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<blockquote data-quote="meowbunny" data-source="post: 66727" data-attributes="member: 3626"><p>I'm with your son. I have to be awake at least an hour before I even consider anything resembling food. If I eat earlier than that, I am truly ill. I've been this way my entire life. My mom's compromise was to have me get ready for school, eat a piece of fruit while I walked to school and then have the rest of my breakfast at snack or break time. I still pretty much follow that regimen today -- get up, putz around, eat a banana, work (at home), break at 10 am and eat breakfast.</p><p></p><p>I've also suffered migraines most of my life. There is no question that cutting out the caffeine and nicotine helped tremendously. Of course, the first week of no caffeine and I had headaches from caffeine withdrawal. </p><p></p><p>I don't think I could have agreed to follow your doctor's rules as a teen, no matter how bad my headaches were then. To give up my pops and my smokes was not something I was willing to do then. I didn't have the discipline and I certainly wouldn't have put up the withdrawal headaches. Truth is, I don't think I was ready to even listen to a doctor tell me what I needed to do for my own health until my 30s and it was my 40s before I followed his advice. </p><p></p><p>I do still get the occasional migraine but not like I used to. Now, they occur more like once or twice a month and I can attribute them to something I ate or lack of sleep. There are no more daily headaches, either. I do still get a headache at least once a week but not the type that would have me going to the emergency room for a shot of demerol.</p><p></p><p>So, try it for you. He may try it if he sees it helps you but even if it doesn't, at least you might get some relief. There are just some things we can't force our kids to do no matter what.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="meowbunny, post: 66727, member: 3626"] I'm with your son. I have to be awake at least an hour before I even consider anything resembling food. If I eat earlier than that, I am truly ill. I've been this way my entire life. My mom's compromise was to have me get ready for school, eat a piece of fruit while I walked to school and then have the rest of my breakfast at snack or break time. I still pretty much follow that regimen today -- get up, putz around, eat a banana, work (at home), break at 10 am and eat breakfast. I've also suffered migraines most of my life. There is no question that cutting out the caffeine and nicotine helped tremendously. Of course, the first week of no caffeine and I had headaches from caffeine withdrawal. I don't think I could have agreed to follow your doctor's rules as a teen, no matter how bad my headaches were then. To give up my pops and my smokes was not something I was willing to do then. I didn't have the discipline and I certainly wouldn't have put up the withdrawal headaches. Truth is, I don't think I was ready to even listen to a doctor tell me what I needed to do for my own health until my 30s and it was my 40s before I followed his advice. I do still get the occasional migraine but not like I used to. Now, they occur more like once or twice a month and I can attribute them to something I ate or lack of sleep. There are no more daily headaches, either. I do still get a headache at least once a week but not the type that would have me going to the emergency room for a shot of demerol. So, try it for you. He may try it if he sees it helps you but even if it doesn't, at least you might get some relief. There are just some things we can't force our kids to do no matter what. [/QUOTE]
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