Migraines

[Scooter's Mom]

I just found this thread...

I have had migraines for many years. I have to take Topamax as a preventative. Then if I do get a migraine I take Imitrex.

I was having migraines for about 4 of the 7 days every week, until I started the Topamax. Now I have maybe one a month, sometimes as infrequently as one every 3 months.

Sure does make working hard when you can't open your eyes! Thankfully the Topamax has them MOSTLY under control.

[Scooter's Mom]

Wow, I was the last to reply to this thread.

Since I commented about migraines, mine have gone out of control again. I am back to having migraine headaches all the time. Daily now. I've been to the ER several times, discovered not to let them give me morphine as the rebound headache is even worse than the original migraine. The nausea that accompanies the migraine is the pits... It is constant.

I can't take most of the Excedrin products, because I developed an allergy to aspirin.

Anyone else have their migraine headaches recently get worse?

[Nomilynn]

I have recently made the connection that my migraines mostly happen around my period, usually the worst on the first few days I go off the pill for the week. I googled it and realised that there is something called menstrual migraines, and it's more common in women that take the pill due to the sudden drop of the hormone during the week you don't take it. I've recently started a lower dose pill so I'm hoping this will help me. I've noticed this in only the past 3-4 months.

I also trigger migraines when my blood sugars have gone crazy, like rapid highs and lows (I'm diabetic).

I can take 3 advil and 3 tylenol at one time and this will numb the pain enough for me to function, but it makes me feel woozy. I always make sure I eat with them. For me, I find that caffeine helps so I tend to take them with a cup of coffee Probably not too healthy but it works!

[Maya & Inka's mommy]

My migraines are hormonal related. I used to have several attacks per week, but since nearly 1 year, it came down to 1 attack per 2 weeks!! I am 52 now, so I am in my menopauze now. The doctor promised me that from now on it will only get better and better!! Viva menopauze (lol)
I almost always get help with Zomig and Imitrex, sometimes I also take Naramig

[lizbud]

I just developed migraines last year & never had them before that. After
visits to a neuroligist who prescribed amitriptylime in various doses, I finally
found a dosage that has worked to end them. Migraines are the pits.

During testing with the neuroloist, I found a anyurism that I didn't know
I had. I found out it was a small (5mm) type & behind my right eye. It was
not the cause of the migraines because my pain was always on the left
side of my head. The medication is supposed to break the cycle of daily
headaches I was having & seems to work so far.

[JuniorxMyxLove]

Ugh I dunno if you would call them migraines or not, but ever since Semptember I have had one huge ongoing headache. We thought it was from a horse-related fall (fell on my head/neck, popped a vertebrae out of place which was pinching a nerve) but even going to the chiro once ever 2-3 weeks doesn't help.

They're always in my neck going up the right side of my face and they stop right behind my right eye. It gets so bad that I can't open that eye at all. I have missed countless days of school because I couldn't get out of bed. Now they're getting worse, going by my jaw which already has problems (verryy painful) and spreading over the top of my head.

For a while I would take 2-3 Ibuprofin and that would stop it, but not anymore. Nothing helps. I have a heating/cooling pad that I use, but it doesn't make much difference. I've got it all day, everyday. It's very rare now that I wake up without a headache. I've been having sleeping problems because there's just so much pain.

So yes, I've got them. Or something. Either way, they suck.