Many years ago while stationed in Germany with the Air Force I suffered severe sinus headaches. One day while at the base hospital I mentioned it to the Flight Surgeon and he showed me a simple mechanical procedure that proves to provide more relief than all the medications I have ever tried. Take your finger tip and feel on the back of your head at the base of your skull about half way between your spine and the back of your ear. You will feel a slightly pointy bone projection on the base of the skull. Place two finger tips directly under that pointy spot on each side of your head and press in firmly and rotate your fingers to message that spot. After messaging it vigorously for about 30 seconds place your finger tips over the sinus cavities on your forhead, fingers near the outer end of your eyebrows, press firm and draw your fingers inward toward the center of your forhead. Repeat that process two or three times and instantly you will feel drainage and pressure releaving in your sinuses. and the headache will generally go away. It might sound silly, but don't laugh till you try it. it is now forty years later and I still rely on that method before I reach for a pill bottle.

I firmly believe that people who suffer chronically and don't help themselves, do it because on a psychological level they benefit from it. It's an excuse for them not to achieve, it avoids responsibility, or it reinforces their sense that they don't deserve better...it's a way of getting attention, or hanging on to those you fear you might otherwise lose. There are a myriad of reasons why. Many of those reasons can occur at an unconscious level. Only by doing the work of probing and understanding our past and our thinking can we understand and unwind the path that lead us to where we are today. We had an aunt who was always miserable. All she ever did was complain. My Mom used to ask me why if she is so unhappy doesn't she do something to fix it...and I would respond because Auntie is never so happy as she is when she's unhappy. She never thought she'd get attention if she was happy, but by being miserable, she garnered attention and support. She fulfilled the role that she believed was hers. I heard this talk on meditation by a chiropractor/yoga instructor/etc. He told the story of one patient who had a chronic shoulder problem. She been to doctors and chiropractors and nothing seemed to help. So he asked her to tell him her story. Turns out that she sat next to her father at the dinner table who was an angry man and who would often reach out and strike her where she sat. To protect herself, she got in the habit of hunching that shoulder. Only by telling him, did she make the connection between what was necessary back then, what is no longer necessary now and how to solve the problem....by understanding and then letting go of the past.

I've had migraines since my early 20s. It wasn't till I reached menopause that I started getting aura just before I got a migraine. My aura lasts for about an hour to two hours. Luckily the same pill that I take for my regular migraines also helps aura. I do not have a painless or a migraine go they are just as bad and sometimes I feel sick to my stomach as well. I read recently that people with aura are much more likely to have a stroke than with migraines without aura. I am thinking that the protection of the female hormones for the heart and so on is lessened with menopause. I noticed if I keep on top of eating oily fish and things like that that I don't get as many auras or migraines. I unscientificly believe it's partly because my blood gets slippery and isn't stopped by inflammation. Blood circulating around your body better is supposedly healing. I should be eating more slippery blood making food to protect myself from strokes and migraines:-).

Thank you everyone for sharing their ideas and comments....it really has given me thoughts to think about......as an update .....I was scheduled for a nerve block today so I spoke to my doctor about my fears. She was terrific. She explained why the specific things that I am afraid of might happen ...and I know she's telling me the exact reason because I researched it. She also told me that she is an "approved" doctor by the manufacturer of Botox ... Allergan....told me specific sites to look at....but she told me she understands my fears and it's totally up to me.....she will honor whatever I want.....she just wants me to feel better❤️ So today I had a bupivacaine nerve block ....injections into my forehead only, since she didn't want to overwhelm me, and because that is where my pain mostly always is, behind my eyes. There were little stabs, no big deal, and then some stinging with the anesthetic being injected.....not a big deal either compared with a migraine....in my opinion. My head already feels lighter!! It's amazing what it feels like to NOT have a headache....I don't think I know the feeling:). Each person responds differently to these nerve blocks regarding how long they last but I am thinking positively:).