This is the first time I have posted on this particular forum. I had a CT scan of my lungs a few months ago which showed a large hiatal hernia. I was in the hospital with a possible heart attack but...
Make sure you see an ophthalmologist for a base line exam and then every 6 months afterward. Look up the tests that are supposed to be run for a plaquenil exam and if he doesn't do them all, go to...
gosh, it sure sounds like pancreatitis or gallstones. Have they tested your urine?...
Have they ultrasounded your gallbladder....checked your pancreas?...
Sorry about that Debbie, thanks for fixing it. Well, I am having kind of an unpleasant to talk about problem with it and I know it's the drug because I tried it before and it did the same thing. When...
Does anyone take Lyrica? (I have a question if anyone does) I gave you a subject line so you'd get more answers. Debbie...
Well, whlie we're on this subject. I just started a medication that causes my bm's not to finish. It's like they finish, but I have to keep wiping and wiping forever. I am only on the first week of...
You get about 34 injections around your head and on your shoulders. They gave me an saline IV and pushed steroids in case I had a reaction to the botox. I imagine that's what he meant....
Just a quick update on the Botox. I am 5 weeks out from the injections, and I have had only one migraine. It has been wonderful. The doctor who did mine had his first return patient last week. She...
It costs about $1000 a vial and he used 1 3/4 vials. Hope your healthcare system will start funding it. I have only had one. 2 weeks ago. I was headache free until yesterday. I don't know why one...
I definitely recommend it. Here is one thing the doctor told me. This stops the pain from your migraines. It doesn't actually stop them from occurring. Like if you get migraine aura, you might still...
I went back several months and couldn't find a topic on this. I have had chronic migraines for many years. I started having migraines when I was a child. Anyway, before Christmas I was having one...
Try taking an aspirin or a Claritin before you drink your red wine....
If I take an Immitrex, it will not work if I don't drink a cup of coffee with it....
sounds like migraine to me. You need stronger meds and should ask your doctor about triptans....
Thanks. guys!...
NSAIDs do work for me, they worked better with dmards...I was on Plaquenil and Methotrexate. I was on Plaquenil for 27 years which is 20 years longer than I should have been on it. That combined with...
Kelsey, I appreciate your concern so much. I really don't think it is the Wellbutrin...this is just ordinary for me. I know sometimes you have to do something to break the cycle. Hopefully, my next...
Most of my migraines occur upon waking, or that's when I feel them :), ...unless they are stress migraines. I keep a Maxalt MLT in my bedside table so I can pop it in without having to get up. If I...
The good thing is maxalt and Immitrex work. Nothing else, not even morphine, works. My doctor did actually give me Cambia but I just knew it by the generic name. He gave me 4 tubes of the gel. It is...
I have had RA for 31 years. I am a 58 year old female. I just left my rheumatologist ( long story) and I've talked my GP into treating me. I have been on Etodalac(Lodine) plus some dmards for a long...
No, I am a 58 year old female. I know my user name is confusing, lol. I have not heard of that. I have had RA for 32 years and have been on NSAIDS for that long. I wonder if it's something you can...
Did you have these symptoms when you were having grand mal seizures? If not, then I would go with what your doctor says and relax. When we get older, things change. So do you have an actual headache...
It's not the Wellbutrin. I have had migraines since I was a kid. I have seen my doctor about the frequency of my headaches...I have tried several preventative medications that have not helped....
Just an update. I am still on the Wellbutrin, and I have had a migraine every morning for the last week and have been taking Maxalt and Immitrex and I am not having the muscle spams. I believe it...
Holly, you might want to get your eye pressure checked for glaucoma....
Hi everyone. I have been taking Wellbutrin for 5 weeks. For the last 5 days, I have been experiencing strong muscle twitches in my left forearm. I have had migraines this week and have taken Maxalt a...
Yes, it has a humidifier and we have tried different pressures until we found what worked. I guess I'm mainly needing to know if sinus drainage is something that can be dealt with or it's just...
Thanks. I didn't go to a clinic...my gp has a take home device. Last night I sprayed a lot of saline in my nose, then tried to go to sleep without the cpap. Couldn't get to sleep until I put the mask...
Last Christmas on vacation my husband and son discovered how bad I was snoring. They let me know by recording it! I had no idea. Then I noticed was waking up and gagging, or snorting...that would...
if your doctor happens to have the equipment for a laser retina exam, and as I said, once it shows up on that the damage is irreversible....
My point is I noticed a visual change 15 years ago and went straight to my ophthalmologist and my rheumatologist with it, who both assured me it wasn't caused by the plaquenil. I didn't just go 15...
See that's the problem with plaquenil and opthamologists. You say they are telling you it causes optic nerve problems? It doesn't. It accumulates in your macula and eats holes in your retina. I saw...
Try Cymbalta. I've been hearing great things about it helping joint pain, restless leg syndrome and others. I advise everyone to stop taking plaquenil. It has cost me my eyesight even though I did...
Annie, I desperately need to get in touch with you about this. I am going through the same thing with plaquenil. I had almost the exact same experiences with doctors as your mother. My opthomologist...