But it requires expert care and at times, aggressive treatment at centers with experience in treating headache. There are many ways to treat migraines. If a triggering factor such as, sleeping too late or eating or drinking the wrong foods can be avoided, then that's terrific, but most people cannot escape their headaches simply by avoiding things. Most people require some form of medication to either reverse the attack or prevent the attacks from occurring, if headaches are likely to occur quite frequently, So for frequent headache sufferers, a medication that might prevent the pain from occurring, but which must be taken daily, will be prescribed. If a headache breaks through, then a medicine to reverse the headache, such as Imitrex and others can be given to turn the headache off.
Individual people can have other food types that provoke their headaches.
Misha from sev. Many people report that chiropractic has helped them. While many others report that it didn't or even made their headaches worse. Generally speaking, neurologists such as myself, do not find any abnormality in the backs or necks of those people who believe that their back or neck is out of alignment. There has also been some serious events such as stroke after chiropractic manipulation, on the neck, in people with headache.