I thought I would give you all a quick update.... I have been migraine free since I have stayed away from the Aquafresh Extreme Clean toothpaste. I get a headache but no actual migraine anymore. No...
That's great to hear. I had a MRI, MRA and CAT Scan done. It was all done on my head though. When my symptoms first started to appear they though the third ventricle of my brain was enlarged. Then...
Have any of you had any migraines since the closure? Just curious, I have a small PFO that they want me to get close to take down my stroke risk and help with my migraines and I haven't done it...
baseballmomof3, For the most part I have been doing ok. I have been having some migraines but nothing like before so I can deal with the pain as long as I can see, think and move. I think the...
I was on Topamax and also experienced light breakthrough bleeding. I was on the pill and 125mg. of Topamax. I am currently off of the medication but not because of the breakthrough bleeding but...
I am sorry to hear that your husband has silent migraines. I too have been diagnosed with silent migraines and migraines with auras. I was on Topamax (125mg) as a preventive for a while along with...
Hey Baseballmomof3: So far I am still migraine free. My husband and I are going to be trying to get pregnant within a year so hopefully I stay migraine free so I don't have to go back on Topamax. I...
HighlandWolf, I am sorry to hear about the difficulties that you are experiencing. I know how frustrating it is to deal with the medical profession. I agree with Baseballmomof3. There are some really...
I am sorry to hear that your daughter is having so many problems with her insurance. There is only one tip that I can offer you and that is maybe the doctor can write his bill to be submitted to...
Baseballmomof3: Our camping trip was great. We did a lot of fishing (I caught a large mouth bass about a 3 pounder) and got to use our new row boat. My husband was a little POed since he was the only...
Baseballmomof3: I know exactly how you feel. When I am in the doctors office, it doesn't matter which one because they generally are all the same, I just want to grab their shirt collars as tight as...
They gave it to me to try. I feel it takes to long to work (45 minutes to and Hour) and it only works for me if I take it right at the start of my migraines. I do like it though because there is...
Baseballmomof3: I am glad to hear that it's not your doctor that the problem lies with. It's ashame that the staff makes you feel that way though. My problem lies more with the doctors passing me...
CRANKY 1 and baseballmomof3: I am so sorry to hear that your doctors treat you that way. I think what we have is a problem with our health care more than anything else. I haven't had a problem with...
Thanks for that information. I will have to look into it. I had an Echo done in June and they seem to have found regurgitation. My neurolgist refered me to a cardiolgist who will see me in August to...
BJG: I was using Aquafresh Extreme Clean Toothpaste -It was causing the silent migraines. I use Crest (regular paste) and have no silent migraines. It has been 18 days since my last migraine and this...
BJG: I was dianosed with silent migraines also called acephalic migraines a little while ago ( I am also diagnosed with migraines with auras) I feel you mothers pain. I could handle the regular...
Hothead70: I sympathize with you and know the side effects that you speak of. Especially the memory loss. I am only 29 years old and I tell my husband all the time I think I am losing my mind because...
JKO: I don't mean to be insensitive to your post but I just want to educate. What suffering is speaking of is called Acephalic Migraines. There is a lot of different terms for it migraine without a...
I take Topamax for Acephalic Migraines and Migraines with Auras. I needed to find the right dosage (125mg) and break the cycle of a serious migraine (4 months long) for Topamax to be given a chance...
I am so glad that I finally found someone going through the same thing as me. I felt so alone. This is a scary thing to go through! My husband is very understand. My daughter is to young to really...
I know exactly how you feel. I have the exact same thing. I have been just diagnosed with Acephalic migraines with Auras along with Migraines with Auras. I go through the exact symptoms you descriped...
phleba23: I know you probably don't think I understand but I do. I myself is from a small town, people are ignorant in a small town. The first neurologist I saw back in March thought said that what I...
I take my abortive medication when I get my aura, even though I don't get a migraine sometimes two or three day later or sometimes not at all. It helps lessen the blow of the severety of the migraine...
Hi phleba23: I don't have the same as you but I do get the nausea and some stroke like symptoms, I also get severe vertigo with my silent migraines and flu like symptoms I get slurred speech and...
Somedayishere: I am on Topamax. The first time I was on it I had all the worst side effects in the book and I went off of it. This time I went back on it and I have no side effects. Once I seemed to...
booksbooks: I get vertigo (dizzy) when I get silent migraines. I do hope you feel better....
I know it might be a long shot but you might want to look into cranial sacrial therapy. Some people have found it to work....
mikelean: I was just wandering how you been feeling lately? I haven't heard from you in a little while! Keep in touch!...
Baseballmomof3: You are right education is the key. My husband is very understanding because I tell him everything that is going on. Even when I don't want to tell him. My in-laws I try to tell them...
Mikelean: I hear you! Oh, do I hear you! My in-laws are insensitive people. As long as they thingk it is seizure don't worry about working but now they think it is migraines go get a job!!! her I am...
I have persistant stages of confusion. It is difficult but it gets better and it gets worse and it gets better and so on! Especially when you are trying to run a household and teach your kid. I...
Mikelean: Do you actually get pain at the end of your silent migrain? I know some do some don't? I am one that does not!...
baseballmomof3: I think you explained it well. I am hoping that the neurologist I am seeing on the 15th will be able to adjust my meds and give me a better abortive medicine that I will be able to...
Mikelean: Thank you for your response. I think one of the problems is that I live in a very small town (lucky if there is 500 people) and they are closed minded-one of those towns where everyone is...
Baseballmomof3: Thank you for your support. I don't know if you realize how much your response means to me. It means so much to me that after reading it I literally sat here and cried. So I just want...
Thank you for the write back. I am currently on Topamax but the Neurologist I went to did not perscribe it for me. My family doctor did. That is one of the reasons why I am seeing another neurologist...
I am new to this forum and I am looking for support. I was wondering if anyone else has experienced this. I have always had classic migraines ever since I could remembered. I had migraines with no...
I suffer from silent migraines, tension migraines and Ocular migrarines. I get this exact same thing you described right after my visual auras and horrible migraine pain. I feel so much better that...
Mikelean, I am new to this forum and I just want to say thanks! I no longer feel like I am alone. I went to a neurologist and was diagnosed with either silent migraines or seizures. They are not sure...