Migraines in Children

My son started getting migraines when he was almost 5. Headache would come on hard and fast. He would feel better IF he threw up, which he seemed to most times when they first started. At first he was getting them almost daily. He had to have a CT scan or MRI (forget which one) to rule out more serious problem (such as tumor or sinus problems). They gave us Naproxen to take as needed.

He would sometimes wake up with a headache but I could look at him and tell if it was a normal headache or a migraine...migraines required medicine and back to bed in a dark room. He would typically wake back up feeling better. There were times when he would be running around fine (like in a soccer game) and at half time would say "I have a headache", by the time I gave him Tylenol and he'd run back on the field (cause he wanted to)....once he vomitted and by the time they got the field cleaned, he was ready to go back out.

He seems to have grown out of them now (he's 21) but he would get several relatively close together and then nothing for long stretches.

Hi everyone . . . thank you for your posts. I didn't mention that my daughter is 8 yrs. old . . . she'll be 9 in August. She's thrown up before on different occasions, but she never complained of a headache or dizziness at those times. I think that was more post nasal drip bothering her stomach. She's able to function by going to school and playing quietly ... so I'm wondering if it's more of a lightheadedness she's feeling. It's worse for her at night when she settles down to get to sleep . . . she's been sleeping in a semi-upright position. The good thing is that she does sleep through the night . . . but there's nothing I can do to help how she feels. Thanks again for your posts . . . I'll know more after her appointments on Monday.

how old is she? I got my first when I was 13...mine are hormonal and that's when my hormones kicked in. Lights always set them off.

A friend had migraines from age 10 on. She threw up, passed out, went to bed for days. I've talked to quite a few others with similar issues through her - she's a teacher and sees this in kids. A lot can be done with healthy nutritional supplementation which restores the balance in the body and flushes out some of the offending toxins. There's also great new work being done on the research front for a wide variety of conditions and diseases that result from environmental influences and other illnesses, which are extensive. If you're interested in a simple approach after you've ruled out all the scary stuff, there's help.

My daughter has had several migraines. They came on when she was tired/thirsty/hungry. She gets a headache, then feels nauseous (sometimes throws up) then we give her something to drink and eat, and an Advil, she takes a nap or rests, and she would wake up feeling fine. She had a few per school year in 2nd through 4th grade, once in 5th grade.

Different people experience migraines differently, but I would be concerned about how long your daughter's symptoms have lasted. It sounds like you are doing everything right to find out the source.