electro1574
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Hi.
I''ve searched the ''Net and been unable to find any reference to this, though a couple of people I''ve spoken with have stated they''ve noticed the same thing.
My Mom quit smoking going on twenty years ago, after having smoked (moderately heavy) for over thirty years. About six months after she quit smoking, she started getting an odd type of migraine headache from drinking coffee. Whatever the cause is, it''s specific to coffee, not caffeine, as she can drink any other form of caffinated beverage, take medications with caffeine, etc. with no ill effects. Type of coffee doesn''t matter, whether it''s fresh or instant, or some other food or drink made with coffee.
She''s always gotten migraines, pretty much at random, but they''ve usually started out with the common effect of first sight gets modified (cracked glass or blobs of colour) then the headache comes on. With coffee, however, it starts out as severe dizziness for ten to twenty minutes before the headache, and the dizziness continues until the headache dissipates a few hours later. Any more than a mouthfull of coffee or anything made with coffee will cause this.
She still loves the smell and taste of coffee and finds it very frustrating that she can''t have it--when she gets a regular migraine headache, she''ll usually have a cup of coffee to enjoy, since she has the pain already anyway.
Has anyone else, here, encountered something similar or have any suggestions? The doctors that Mom has spoken with about this over the years are at a loss, beyond recommending that she simply avoid coffee.
Thanks.
--- Eugen.
I''ve searched the ''Net and been unable to find any reference to this, though a couple of people I''ve spoken with have stated they''ve noticed the same thing.
My Mom quit smoking going on twenty years ago, after having smoked (moderately heavy) for over thirty years. About six months after she quit smoking, she started getting an odd type of migraine headache from drinking coffee. Whatever the cause is, it''s specific to coffee, not caffeine, as she can drink any other form of caffinated beverage, take medications with caffeine, etc. with no ill effects. Type of coffee doesn''t matter, whether it''s fresh or instant, or some other food or drink made with coffee.
She''s always gotten migraines, pretty much at random, but they''ve usually started out with the common effect of first sight gets modified (cracked glass or blobs of colour) then the headache comes on. With coffee, however, it starts out as severe dizziness for ten to twenty minutes before the headache, and the dizziness continues until the headache dissipates a few hours later. Any more than a mouthfull of coffee or anything made with coffee will cause this.
She still loves the smell and taste of coffee and finds it very frustrating that she can''t have it--when she gets a regular migraine headache, she''ll usually have a cup of coffee to enjoy, since she has the pain already anyway.
Has anyone else, here, encountered something similar or have any suggestions? The doctors that Mom has spoken with about this over the years are at a loss, beyond recommending that she simply avoid coffee.
Thanks.
--- Eugen.
