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  1. Heather
    9 April 2010 @ 11:00 pm

    I tried the gluten-free diet for migraine, but not the casein-free part. Unfortunately I didn’t have success, but I chronicled my experience and put some helpful tips/links in these posts (start at the bottom and work your way up) http://waronheadaches.blogspot.com/search/label/gluten%20free.

    It’s a tough diet, but if it works, it’s worth it!

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  2. Ricky Buchanan
    30 April 2010 @ 3:36 am

    I’ve been on the Bucholtz-style elimination diet (now significantly relaxed – I know exactly which dietary triggers affect me now!) rather than the GFCF one but my website about the experiences has several pages which are generally relevant to anybody who is going onto an elimination diet:

    http://notdoneliving.net/migraines/migraine-friendly

    Cheers,
    Ricky

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  3. Aurora
    9 January 2011 @ 3:16 pm

    I have been on gluten-free diet since August and I think it is giving good results. I noticed the difference in November when there was almost a week of not being bedbound. It was amazing! I still have headaches these days, but I do get out of bed and be useful at home. I am also still on magnesium (been on it for more than a year now). I am now taking less medication because the headaches are very mild.

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  4. Barbara
    2 May 2012 @ 5:53 pm

    I found this site googling ‘casein migraine’, as I believe I’ve found the trigger, finally, for my migraines!
    I’m not feeling too good right now because I did a challenge yesterday, eating Brie cheese on rice crackers, but previous to that I had been casein free for a month. (I don’t eat wheat at all because of a grass allergy which includes wheat.)
    Sure enough, I woke with the familiar punched-in-the-gut pain, and a cracking headache (right side only) which may or may not develop into a three-day-ringer.

    Feeling as I do now, it’s clear ro me that I have been symptom free for the last 3 weeks or so. Now I’m wondering why it took me so long to exclude casein, when I’ve known for years that it was one of the things that are often implicated in the sorts of health issues I have. I recommend that anyone who needs to find answers to mystery health problems have a look at casein.

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    • Anne
      4 May 2012 @ 6:59 am

      Be careful with the aged cheese, It has enzymes in it that aside from the casein, might cause migraine. I get a horrible migraine anytime I eat aged cheeses. You might want to try a challenge with a less tricky casein product. Wish you well.

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  5. Anna Popescu
    2 August 2012 @ 10:43 am

    I know this is an old article but I just now read it. On a hunch, I’ve been gluten-free and casein-free for several months and can definitely see a difference in the frequency of my migraines. Instead of having them everyday, they now only occur when we’re in monsoon season here in northern AZ (which is happening right now). The wildly fluctuating barometric pressure plus living at high altitude is my migraine nemesis, but the changes in my diet have made a huge impact for the better!

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  6. Shelby
    22 November 2012 @ 10:14 pm

    I, like Anna, live in the SW US and changes in barometric pressure is a huge trigger for me, but clearly not the only trigger. I am on 800 mg/day Magnesium and 400 mg/day B-2 per my Dr’s orders. Haven’t seem much changes, but she still wants to be remain on it since it doesn’t hurt. Additionally, I take Sam-E, which has helped a great deal in reducing my tension headaches that all too often triggered a migraine. I had been gluten-free in the past for non-migraine related reasons (suggested by another Dr), but never paid much attention to the effect on my migraines. Yesterday, at my Dr’s appt. for my migraines, my Dr. asked if I was willing to try to a strict diet instead of adding in a preventative pill (I take Amerge for migraines, but am not interested in taking a preventative). She “prescribed” a gluten-free, dairy-free diet, which she herself has had success with being a migraineur as well. The gluten part isn’t an issue since I am already allergic to barley, which seems to be in most everything wheat to enrich the flour. Of course, it will take some getting used to, but I am excited to see if it makes a difference!

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  7. Tangential
    9 November 2017 @ 7:44 pm

    I first noticed a casein-related migraine trigger when first using a dentist-provided remineralization paste. The paste had a specific warning about casein sensitivity. This only began when I was
    around 50 years old.

    With the passage of time, I found that choosing dark chocolate over milk chocolate, soft cheeses at room temperature over traditional hard ones such as cheddar or Swiss, and the complete substitution of probioltic milk products instead of simple homoginized milk leaves me free of migraines.

    From researching on the internet , I have concluded that everyday atmospheric exposure to toxic black mold spores over several years in my new home city of Halifax, Canada led to the onset of my casein-specific migraine condition.

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