Migraine Headaches Treatment

I’d say according to your scale mine mine is 4 1/2 every day sometimes 5 and 6 but you never listed higher nor 1/2′s so I had to do a 1/2.  : )  Believe it or not I am not a pain pill person.  My husband says I’m nuts for suffering.  I have tons of [...]

The underlying cause for my great increase in migraine headaches is due to depression ( and I was on 9 weeks sick leave this summer) So having visited my doctor yesterday I convinced her ( and myself) that I did not want preventatives ( was worried about all the side effects) I felt that if [...]

Has anybody had an good results by being in therapy to figure out how to reduce the stress that might cause migraines? This is what I’m considering now.

I’m full of questions, I know Today, the neurologist told me that I need to speak with my primary care doctor about the anxiety problem I have. He said the anxiety has nothing to do with the management of headaches. Do all neurologists think that way?

Hey, I wanted to tell you real quick that when I was in the er almost three months ago, I orginally went the first night because my migraine was so bad.  I had to go back to a different er the night after that because they did a spinal tap the first night, but did [...]

It hasn’t been until the last almost three months without the everyday migraines anymore that no matter what I do, I am still extremely tired all of the time.  I thought that this would get better with time, seeing as how I was in bed most of 2002 because I was so sick, but absolutely [...]

I noticed that they are not very common, but I’m hoping someone here will know about them. Here’s her questions: How long after the initial episode does the lack of concentration, weakness, confusion, etc. last? What treatments have worked? Does anyone experience tremors after the episodes are over? What do you take for the headache [...]

I am here speaking on the behalf of my mother and not myself.  She has been experiencing for quite some months a persistent sort of headache which occurs mostly in the morning. Sometime it gets so intense she gets nauseous and vomits continuously. The only sort of medicament that seems to work with her is [...]

Whoa…I have been in migraine hell for four days now.  My husband and I have just moved into a new apartment, in a new town.  the landlord has just painted the place and re -finished the floors.  I have had a non stop aura since we got in the place a few days ago. Thank [...]

I’ve just started using Topamax for my migraines after using Depakote for two years. Has anyone had any experience with it?  What were your side effects?  Did you like it?  My neurologist said a lot of people lose weight because sugar “just doesn’t taste the same”.  Well, I’ve been on it two weeks, and let [...]

I have also been told I have PCOS and also an adrenal disorder which causes some of the same symptoms (congental adrenal hyperplasia). I have had the problems some of you mention since I was a teenager. Birth control pills, acne medicines, and occasional steroids have kept things in pretty good control. I was able [...]

Some of you are talking about Birth control and night sweats and insomnia. I was having this same problem with night sweats and insomnia. Boy what a terrible thing. Well I spoke with my Dr. and he put me on this birth control pill called Mircette. It has a hormone that you take through the [...]

Okie I have a question. I am having Aura all the time. I’ve been on Verapamil 180mg, twice a day for a week now. Do you guys think this will go away the more Verapamil gets in my system, or is this something i’m just gonna have to live with? God it’s so annoying. Anyone [...]

I briefly tried the Atkins diet, but couldn’t stick with it ’cause I didn’t like enough of the foods that were ok to eat. Without the carbs I wasn’t eating enough and got constant headaches. Many, many years ago I consulted my Dr. cause I was getting daily headaches while trying to diet. I thought [...]

I then stayed there for about two weeks and increased every two weeks till I got to to 200mg. which I am at. They are keeping me there but have told me I am not at the max. We are going to see how things go until Feb. Some Dr.’s do things differently than others [...]

They correspond to my menstrual cycle and begin about a day or on the same day that my period starts, and they last between 1- 5 days. But I’m not sure if they are tension headaches or migrains. I thought they were tension headaches because the muscles in my shoulders tighten up and it hurts [...]

My usual migraines are left sided, starting behind my ear. Lately I’m having a “headache” every day beginning about 5 p.m. These are right sided, and mainly involve my eye. I have had something like this before, and it was when my doctor changed my preventative to Corgard. I am still on it and raised [...]

I am going to start a headache diary for a month. Does anybody know anything I should keep track of besides food, drink, and weather? I suppose I should make a note if there are times I’m stressed too. Those are the things I’ve heard might affect headaches. I wonder if I need to write [...]

I have noticed that ever since the doctor increased the dosage to 25 mg.that my son (15 years old) has become quite snappish, moody and extremely tired. At first I thought it was just typical teen moodiness, but this is not like him at all. And, of course, he’s still getting migraines. I’m going to [...]

Mitral valve prolapse is a floppy mitral valve in your heart. You may or may not experience symptoms. Some, but not all of the symptoms are (and you don’t have to have all of them): palpitations or skips, light headedness or fainting, fatigue, migraines, feeling ‘wired’ but tired, gastro-problems, exacerbated PMS or menstrual problems. The [...]

I was wondering what all of you who have mitral valve prolapse or mitral valve prolapse syndrome take for your headaches. The triptans, ergotamines, and caffeinated meds are contraindicated. I would love to have a med that would put me out for about 12 hrs. Quite a while ago there was a tv documentary about [...]

and ended up finding this website. I have suffered with Migraines since I was a child. They were misdiagnosed until the birth of my first son, when they increased in intensity, and frequency. My question now is, I just started taking imitrex last weekend because I was willing to try ANYTHING. Now I am scared [...]

Being an office administrator for a gyno/cardiologist/ and dental practices over the past 16 years, I can ASSURE you that insurance companies take CLASSES to purposely confuse, ‘loose’ claims, misread information, confuse policy holders, re-route your telephone calls to the ‘unknown’ and eventually cut you off, etc. I have been to soooo many seminars on [...]

and it got me thinking, is there any link between female problems and migraines, problems so severe that would warrant a hysterectomy. My gyno has mentioned the possibility of me needing a hysterectomy more than once. Since I have no children I am against the idea and told him that I do not want him [...]

Hi everyone: I hope that everyone is doing well and enduring this heat. I only have one question. If you have taken or are taking Vicodin for pain relief, have you experienced all over itchiness as a side effect? I know that this sounds weird but when I take a Vicodin I get very itchy [...]