B-complex?
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Triggers are cumulative. They have to accumulate until you are put over the migraine threshold. If one can remove or control some of the triggers, the remaining may not be enough to put one over the threshold. This is why one particular trigger works and sometimes it doesn’t.
This makes since and is not as complex as I was originally thinking. However, one needs to know what his/her triggers are. I’m pretty good at getting a mental list together for some that are obvious but I may need to start logging. I don’t think any foods are triggers for me, even MSG. But I could be wrong. I know that vehicle exhaust (oxygen deprivation due to carbon monoxide inhalation), bright sunlight (esp. sudden flashes reflected into eyes as off of a car door opening), and tension headaches are among my most common triggers as is, evidently, scented Play-DOH (my daughter’s keeping the stuff but is restricted to keeping it away from my face 
What’s interesting is that I was next to a tank at work that had a light wafting vent of hydrocarbons (similar to gasoline) and this had an immediate analgesic effect — I mean total relief! However, this lasted only as long as I was smelling this and when I moved out of the area the pain came back as strong but no stronger than before. Obviously this is not a good analgesic but it interesting nevertheless. — "God sets the lonely in families, he leads forth the prisoners with singing; but the rebellious live in a sun-scorched land." — Psalms 68:6 (NIV) Duane A. Bielling http://www.datasync.com/~bielling
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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Sure hope you can get a safety lock on those triggers soon, Duane! Judy okay what do you do when the newsgroup bvecomes a trigger? Karen Karen – You have me rolling on the floor laughing over this post ! ! ! 
Nance
But I am serious! Karen
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Sure hope you can get a safety lock on those triggers soon, Duane!
Heh-heh! That’s the ticket! :-D — "God sets the lonely in families, he leads forth the prisoners with singing; but the rebellious live in a sun-scorched land." — Psalms 68:6 (NIV) Duane A. Bielling http://www.datasync.com/~bielling
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Sure hope you can get a safety lock on those triggers soon, Duane! Judy okay what do you do when the newsgroup bvecomes a trigger? Karen Karen –
You have me rolling on the floor laughing over this post ! ! ! Nance – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Free private/public online conferencing and Usenet newsgroups
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Sure hope you can get a safety lock on those triggers soon, Duane! Judy
okay what do you do when the newsgroup bvecomes a trigger? Karen Free private/public online conferencing and Usenet newsgroups
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<snip Oh, triggers. Sorry, my thoughts are disjointed. I think the reason that research has such a hard time with the repeatability of triggers is that triggers don’t work on their own. Triggers have to be in conjunction with some other environmental variable. I couldn’t begin to tell you what that variable is but I bet doing the research on this would be as complicated as forecasting weather phenomena.
Triggers are cumulative. They have to accumulate until you are put over the migraine threshold. If one can remove or control some of the triggers, the remaining may not be enough to put one over the threshold. This is why one particular trigger works and sometimes it doesn’t. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – — "Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid." –Jesus Christ, ca. 30 A.D. (John 14:27 NIV) Duane A. Bielling http://www.datasync.com/~bielling
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Sure hope you can get a safety lock on those triggers soon, Duane! Judy
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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – : Just planned to start taking B-complex vitamins : to reduce anxiety/stress. Had a migraine the next : day after the first 100mg. dose. Coincidence?.. : or is B-complex a trigger for some of us who : have migraines? dennis I would say coincidence (but that’s just my opinion). For me the trigger in vitamins could be the filler in the tablet. Corn or lactose fillers are a problem for me. I’ve never been able to get a B-complex in the right balance for me, so I’ve always taken my Bs in separate pills. So poosibly the ratio of each B vitamin to the others could have been a problem for you. Also, niacin – one of the b vitamins – can cause migraines because it dilates blood vessels. diane – <snip
I’ve discoverd that 1000 micrograms of B12, taken sublingually every day, significantly reduces my migraine pain level. Niacin triggers a migraine for me.
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I only take B vitamins in the morning because they can stimulate your nervous system and have been known to keep people awake – especially B1. diane
: has anybody had any experience with b-complex causing insomnia? : i was taking a mega (250 – 3000% RDA) b-complex and had terrible : insomnia for 3 weeks. i didn’t experience this with a smaller : dosage (50 – 250%). : : diane winter (like the season) : : : : : : Just planned to start taking B-complex vitamins : : to reduce anxiety/stress. Had a migraine the next : : day after the first 100mg. dose. Coincidence?.. : : or is B-complex a trigger for some of us who : : have migraines? dennis : I would say coincidence (but that’s just my opinion). For me the trigger : in vitamins could be the filler in the tablet. Corn or lactose fillers : are a problem for me. I’ve never been able to get a B-complex in the : right balance for me, so I’ve always taken my Bs in separate pills. So : poosibly the ratio of each B vitamin to the others could have been a : problem for you. Also, niacin – one of the b vitamins – can cause : migraines because it dilates blood vessels. : diane : – : : (Standard disclaimer applies: opinions are my own) : : "He adjusted himself to beams falling, and then no more of them fell, and : he adjusted himself to them not falling." -Dashiell Hammett : —
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has anybody had any experience with b-complex causing insomnia? i was taking a mega (250 – 3000% RDA) b-complex and had terrible insomnia for 3 weeks. i didn’t experience this with a smaller dosage (50 – 250%). diane winter (like the season) – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – : Just planned to start taking B-complex vitamins : to reduce anxiety/stress. Had a migraine the next : day after the first 100mg. dose. Coincidence?.. : or is B-complex a trigger for some of us who : have migraines? dennis I would say coincidence (but that’s just my opinion). For me the trigger in vitamins could be the filler in the tablet. Corn or lactose fillers are a problem for me. I’ve never been able to get a B-complex in the right balance for me, so I’ve always taken my Bs in separate pills. So poosibly the ratio of each B vitamin to the others could have been a problem for you. Also, niacin – one of the b vitamins – can cause migraines because it dilates blood vessels. diane – (Standard disclaimer applies: opinions are my own) "He adjusted himself to beams falling, and then no more of them fell, and he adjusted himself to them not falling." -Dashiell Hammett
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: Just planned to start taking B-complex vitamins : to reduce anxiety/stress. Had a migraine the next : day after the first 100mg. dose. Coincidence?.. : or is B-complex a trigger for some of us who : have migraines? dennis I would say coincidence (but that’s just my opinion). For me the trigger in vitamins could be the filler in the tablet. Corn or lactose fillers are a problem for me. I’ve never been able to get a B-complex in the right balance for me, so I’ve always taken my Bs in separate pills. So poosibly the ratio of each B vitamin to the others could have been a problem for you. Also, niacin – one of the b vitamins – can cause migraines because it dilates blood vessels. diane – (Standard disclaimer applies: opinions are my own) "He adjusted himself to beams falling, and then no more of them fell, and he adjusted himself to them not falling." -Dashiell Hammett
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Just planned to start taking B-complex vitamins to reduce anxiety/stress. Had a migraine the next day after the first 100mg. dose. Coincidence?.. or is B-complex a trigger for some of us who have migraines? dennis
