Posted by Phil on June 02, 1999 at 13:00:16:
I suffered for about 10 years with severe migraines until I was able to pinpoint the cause, which may not necessarily be the same for everyone, but the end result may sound familiar.
Basically, I found that during a bad attack, I was violently ill, but if I forced myself to keep on being sick, until a bright yellow bile appeared (I apologise to the squeamish) my migraine would almost instantly disappear.
This lead me to the conclusion that taking anti-sickness drugs ran contrary to what my own body was trying to tell me.
Coincidently, I had started to find that as the attacks were getting more frequent, my joints were getting slightly sore, and so I started taking celery tablets, to break down urea (aka mild gout).
I found suddenly that my attacks were less frequent, and by a series of "experiments", discovered that it was chocolate, eaten over a period of time, that lead to my producing an excess of urea in my stomach.
By cutting out chocolate and taking the celery tablets I haven't had an attack for over a year (the last one being four days after eating an Easter egg).
Chocolate is one cause, and for many I know it isn't, but it may be that some sufferers may benefit from taking celery tablets (daily), allowing them to "experiment" themselves to find what may be triggering an excess of urea, leading to unbearable migraine attacks.
Good luck.