migraines

format_quote Originally Posted by Scimitar

Females have a lighter touch, so you'd be on good hands... there is no official qualification in Hijama which is recognised by the UK Government, education or medical authorities - it is however, termed under "Alternative Therapies" and therefore has a foothold inside of "non conventional therapies" market. But to asnwer your question, it does help to know that the person who performs Hijama cupping has had adequate training from a reputable provider such as http://www.hijamaclinic.net/ which is where I did my course.



A smile crept up on my face reading that, gosh, I remember that feeling - it's worse than pain. Pain actually feels like a relief next to that pressure cooker nauseating nincompoopery.



These 7 points is where I had the cups on my back, I believe the upper four which are in diamond formation helped enormously with the migraines.



Going from having two to three debilitating migraines a week to having none, is quite liberating Alhamdulillah. Not had hijama on head yet, however - for curiosities sake, here you go:



NOTE: I didn't do hijama on the head, just on those spots which are above in the image.

Scimi

My migraines literally feel like there is something in my brain, and moves about squeezing me, sometimes i have the pain of migraine, cluster and tension headche all in one amplified to another level, and literally like you said only another pain takes away that pain, and drilling a hole in my head sounds fabolous right now, im not sensitive to light, or sound, just movement and the nausea that comes with this is just disturbing, before i had to take anti sickness tablets which suprisingly did NOTHING.
The only bonus i have is i can watch tv without getting worse .
Well other times i had to be in a darkend room with no sound and wear ear plugs and eye patches it was that bad.

I may try the hijama it seems like the only option left for me, everything else has failed miserably, my doctor keeps throwing me these tablets which have 0 effect, i think iv gone through every migraine tablet available and the one thing that actually made a tiny difference a cabbage leaf stuck on my head (no idea why it helped even though it was little i noticed the pain subsided a bit)

Im definitely going to look into this since it can be done without shaving my head.

Thanks a bunch bro

Jazakallahu khairn

You did a course in hijama ma'sha'Allah - I would so do that if there was a class nearby!

I have seen videos of hijama being done, blood and needles don't make me queasy it's just that I'd need to be 100% sure someone qualified and with plenty of experience is doing it (I'm a paranoid person )

It is Sunnah and is what the Prophet (pbuh) himself recommended...so if you could find someone with the qualifications I wouldn't see the harm.

What about blackseeds? It's also sunnah and is an overall very healthy food, so even if it doesn't help migraines it would be good for you anyway?

format_quote Originally Posted by Scimitar

Yet, drilling a hole in your cranium with a power tool doesn't?

I used to be scared of needles too. And the sight of blood would make me queezy, seriously. Hijama was the last option left, and I had no idea who well it would work for me Alhamdulillah. I remember when the cups came off and the practitioner showed me the blood, he asked if I wanted to see it - I didn't want to sound like a scaredy cat so I said "sure" and he showed me the blood - it looked like raspberry jelly, it was thick and sticky like syrup and jelly like - that should have made me sick, and pass out. Yet, I was absolutely fine because I knew I was there for hijama and saw videos of it already... And today, I can do hijama on others without a phobia of blood, Allahu Akbar.

As for the cuts, they are barely cuts to be honest - 2mm scratches, very tiny... make sure whoever does this, doesn't make long scratches - typically they should be around 2mm in length.

Scimi

I dont know what it is, but i can deal with certain types of pain, but if a needle comes near me i will cry and have a panic attack like someone is trying to kill me.
But yes i would prefer a drill to my head than a needle anywehere near me

I was watching a few videos since you mentioned it and it does look rather "pukish" i usually can deal with blood in big quantities but when its small it makes me feel weird

Yea hijama for me is the last resort i have tried everything and nothing works.

Those cuts sound like they are not pleasant at all ... il just pretend to myself its my cats attacking me in numerous places that might make me feel better

(Yes i realise i am not a normal person )

format_quote Originally Posted by noraina

You did a course in hijama ma'sha'Allah - I would so do that if there was a class nearby!

I have seen videos of hijama being done, blood and needles don't make me queasy it's just that I'd need to be 100% sure someone qualified and with plenty of experience is doing it (I'm a paranoid person )

It is Sunnah and is what the Prophet (pbuh) himself recommended...so if you could find someone with the qualifications I wouldn't see the harm.

What about blackseeds? It's also sunnah and is an overall very healthy food, so even if it doesn't help migraines it would be good for you anyway?

I think right now, a drill to my head would be absolutely wonderfull.
Care to do the honours?

format_quote Originally Posted by muslimah_B

I think right now, a drill to my head would be absolutely wonderfull.
Care to do the honours?

Ukhti you took sis Aisha way too seriously

Do you really want your skull to look like this ?



Seriously though may Allah swt give you complete and beautiful shifa xxx

format_quote Originally Posted by noraina

Ukhti you took sis Aisha way too seriously

Do you really want your skull to look like this ?



Seriously though may Allah swt give you complete and beautiful shifa xxx

Just need a smaller hole, the size of a small drill bit

Look il do anything to get this pressure off my brain right now, and iv have one back to back from the beginning of this week till now and no sign of let up at all

Ameen thank you

format_quote Originally Posted by Serinity

is it your WHOLE body that hurts?

do some massage to yourself, circulate your blood.. Or something..Stretch your neck.

My whole entire head hurts, behind my eye feels weird and like theres a pressure on my eyeball, my brain feels like its being squeezed like a alien inside, then il have throbbing pains it will stop and start up when it wants, then sometimes the pain will move around my head from different sides then go back to the side it started on, then when i move my head it feels like there is something inside my head

What kinda helps is pulling the skin away from my head and pulling my eyelids its like it takes away pressure..
Done massages before it doesnt help the pain

format_quote Originally Posted by Serinity

Jinn? Idk..

Does it feel like there is a monster inside you? are you stressful?

Can jinns actually cause migraines?

im always stressed lol

Not literally a monster but the pressure in my head feels like it and when the pain moves around

format_quote Originally Posted by muslimah_B

Look il do anything to get this pressure off my brain right now, and iv have one back to back from the beginning of this week till now and no sign of let up at all

You might have an intolerance to yeast. Have you considered consulting a naturopathic practitioner and doing some tests?

May Allah grant you complete shifaa. Aameen.

format_quote Originally Posted by Serinity

Cluster headaches? Is it unbearable? I wonder what you must have done to achieve this. What have you done in your childhood. When did it start?

Its definately migraine, coz i always have aurora (where your eyesight goes fuzzy then the pain comes in) but then sometimes the il have mixture of cluster, migraine and tension all in one.
Its unbareable when i move my head , im a bit sensitive to sound not sensitive to light at all

https://www.migrainetrust.org/about-...egic-migraine/

^ i get this one once the stroke symptoms subside, im left with the excruciating pain, of the 3 different types of headaches, and movement just makes my head throb

My 1st ever migraine was when i was 16 and im 25 now

format_quote Originally Posted by piXie

You might have an intolerance to yeast. Have you considered consulting a naturopathic practitioner and doing some tests?

May Allah grant you complete shifaa. Aameen.

Ameen

I have a doctors appointment on the 8th of august again, as i honestly cant carry on with this with nothing working at all, and just having to wait untill the pain goes,
my doctor has tried so many different tablets with me that have 0 effect at all, so i remember her saying if that all fails, she would book me in with a specialist for a brain scan to be on the safe side (which tbh is a bit scary) but having back to back pains in my head is not something im looking foward to at all.

I dont think i have intolerance to anything except maybe cream, but that only gives me a bellyache not headaches or migraines

Yeast, do you mean like bread & pizza dough, i have that alot and never had migraines from it even when my migraines calmed down before

format_quote Originally Posted by Tim_the_Plumber

My advice, for what it's worth;

Try not eating any sugar for a week. It is very hard to avoid in the modern world so it might not be practicle but sugar will mess up your system for several days.

If it works come back and shout about it!!

You know i tried that before for about 2-weeks when I done high fat low carb diet, and my mood swings were off the charts lol, but i cant say if it helped my migraines or not as i done it during the time when my migraines wernt coming every week.

I can try again but being without cakes made me sad and is a form of torture to me LOL

But i have dramatically cut down the amount of suagr i have, and now only use natvia (those expensive natural ones, i think ones diabetics can use it)

Ya know, talking about migraines doesn't help you, right?

Book yourself in for hijama.

Scimi