Migrastick, 0.1 Fl Oz

This essential oil concoction is great for when I think I might have a headache coming on or when I do have one. The essential oils of lavender and peppermint are strong and effective. Every time I apply this at work, the other co-workers passing in the hallway outside my office can smell it, that's how strong it is when you first apply it. It takes a few minutes for it to be absorbed. It works for me and I will continue to use it. I ordered a few of these so my parents could try them and it has helped them greatly. I also will sometimes apply a little bit of the oil on my upper lip to help with stress and am seeking something to mellow myself out. Sometimes I will apply this because it helps me sleep as well if I had a rough day. Be careful to not get too close to your eyes, if it does get close then the fumes will make your eyes kind of water until it has mostly absorbed into the skin. I apply rolling this oil on my temples, my forehead, and the back of my neck when I have a headache coming on. You will have to experiment with this to see how much you will need to use and may need to start with a little and work your way up if you are not used to strong essential oils.

I love this! It may not eliminate the pain in my temple/jaw joint area, but it sure does feel good when I use it! The mint smell is wonderfully strong and helps me feel better and it rolls on cool and refreshing to distract me from the pain and take some of the edge off. It's really great for when you don't have an ice-pack handy. It may even make pain stop just a little bit sooner - it's hard for me to tell because I usually have a dull pain for a while and then every hour or so a sharp intensity pain comes along for 2 - 5 minutes. I use this when the pain starts to intensify. I bought a double pack right after getting my first one so I can keep one in my purse and one on each floor so I always have one handy. You just have to be careful not to rub your eyes if you get some on your fingers because it will sting briefly if you get it in your eye.

I've suffered with migraines since I was in high school. Usually I'd take an aspirin and lay down hoping I would ge away. My wife found this product at a health food store. I tried it the next migraine AND IT WAS GONE IN 5-10 MINUTES! No more "tunnel vision" or nausea from migraines. Just rub a little under your nose is all it takes. So now, when I even feel a headache or migraine coming, I apply this roll on essential oil. STOPS THEM COLD!No more aspirin, just this. Easier on your stomach because aspirin can effect your stomach in harmful ways. Especially if you're older. The peppermint scent is very soothing. I keep one with me at ALL TIMES.Try it and see. It works for me. 😃👍

This stuff is great for my tension headaches. My headaches typically have a nausea component, as well as trigger points in the brow, neck, and temples. It provides some topical relief on those trigger points; you can also use the roller-ball applicator to massage the trigger points, but typically by the time I'm using this stuff mine are too sensitive to do much of that. I find the smell very pleasant -- it's strongly minty, but doesn't smell medicinal like muscle rub. The peppermint scent also helps with the nausea. I've tried making my own version of this item using peppermint and lavender essential oils in jojoba oil as a carrier; but I either don't have the proportions right, or, quite likely, it doesn't work as well because the original product contains isopropyl myristate which apparently helps it absorb into the skin. Furthermore, the little vials are really convenient and I love having one at home and one to carry around with me.

I recommend these to everyone I know that suffers from headaches! they work great and I love the smell. I rub it on my neck muscle, which is the cause of my headaches, and it helps keep my headache from flaring up bad and at times, even takes the headache away most of the time.

Since these products (doTerra PastTense and My-Grastick, both purchased on Amazon) are so similar and I have purchased and used both, I thought it might be helpful to do a review comparing the two. As a long-time migraine sufferer (about 57 years now), anything that I can add to my arsenal of helpful migraine products is a good thing. Nothing, of course, cures migraines or takes the place of my meds. But when the meds take too long to kick in, when it's one of those migraines that lasts for days and nothing seems to help... these are both products that can help take the edge off the pain and make it a little more tolerable.It always helps to have something cooling on the back of my neck, and over my eyes, and on my temples when I have a migraine. My preferred go-to has always been an ice pack. But alas, since I work for a living, lying in bed with an ice pack is not always an option. Years ago, my chiropractor introduced me to Biofreeze. I love the product and went thru many tubes of it (there is also a roll-on version.) But both versions, while helpful at home, are too large to easily throw into my purse and have with me when I'm on the go. So I was excited, last year, when somebody introduced me to doTerra PastTense. And then recently I discovered and ordered some My-Grastick, thinking that it seemed a lot less expensive than the doTerra.Both products are similar, using essential oils to provide a tingling, cooling feeling. As it turns out, the two products are pretty similarly priced. DoTerra is $20.35 for a tiny roll-on bottle. My-Grastick is about $7.97. What I didn't realize until I received it is that the My-Grastick bottle is much tinier... 3 ml versus 10 ml for the DoTerra bottle. However, both are tiny enough to easily fit into a pocket or throw into the bottom of my purse and take with me anywhere. Clearly, though, I'll go through the My-Grasticks a lot faster so I'll need more of them. The advantage, though, is that I can buy 3 bottles of My-Grastick for the same price as one bottle of DoTerra... which means I can split them up, leave one in my desk at work, leave one in my purse, leave one next to my bed, etc. That makes it more cost effective if you want to have bottles handy in various places.Both products have a strong odor... and the primarily overwhelming odor of both is a mixture of lavender and peppermint oil... although the doTerra also has some other ingredients (wintergreen, frankincense, cilantro, marjoram, roman chamomile, basil, and rosemary). I don't particularly notice these other odors... mostly, I smell lavender and mint with both products. I know that some migraineurs hate ANY odors so this is a disadvantage for many. The smell doesn't particularly bother me as long as I quickly get that tingly cooling feeling on my head. But the doTerra odor is definitely a lot stronger (although preferable, since I prefer the odor of wintergreen to peppermint)... so I worry that it is going to annoy people around me if I use it when I'm out. The doTerra also seems to have a much stronger tingly sensation, which I like. It seems to work a lot faster and I don't need to use it as often. However, it also is much oilier to put on, and sometimes drips into my eyes which is agonizing (I have to grab a wet cool washcloth to get my eyes to stop stinging). And, since I occasionally use a Cefaly device, I have to remember not to use doTerra too close to using my Cefaly, because the oils definitely interfere with the ability of the Cefaly electrode patch to stick onto my forehead. The My-Grastick just generally seems milder, not as oily and not as smelly (good), but not as intense a tingly feeling (bad), so I seem to need to use more of it more often.There is a time and place for everything, and these are both good products for those times when it just isn't feasible to use an icepack. A cure? No, there is none. And as essential oils, these are both touted to help with relaxation. I find it near impossible to relax when I'm in pain. But both of these products, with their pluses and minuses, do a decent job of bringing my pain level down a notch, which is a good thing. So I am grateful for both, and will keep a supply of both products on hand at all times.