Avoid Holiday Headaches

The holiday season can be a fun time, unless you have a migraine. Nothing can spoil a good time quicker then the feeling of a headache coming on. Our only business is to keep you from having migraines and so we are passing along a few tips that can help you avoid headaches during this season. 

 1.       Sleep. Maintain your regular sleep schedule. Late night holiday parties may be fun, but there could be a price to pay if you don't get enough sleep. Also keep in mind that if you regularly get headaches around 4 AM, we can help solve this problem. 

 2.       Eat. Watch what you eat.  Holiday party foods often contain ingredients that trigger headaches.  If your first bite of that savory food tastes too good to be true, stop eating because it most likely contains MSG or other artificial ingredients the can cause you a migraine. Don't let anyone force you to "just try it" because they made it - it is your head that will hurt not theirs. 

 3.       Drink. Avoid red wine and drink alcoholic beverages in moderation.   Don't fool yourself into thinking you can get away with something during the holidays - migraines don't take holidays. 

 4.       Smell. Odors abound during this season. Watch out for those perfume counters that may give you a headache. In uncharted territory, have your fellow shopper sniff them out before you end up cutting the shopping spree short with a migraine.  If you are sitting near someone who has too much perfume for you to handle, move to avoid a headache.

 5.       Medication. If you take a medication for your headaches, make sure you have sufficient amounts before you travel. You do not want to find yourself without your medications during the holidays.

 6.       Stress. Holiday stress can give anyone a headache, but yours can be a painful migraine. If stress is a migraine trigger, give yourself permission to take a break. Shopping and even too much "family togetherness" can be stressful, so take a break, rest for awhile and have quiet time for just you.

 7.       Enjoy. It sounds as if you have to spend all your time watching out for the threats for migraines - not true -  if you are on Tuliv Migraine Defense for the prevention of migraines, many of the above shouldn't bother you as much; however, do take care and avoid the things that you know trigger your migraines.

 Call us if you have any questions 1-866-367-5953 - you are not alone - we are here to help you be migraine-free.

 Happy Holidays from all of us at Tuliv - your center for migraine prevention.

 Contact us if you have questions or would like to visit more about migraine prevention.

Please email us at Questions@Tuilv.net or call 1-866-367-5953.

Could you be suffering from perimenopausal migraines?

 After listening to a woman on the phone describing her migraine pattern, I reasoned that she was in her mid-forties (she later told me she was 45). I am not clairvoyant; rather I have found life-time migraine patterns to be similar for much of the female population. In this case, the migraine pattern was clearly that of a woman in her perimenopause stage of life. 

 Perimenopause, which can start as early as 35, is the time when the symptoms and discomforts of menopause first appear, including hot flashes, mood changes, weight gain and unfortunately, an increased level of intense migraines.

 Throughout a woman's life, from puberty through menopause, migraine patterns are generally correlated to the changes or fluctuation of what are called hormone messengers secreted from the pituitary gland in the brain.  These messenger hormones are responsible for regulating the production of other hormones such as estrogen and progesterone during the menstrual cycle and are seen in our research as the causing agents for migraines. 

 Unfortunately, the secretion of these messenger hormones which control the regulation of estrogen and progesterone becomes sporadic during perimenopause resulting in the increased level in severity, frequency, and duration of migraines as they become chronic daily migraines.

 Treatment, especially for the prevention of perimenopausal migraines, can be very challenging during this time of life when the migraines become resistant to pharmaceutical therapy. Although it was once thought that hormone replacement therapy (HRT) may provide some relief, it is now the conclusion of the Mayo Clinic, among many others, that the notion of HRT or the use of supplemental estrogen or progesterone to control or alleviate migraines during perimenopause is not an effective treatment and in many cases actually exacerbates the migraine problem. 

 Stopping Perimenopausal Migraines

 It seems as though many doctors give up on their perimenopausal women migraine patients when the medications that once controlled the migraines begin to rapidly fail and the side effects from such drugs become too adverse for the woman. 

 Perhaps it is for this reason that the majority of Tuliv migraine clients using Tuliv Migraine Defense daily are women in perimenopause. Tuliv Migraine Defense was originally created to control perimenopausal migraines and essentially provides a migraine-free life for the women who take it daily.  If are over 35 and your migraines are getting worse, than you may well benefit from Tuliv Migraines Defense and enjoy a new migraine-free stage of life.   

Read more about controlling migraines, hot flashes, and even the weight gain associated with menopause. Here you will also find solutions to these problems.

How My Migraines Ended

A personal story of success often speaks louder than any scientific data can to prove the value of a product or service. Throughout the years, Tuliv has received countless testimonies from those we have helped with our Migraine Defense product and the services we provide for the prevention of migraines. The following is one such testimony by Tammy Elliott that we received this week.

My Testimony by Tammy Elliott

I posted this on Facebook because I want everyone to know how you and your product have helped me:

This is my story and I'm sticking to it....About this same time last year I was in bed 2-5 days a week with migraines...by the time I came out of it and got my energy back I was knocked back down on my butt with another one...I am a positive, upbeat person who has a good outlook on life and I was feeling depressed, discouraged and wondering how I was going to go on....I told myself, you don't just have migraines, these are chronic.

I googled chronic migraines to look for some help....over to the side was an ad for a natural treatment product created to prevent migraines. I don't normally check these out but something told me to take a look.

Everything and I mean everything this article said was completely true regarding what I had been suffering with for 30 years....yes, 30 years. I've had migraines since I was 13...so I gave them a call.

The first thing they did was to listen to me and ask questions about my migraines. They made suggestions which I did and I started taking their product. It is now a year later and it's been a very long time since I've had a migraine wake me up in the middle of the night and the past few "headaches" I've had I've been able to take aspirin and Tylenol to treat them rather than prescription strength Naproxin and Imitrex.

This product is called, "Tuliv Migraine Defense" and it has been created by a Christian couple, Lyle and Eileen Henry, who will personally talk to you and counsel you on the phone to help you get better. I am just soooo thankful to my Heavenly Father for how He takes care of me!!!!

Thank you~

Tammy Elliott

 

Fibromyalgia, Migraines and the Aches and Pains

People who suffer from migraines, i.e. migraineurs, quite often suffer from aches and pains that can also symptoms of other conditions that are thought to be closely associated with migraines, including fibromyalgia. Although one condition is not caused by the other, they often occur at the same time.

 The symptoms of fibromyalgia are so similar to those felt by migraine sufferers (aside from the headache pain) that at times it may be difficult to distinguish if they are simply caused by the migraine syndrome or from fibromyalgia. Both conditions can produce widespread aches and pains, fatigue, insomnia, bowel problems (irritable bowel syndrome), memory/concentration issues, mood swings and distressed sleep.  Attacks of each are susceptible to the same types of triggers, including hormonal changes.

Defining strategies to overcome the problems of these conditions are similar and should include avoiding triggers, regular exercise (as  tolerated),  getting a good night's sleep, eating a balanced diet,  stress reduction, massage, and dietary supplements.  In some cases pharmaceuticals may be warranted. Migraineurs have to be more cautious about choosing remedies so as not to aggravate the migraine syndrome.

Most aches and pains are induced by inflammation of soft tissue in the body, mainly pain in the neck and shoulders for migraineurs. By design, our Migraine Defense formula for the prevention of migraines includes an ingredient that contains Gamma Linolenic Acid (GLA) which is a substance the body needs to produce anti-inflammatory prostaglandins for pain reduction. For this reason, many of our clients who take Migraine Defense report that their body aches and pains have been reduced.

Reducing inflammation is not only important in defending against migraines, it is the number one remedy for fighting the daily aches and pains associated with migraines and or fibromyalgia.  For this reason, Tuliv has introduced a product for the specific purpose of helping to reduce inflammation in the body, called Tuliv EPO. For more information on Tuliv EPO click here or see the list of Tuliv Wellness products.

Fatigue is another major problem associated with either of these conditions or in life in general as we age. To overcome daily fatigue we recommend our product Tuliv T'Energy. T'Energy is a combination of natural substances in capsule form that provides for extended daily energy without the jitters that can come with energy drinks. For more information on Tuliv T'Energy click here or see the list of Tuliv Wellness products.

Whether you are suffering from the aches and pains of migraine or fibromyalgia, we feel that our products can be of great benefit to you. If you have questions, please contact me at lxhenry@Tuliv.net or call 1-866-367-5953 and ask for me.

Lyle Henry

New Migraine Guidelines Include Non-prescription Alternatives

From a report by Stephen D. Silberstein, MD

Neurologists and other physicians who care for patients with migraine must be prepared to offer appropriate preventive treatments… clinicians should be ready to offer therapies with the greatest potential to reduce the frequency, severity, or duration of migraines for that particular patient. The focus on non-prescription and non-traditional interventions for migraine is especially important. Although some clinicians are dismissive of complementary therapies, the comprehensive literature review undertaken for the guideline development shows that controlled trials have been conducted for some therapies. Furthermore, some of these trials show that these non-prescription agents may offer promise in the management of migraine. Those individuals interested in treatment alternatives can be directed to agents with evidence.

Full report at http://bmctoday.net/practicalneurology/2012/06/article.asp?f=new-guidelines-update-approach-to-episodic-migraine-prevention

Stephen D. Silberstein, MD is Professor of Neurology and Director of the Jefferson Headache Center at Thomas Jefferson University. He is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians (ACP) and the American Headache Society (AHS), and the American Academy of Neurology (AAN).

Today many doctors and clinicians include Tuliv Migraine Defense as part of the recommended migraine treatment plan for patients. For more information on Tuliv Migraine Defense and why physicians recommend it, see http://Tuilv.com

Sinus Headache or Migraine?

This article on sinus and migraine headaches first appeared on my blog 2009 and since then many other migraine researchers came to the same conclusion as I stated and most recently at the 54th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Headache Society in Los Angeles a paper was delivered addressing the issue of misdiagnosing sinus/migraine headaches. For these reason, I felt I needed to bring this important message once again to the forefront.

People often wonder... Am I getting the correct diagnosis? Perhaps the most misdiagnosed migraine is the sinus headache. A study by the Mayo Clinic found that nearly 9 in 10 people who were diagnosed with sinus headaches were actually suffering from migraines.

Although some of the symptoms including congestion, pressure and pain in the forehead and around the eyes are similar. In most cases, the symptoms of a sinus infection are generally accompanied by fever, swollen lymph nodes and a persistent green or yellow nasal discharge. If you don't have those symptoms along with your headache, it is most likely a frontal migraine.

Doctors unwittingly and ineffectively treat the symptoms of a frontal migraine as a sinus infection through the use of antibiotics and prescription or OTC sinus remedies. More severe treatments often include sinus scrapings, surgeries, and nasal medication - all of which are of no avail because of the misdiagnoses.

In order to understand why a migraine feels like a sinus headache we need to review the problem area of a migraine. The pain of a migraine headache is felt when the blood vessels intertwined with the trigeminal nerves begin to expand and put pressure on the nerve endings. This trigeminal-vascular system runs from the temporal lobes along each side of the head and then branches out behind the eyes across the forehead, into the cheeks and down the jaw line. The ends of each side of this system meet to surround the sinus cavity.

As part of the migraine syndrome, the tiny hair-like blood vessels expand and swell around the sinus cavity causing a squeezing-like pressure on it which results in a feeling of sinus congestion and pain.

Much time and money, not to mention the amount of pain, is often spent on trying to fight the wrong cause of migraines. The true cause of migraines is not a problem with a person's sinuses (nor does it have anything to do with the jaw, teeth, or the neck as it is sometimes thought). Since migraines are genetic and caused by an abnormal responses to hormone production, there is no sinus remedy that will help prevent a migraine from occurring.

Tuliv Migraine Defense is the only anti-migraine product that builds a natural defense system in the body to help prevent migraines.

If you have any questions or would like to visit more about this subject or any aspect of migraines, please call 1-866-367-5953 (9 AM to 3 PM CST M-F) or send an email anytime to Questions@Tuliv.net.

Do you know someone who has complained about "sinus headaches"? If so, please forward this article to him or her.

Melatonin and Migraines

Does melatonin help prevent migraine or can it be a migraine trigger? 

Thank you, Cheri

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HI Cheri,

Good question.

Melatonin is a natural hormone secreted from a gland called the pineal gland. For the most part we can think of melatonin as the hormone that induces sleep.

Hormones can be secreted in regulated cycles or sporadically in reaction to internal and even external needs. For example, adrenalin may be secreted when we are suddenly startled or a as reaction to a normal process of the body.

Melatonin is more or less a cyclical hormone that starts to get secreted around 4 o'clock in the afternoon and is the reason we may feel let-down around that time of the day. In England it is traditionally the time for afternoon tea as a pickup.

Melatonin starts to leave the body or is actually converted to another hormone, serotonin, around 4 o'clock in the morning. It appears that this melatonin conversion process can trigger a migraine headache. For this reason many people who get migraines, often wake up around this time with a full-blown headache. So from that point of view one could say that melatonin may be the blame for a migraine.

Having said that, it is interesting to note that melatonin can also help in the prevention of migraines when used properly. Because of the phenomena mentioned above, sometimes adding a small amount of timed-released melatonin at night appears to help the conversion process in the morning and thus prevent a headache. We find this to be especially helpful when a person is also taking our Tuliv Migraine Defense product for the prevention of migraines.

To read more about how the time of day affects migraines, see Morning Migraines

Lyle

Tuliv Migraine Defense

1-866-367-5953

www.Tuliv.com