Migraine/Potential brain tumour???!

Doesnt sound like brain tumour really. Neurofen really wont do a massive amount for headaches - try co-codamol unless you're allergic to paracetamol or codeine. Better still try the pink migraleive because they contain an anti-emetic, which will stop the nausea, and aid the absorption of the painkiller (i think its co-codamol in them)

Migrane, I get them all the time... but I do understand you worrying as I had pains which seemed different from a migrane but it turned out to be nothing. I find I puke up paracetamol if I take them so usually use codine or co-codamol, if I don't have those I use calpol, seriously it works.
Other than that, take a hot shower and sleep in a dark room.

Its the codeine in co-codamol that really works on migraine. Essentially it is an opiate (related to morphine and heroin) so works as a really strong pain killer (cant remember why it is particularly more affective on migraine rather than headache but there is a physiological reason). Obviously dont take them too often because, like all opiates, there is potential for addiction

Its the codeine in co-codamol that really works on migraine. Essentially it is an opiate (related to morphine and heroin) so works as a really strong pain killer (cant remember why it is particularly more affective on migraine rather than headache but there is a physiological reason). Obviously dont take them too often because, like all opiates, there is potential for addiction

Aye, but my stash of codine is running low and as they kicked up a fuss about giving it to me last time I thought I'd add about co-codamol incase they couldn't get it.

Same thing happened to me. Luckily my tolerance to paracetamol is high so can take a bit of codiene still. Apparantly people are getting smart and trying to abuse codiene now instead of demerol etc.

It is an opiate isn't it? I really do think I'm addicted though, but not by any fault of my own, I've been prescibed it since I was a kid for pain relief and now other pain killers don't work as well... I can't have neat paracetamol cause it just comes back up.

It is an opiate. The body converts some of it to morphine which kills the headache. It also converts it to other stuff as well some of which help with headaches.

It is possible to become addicted to it as it is nearly the same as taking a lvery low dose or morphine. However codiene is taking 2 or 3 times a day for a long rtime... thats a lots of morphine.

If you haven't had codiene in any form for a few days, and you are addcited you get withdrawal (usually flu-like symptoms). If you think you are addicted/ going through withdrawal, you should get to your gp soon as codiene withdrawal is very unpleasant. A few deaths have even been attributed to it - but this is of course is the rarest of the rare.

Your case doesn't seem like addiction to me though. Sometimes one drug does really work that well. Physiologicol as well as pyscological reasoning for it.

Oooh thats interesting because when I stopped taking it around christmas I got terribly ill then had a car-crash and got more =me being fine then had a come-down again... how weird.

Oooo How are you know with codiene?

The advice given seems good - I doubt it is a brain tumour, BUT if it persists, do go to a doctor, because I had a friend a few years ago who had brain surgery to remove a tumour, so young people do sometimes get them. I'm sure you'll be fine. The other question is: Do you get back pain? Because sometimes the two can be linked, and a Chiropractor's manipulations can help to solve both.