Botox Injection for Headaches

My neighbors 13 yr old son is getting ready to start Botox injections for migraines. They have done everything possible and tried everything possible to get some sort of control over the migraines. The neurologist is really thinking this will help. If I understood his mom correctly it will be done in a series of over 30 injections. I do know this is being used a lot for migraines.

I hope this works for you......Susie

I went to nerologist and he said that Botox is used for people with migraines. I was wonder if anyone know's what can be done for squeezing, numbness pain, that radiates from top middle of head and down to shoulder's. I have a real hard time sleeping,and have a hard time putting my head down at night.

If you haven't seen one, going to a Board Certified Neurosurgeon would be good to at least rule out any cervical spine issues which can also cause headaches and issues as you describe.

They can also perform tests like an EMG and a Nerve Conduction study to see if anything is affected.

As far as the Botox goes, I have a great friend who has had chronic migraines and this has helped her greatly!

Technically, everything we do are band-aids.

The analogy I'd use when teaching when people would whine (I mean, express discontent) that they had to continue --> insert modality here <-- if they expected to maintain the results we got,....I brought up,...do you brush your teeth every day? Oh, you do? Why? Oooooh, to keep them healthy, I see. So it isn't like once you get a dental cleaning, you're "fixed" and don't have to do anything else to maintain them?

It usually works.

We are always in a state of maintenance and repair, that's life. Ours' just happen to be a little more complex than many people.


Sookie

Friend200 back in the early nineties my Dad was having terrible head aches in the back and top of his head. He went up to Mayo Clinic, they ran tests on him and said it was caused by spasms of the muscles in his neck and base of his scull, and they gave him Botox injections across the upper neck area at the base of his skull, and it gave him great relief and lasted a relatively long time. I am sure this technique has been vastly improved upon since that time.

Good luck to you, and Oh Yes Welcome to Healing Well Chronic Pain Forum! Hope you become an actve member of our CP family!

White Beard

I have never had them myself but do have a friend that has botox injections for chronic migraines and swears by them.