By Former Drummer - 03/06/2012 21:23 - United States - Tulsa

Today, I was diagnosed with migraines. Any loud sounds or bright lights make it worse. I'm the drummer for a heavy metal band, so I now have to choose between really bad migraines or a career. FML
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Keevarou 17

You should always out your health before most things! Remember that you only have one body, while you can have multiple careers. Fyl though, and I hope the medications are effective :) I have heard that migraines are horrible to say the last, so good luck in the future, always a lot of options left.

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BassOvercast 1

Go for doom metal! It's all about personal suffering... And you might even find the slow, heavy, atmospheric metal soothing.

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fmlahahaha 5

Metal band is not a career LOL maybe your head is trying to tell you something

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Psycho_Babydoll 26

If he gets money for doing shows and can make a living that way, why would it not be considered a 'career'? Making music isn't easy. It's a job like any other.

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09Z_fml 4

i thought yolo died out?

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littlekellilee 45

For the record, migraines aren't "usually"caused by anything. Its different for everyone. You need to find what triggers them, be it food, stress, weather, etc, and limit the controllable ones. Certain medications like triptans can help when you get them, and there are a wide variety of preventative medications like Amotriptalyne and Topimax. Go to your gp and try these, as well as finding and limiting your triggers, and try massage. If it continues they could give you a CT scan to make sure nothing else is wrong. Its never "migraines are usually caused by this".

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WaywardDaughter 26

judging by your user name you have already decided

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MrJackk 0

Keep playing, it will make it go away!!

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silentsweetness 17

Understand your migraine triggers and avoid them. I suffer from them too, lights and noises are problems when the migraine is active but when it isn't there are other factors that can trigger an episode

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menja 29

Try an espresso with some lemon juice. It helps, at least it helps me.

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Wallspider77 6

By "migraines or a career," do you mean "migraines and a career or neither"?

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kenjenkei 32

Hey OP! I realise it's been two years since you posted this, but on the off chance that you ever check in on the comments...I have exactly the same condition! I've lived with it for all of my life, but I recently got a new doctor, and she prescribed a medication called 'periactin' which solves all my problems. As long as I take it every day, I don't get migraines. It does have some minor side effects- possible drowsiness in the first week and also increased appetite leading to possible weight gain if you don't control your eating properly- but compared to the nearly constant migraines I was getting, it's definitely the better option. Hope you're doing better now, whichever path you decided on, and good luck! :)

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