I have a history of migraines so not sure if what's going on is normal or not. I came out of surgery with one (okay - anesthesia does that sometimes). Weather changed and I got a bad one (normal). They are just hanging on. Anyone else have problems with migraines being more frequent, longer after banding? Maybe it's just my body detoxing? I only drank one or two Diet Pepsis per month before but I did drink iced tea and I have only had a few sips of tea so my caffeine intake has gone down. Just wanted to check before I have to go back to another doctor for my head.

It may be detox from the caffeine and also my doctor told me that a new study came out that increasing calcium ( which when I drank 5 or 6 dietcokes a day, I am sure that what little calcium I consumed was leached out of my body) has been shown to decrease migraines. Yipee, hope that your migraine is better soon. Best of luck.

I used to have 10-12 migraines a month. They responded to medication but still......

However, since I had surgery I have not had a single one, even with my TOM. I have no explanation for this, just an observation.

HOpefully after a few more days you wont have any more. I really empathize with you on this as I know they can be very debilitating.

It's funny you ask about this because my husband and I were just talking about this today! I have had migraines since 3rd grade and take a daily medication to prevent them. I was also a caffeine addict before surgery and have done good in the 4 weeks since I've had the band. (I've had 2 ice teas and 2 cups of coffee total and the coffee left me so jittery I couldn't stand it!!!) My husband looked up caffeine addiction online and found an article that said caffeine causes your body to produce extra spinal fluid. After a while, your body doesn't produce as much because it relies on the caffeine to create it. If you quit cold turkey, you no longer have the caffeine to create spinal fluid and you run low because your body "forgets" to produce enough and so you have a headache. After a while, this stops because your body kicks in again. I thought that was an interesting idea....I've had an increase in my migraines since surgery as well and it's not fun. In fact, I have one building now, but we have a storm system about to come through the area, so that's probably the cause. I'm a human barometer!!! Good luck!