Time to see a dr, I have cut caffine out of my diet and I still get headaches. I haven't been sleeping well either and no sleep causes more headaches just what we need right lol. I hope you find some...
I have a headache of some type every day, some times dull some times stabbing some times migraine. I use my meds that the Neuro gave me sparingly because A) I only get 4 at a time and B) I don't want...
Well I would suggest 1st that you lay off the caffine, that will just make it worse. Lots of water and advil lol my best advice and NO MORE RED BULL lol...
It is really hard to work and feel the way we do, I was out on sick leave for 3 months when I 1st got sick but I also had stroke like symptoms and wasn't functioning very well. There are days that I...
Glad to know I am not the only one out there with daily headaches. Lil_nytemare I do not take any kind of birth control and haven't in YEARS and YEARS lol. I go see the Neuro next friday and I am...
Why do you want to switch dr's?? It sounds like in his opinon things are not as well as he would like to see. I wouldn't be trying to run all over the place trying to get medication, or it will start...
I have never had an aura but my Neuro told me I have complex migraines. Mine cause neuro symptoms that are stroke like....
also to add, I got a migraine on sunday, I was fine one minute dizzy the next and then all of a sudden headache from hell that I still have today....
I don't have really any warning I know it will be one if after taking advil or something it won't go away and then I start feeling barfy. It some times comes on so fast I don't have a chance to take...
I tried taking vicadin for the 1st time sunday night and to be honest the only relief I got was because I finally fell asleep. When I woke up in the morning I still had the headache and it is now...
I think it is pretty busy, but like other forums unless someone feels like responding they don't. I have put up a few posts myself and maybe get a response or two but that is about it....
took me a few days but I am feeling better. Still have major headaches today and tired but I will live :) Just wish I had a magic pill that made this all go away...
Even now even when I don't have a headache loud noises really bother me. My friends cell phone rang and I actually jumped it scared me very bad lol. I never used to have this issue but it seems like...
EVERY single day I have a headache, I wake up with them, I get them in the middle of the night I have them ALL day long every single freaking day. They go from stabbing pain to ok it is a dull pain...
Have they ever done a MRI on you?? or a CT scan, sounds like they need to be running some more in depth testing not just blood work. I am sorry you are suffering so much and dealing with not knowing...
I haven't been told I was a drug seeker but I was labled with Somatization disorder when I 1st got sick in March. So now any time I see a dr locally I get treated like I suffer from anxiety and that...
Thursday night my hubby's soft ball team needed a sub so I filled in. I was feeling fine so I thought it would be alot of fun. Things were going good, it was my turn up to bat and I was excited I hit...
I am glad the accupuncture worked for you!! I just ordered a mag supplement and I am hoping it will help with my headaches. If you google magnesium and migraines you can find all kinds of info about...
I was just perscribed amitriptlyn but don't want to gain weight after working so hard to lost weight and to keep it off. I won't go the topamax route was giving it in the hospital when I was there...
Yikes reading this scares me, my dr just gave me this med to try because the Nortriptlyn and me aren't friends and I had a bad reaction to it. But I am doing Weight Watchers and trying to lose weight...
Have never tried running, not sure it would help me even bending over makes my head hurt. I do plan to start working out starting tomorrow so we shall see how that goes and what it does for my...
I haven't been migraine free since March, I might not get one every day but just about which really sucks. I am sure it is frustrating to go 10 months without any then get 7 in 2 months :(...
The best meds that have worked for me have been the Maxalt, they put me on Nortriptlyn but it made me feel like I was having a heart attack so I stopped taking it. I wouldn't take excerdrin because...
I have been given this medication by my neurologist but have not taken it yet. I was told to take it if the other meds to knock out the migraine 1st. I paid a 10 dollar co pay for 4 pills, my dr gave...
I saw my GP on monday and my pulse and blood pressure were higher than normal. I have been taking the Nortriptylin for a week now, could this medication be the cause?? I have NEVER had issues before...
Wow I am shocked that even with a signed treatment plan from another dr she still wouldn't do it. Some dr's never cease to amaze me, it just isn't fair that you had to suffer because she was being a...
I get so dizzy with mine I can hardly walk, feels like I am on a boat. I only seem to get this though around my period, I also start studdering and twitching a bit along with knock you on your butt...
3 people in my family other than me suffere from migraines, my mother, my aunt and my cousin and now myself. My cousin and me suffer the worst I wound up in the hospital for 4 days with stroke like...
I just started taking this drug on wed (06-25-08) and aside from it making me tired that is about all the side effects I am dealing with. My Neuro told me to take it at bed time that way it won't...
for me it looks like chocolate is a trigger * cries* lol. I have been headache free since wed which is a blessing but yesterday (friday) I had some chocolate and about 20 minutes later my head...
I have no idea about any of this stuff, is it not safe for me to be taking these meds?? So far I have only taken the one Maxalt. They ruled out a stroke and the neuro I saw on tuesday said it was...
I won't ever go to the ER again, In march I thought I was having some kind of stroke well turned out not to be but I was still very sick. The butt head dr's in the hospital diagnosed me with...
Ok thanks for the words of wisdom, my dr told me I could take the Maxalt and the Frova together good to know I shouldn't last thing I need is more issues. Thanks again :)...
These ones do not dissolve under the tounge, and I am sure I could only take half. The mothers helper is a good idea and I will look into that. On saturday my kids will be with grandma for a week so...
anyone else here suffering with them as well?? How long did it take you to get a diagnosis and are the meds they gave you working?? How about side effects? I took a Maxalt last night and OMG either I...
Thanks for the welcome!!! I finally picked up my meds from the pharmacy and they put me on Pamelor 25 mg Maxalt 10mg and Frova 2.5 mg. Anyone ever use these before?? The Pamelor is to be taken every...
I have noticed that my period is a trigger for me but not really much I can do to change that lol. I haven't noticed any foods or what not that cause it but I also haven't really been paying to much...
I was just diagnosed yesterday with Complicated Migraines, after being in the hospital 3 months ago with stroke like symptoms. It is so nice to finally have a answer as to what has been going on with...