Can my flare up cause a migraine?

That's crazy that you said purple food coloring. The birthday cake was zebra print with purple all over it!! My mouth was actually purple afterwards! I had no idea!! The oatmeal seemed to work...my stomach isn't hurting as bad so I think it got things moving. Not going anywhere today just incase!! Thanks so much Sue!!

I actually took some phazyme to help with the bloating. Seems to be helping the pressure!! I will try plum the! Thank you Belinda!

Hey Jan! I had no idea the migraine could be caused by the IBS and constipation. I ate some oatmeal and can feel my tummy gurgling. I think. It's safe to say I'm staying home today and preparing. Lol!! Thank you for the help Jan!!

Oh I am!! It's definitely been helping

Oh wow astro!! That sounds terrible!! I rarely get migraines but when i do the only thing i want to do all day is sleep. I've basically been laying in bed all weekend. I napped off and on all day yesterday because of the migraine and bloating. Just felt awful. The top pressure in my stomach has gone down which usually means things are starting to flow again. Lol. Trying not to be too graphic.

Hello Ashley I have always had migraines and spent quite a long time in hospital when I was 15 having tests. I had lumber punctures and all sort of jabs. When I was younger the pain was more intense I would punch the wall in frustration and I had to have a doctor out who would sedate me, cue The Ramones I wanna be sedated. Luckily as I have grown older the pain has become more manageable. The only tablets which ever cured me once started were these huge tablets an ex colleague used to steal, with her knowledge, these tablets and give to me when I was having a migraine. No idea what they were but worked a treat. Without those tablets it is lying down in a dark room and sleep. That is good re: flowing. It is difficult but sometimes it helps. 

I'm so sorry you've been struggling with migraines for such a long time. That's truly awful. I can't even imagine. Like I said, I rarely get them but when I do i just want to cry. I sure hope your migraines are getting better, atleast more manageable.

Thank you and that is very nice to hear. Yes I use to cry with pain when I was younger. I looked like a scene from Scanners. Yes much more manageable although my close friends who have known me a long time say how bad were you before . I have side effects with mine so I will lose co-ordination and my speech starts to slur which is a sign that I need to be lying down somewhere. I have had to pull over on the sides of roads for a sleep. Once as a teenager I pulled over having no idea where I was but I could feel my co-ordination going and woke about 5am to screaming and police sirens. I had only pulled over in a notorious part of Salford for a sleep. I know crazy. Those days are few and far between but they do still happen but I am better than I was. I used to just keel over and blackout and with each incident I could not drive for 3 years. Touch wood I have not had a blackout for a long time but friends would rescue me from car parks where they would find me lying on the floor. I would keep a note on me saying who I was in the hope the person who found me would call an ambulance and to their credit most did so I spent many a time waking up in a strange hospital bed with no memory of how I arrived there and that was with no alcohol. I was a sickly teenager but slightly Improved now.

Hi Astro', that's not funny for you, but the leonardo bit is very funny!!!lol!!! I just saw a bit of that film on tv a few days ago!! xx

All I can say is I'm sorry you went through that for so long. Did they ever find out what was causing them? That sounds awful. I can't even imagine the intensity of one that bad let alone having them a lot. Goodness. I'm glad they have improved though!

Hello looloo I am used to it.  I do my best.  "Where's the ludes?"  Yes it was a good film and although it made me laugh it also annoyed me. He should have got longer.

There is a link to brain and spine for some hence the lumbar puncture but I was fine.  There is a strong link for it running in the family but I do not know my family so I can not say if that is true or not but I had my first serious migraine at 7 so it was not stress this time.  I used to think it was awful and then I read accounts of inspirational people like Amy Purdy, who woke up one day with bacterial meningitis and it took a lot of her body, and realise how lucky I am in that respect. It is all relative and to many of my friends I am a sickly person. The one thing that really frustrates me is IBS as that is why I am up at this ridiculous time but I am having a particularly stressful time at work which may or may not be ending soon so I have to give it all I have.  Thank you for the support. Knowing there are others' with these issues helps as I struggled for 2.5 years alone thinking I am the only person like this. I just wish I could have found this site before my relationship broke down.

The IBS flare ups do seem to get worse with stress and anxiety. I have a lot of stress at work as well as in my marriage. We've been together since highschool, together for 12 years married for 2...he basically told me last night that he's tired of having a roommate and it's getting harder for him to see me like this and doesn't think he can do it anymore. I can't blame him for that. But the IBS is flaring up bad today. Stomach is bloated and I'm having the runs. Lol. Don't know any other way to put that. I am glad as well that there are other people like me who have the IBS, depression and anxiety. Everyone on these forums have helped me tremendously. Things will look up astro. My head is pounding today from crying all night long. Just feel completely helpless.