon.com/OXO-Good-Grips...s=potato+ricer there are bigger ones they are expensive this is the one I have and use

My doctor is a fucking asshole. Won't prescribe narcotics. I take imitrex which is good but $125 for 6 pills. And I get them a lot because I have herniated disks in my neck and ddd. Looking for a new doctor regardless. For that pain he prescribed fucking naproxen which is like candy for me. I miss days at work. I have a house to maintain and struggle trying to do anything because it lays me up for days.
Now the POTATO RICER I have had all my life. Was my nanna and poppa's and a family tradition forever!

I just kinda stumbled on this thread looking for something else and I'm interested in white flower stuff. I am going to have to see if I can find it. I too have had migraines my whole life. I had an EEG done when i was 14 because they were thinking epilepsy and it came back abnormal but no epilipsy. they put me on pills. i took them into my mid twenties and then said screw it, just give me excedrine. excedrine is the only over the counter thing that will even touch my migraine and then not always. Smoking when I have a migraine is like beating myself with a baseball bat, it hurts. I can't tolerate edibles with a migraine, I WILL puke. sleeping is my usual remedy but sometimes like your mom I wake up with them. I do know that caffeine is a trigger for me so I avoid all caffeine as much as possible. I went sugar free 3 years ago due to other health issues and I found that not having sugar in my system has lessened the migraines because sugar causes inflammation and migraines involve inflammation.

I learned years ago that if you put 1 tablespoon vanilla extract into an 8 ounce glass of milk and drink it, that it will relieve a headache. it works for my daughter but not for me.

Krspies said:

I just kinda stumbled on this thread looking for something else and I'm interested in white flower stuff. I am going to have to see if I can find it. I too have had migraines my whole life. I had an EEG done when i was 14 because they were thinking epilepsy and it came back abnormal but no epilipsy. they put me on pills. i took them into my mid twenties and then said screw it, just give me excedrine. excedrine is the only over the counter thing that will even touch my migraine and then not always. Smoking when I have a migraine is like beating myself with a baseball bat, it hurts. I can't tolerate edibles with a migraine, I WILL puke. sleeping is my usual remedy but sometimes like your mom I wake up with them. I do know that caffeine is a trigger for me so I avoid all caffeine as much as possible. I went sugar free 3 years ago due to other health issues and I found that not having sugar in my system has lessened the migraines because sugar causes inflammation and migraines involve inflammation.

I learned years ago that if you put 1 tablespoon vanilla extract into an 8 ounce glass of milk and drink it, that it will relieve a headache. it works for my daughter but not for me.

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What's the white flower stuff? And I will try this vanilla extra with milk as it much be cheap too. But my headaches are constant

cannabineer said:

I've had no luck using Cannabis to treat migraines. At one point I thought that Sativa-dominant strains were providing some prophylactic effect, but i can't be sure. I will say ... in pain and high as **** was very unpleasant for me.

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i can't even think of smoking anything when i got a bad migraine.. i smoke cigs and when i get one i stay away from cigs and surely stay away from cannabis smoking as i find the smoking of anything to make them much worse, ime.