Comments on: NDPH and Migraine Headache Triggers

By: Jenni Cudd

Jenni Cudd — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 20:33:44 +0000

Hi all! I just wanted to share a trigger that I have recently discovered in the hopes that it may help some of you as well.

An ingredient in Sprite, Coke and A&W rootbeer (and possibly others) has been a trigger for me. Like many of you, I avoided caffeine, and even chocolate, because i believe that they caused rebound (or caffeine addiction) headaches – even in small amounts. I switched to Sprite, and still had headaches even though my daily maintenance medicine had been working. After much trial and error, I realized that eliminating the Sprite helped ENORMOUSLY. (I researched this and couldn’t find anyone with similar triggers.) A few months ago, I had a Coke for the first time in years and had a headache within half an hour. I intend to track the ingredients that are found in both and see what I come up with, but for now, I am happier to avoid Coke and Sprite.

By the way, Dr. Pepper and Pepsi has not caused the same headaches. They don’t seem to be caffeine related (in this case) but something else.

If you can’t figure out your triggers and you are a Sprite drinker, you may try eliminating it for a week or so and see if you notice a difference. (No offense to Sprite, by the way – I miss it!)

God bless you all!

By: Headache Relief

Headache Relief — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 19:29:52 +0000

A decent article, i’ve bookmarked it so I can keep it for reference.Thanks for the article again!

By: The Pain Scale « Living with NDPH

The Pain Scale « Living with NDPH — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 20:34:28 +0000

[...] evaluate how I felt, how well I was able to function and if I ate something (like a brownie) that triggered more head pain and made everyhting worse. It forces me to focus on the pain when all I want to do [...]

By: loveispatient

loveispatient — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 14:08:04 +0000

Thanks so much for commenting and sharing this with others. I’m glad you found me!
It is probably true that diet changes may not have an effect on all NDPH sufferers. For me, it has helped decrease the pain and, like you, when I eat things on my list, my pain is higher.
Please stop by again and keep me updated on anything that helps you.
Wishing you a low pain day,
Amy

By: Diane G.

Diane G. — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 12:51:01 +0000

Hi,
I’ve had daily headaches for about a year now. I just started trying the elimination diet from Heal Your Headaches but got discouraged after reading a NDPH forum where a bunch of NDPH people said that food didn’t make much of a difference. As soon as I started eating whatever, I started using a lot more medication.
So today, I’m starting to eliminate more foods. I’m also adding wheat to the list. I’ll add your web site to the list of resources and post about you on twitter.

Glad I found you! I had meningitis 3 times last year and my docs are only just starting to call my headaches NDPH.

Thanks
Diane