Gut Brain Therapy

• Gut brain therapy approaches migraine pain treatment with the assumption that certain hormones in the brain need to be nourished. When the body's digestive and elimination systems are dysfunctional, the protein metabolism cycles can't balance hormones. The result is a migraine headache. Gut brain therapy sees food triggers and constipation as causes of migraines rather than symptoms. What you put in your gut causes pain in your brain. Gut brain therapy treats migraine pain by providing the liver and kidney with nutritional support to balance internal function. This treatment should prevent a migraine from coming on and reduce the number of migraines a person suffers.
  
  

Acupunture

• Acupuncture uses small, thin needles placed strategically all over the body to treat migraine pain. Patients are seen twice a week from five to 30 minutes. The patient may experience some relief after a visit or two, but for severe migraines, many treatments are needed.
  
  

Chiropractors

• Chiropractors locate bones in the spinal column that may have moved slightly and are putting pressure on nerves. The body can't communicate with the brain when nerves are under pressure, which could be the cause of migraine pain. Chiropractors shift the bones back to their proper place so that nerves are free from bone pressure and the body can heal on its own.
  
  

Drug Therapy

• Beta-blockers are prescribed for migraines as a preventative treatment. Antidepressants are sometimes prescribed by doctors who believe that serotonin levels affect migraine headaches. Calcium channel blockers help with blood vessel constriction and may decrease the number of migraines. Methysergide blocks the effects of serotonin on blood vessels. The drawback to methysergide is that there are a lot of side effects. Divalproex sodium, originally used for epilepsy, helps lessen some of the side effects of migraines.
  
  

Non-Drug Therapy

• Taking 400 mg of Vitamin B2 daily has helped some migraine sufferers. Others have found relief with magnesium. The herb feverfew leaf reduces serotonin. Those who use it report fewer migraine attacks and less painful migraines.