Archive for March, 2009

I’m new here

Monday, March 30th, 2009

I’ve gotten migraines since ’92. my first time i had no pain at all, but lost vision from my left eye (it’s almost always my left eye) and was nauseated, it scared me to death, i thought i was going blind at 19 for no apparent reason, lol. anyway, i’ve been thru so many tests [...]

Nosebleeds

Sunday, March 15th, 2009

Hi There..I’m wondering if anyone has suffered from the occassional nosebleed during a migraine? I’ve had migraines now for about 20 years but just recently started noticing blood, especially if I blow my nose. Is this more common then I realize or something I should be concerned about? Thank you for your help in advance!

If it’s not one thing..

Tuesday, March 10th, 2009

Ok, as often seems to happen in my life if anything good happens something else (at least one something) goes haywire. I’ve been put on lexapro in addition to the zonegran and I’m FINALLY seeing some improvement in my migraines – the hormonal ones are shorter, milder and I’ve even skipped one. Mostly I’m now [...]

Stopping Triptans – Starting Migranal

Saturday, March 7th, 2009

I just went to my doctor today and he made a bunch of changes that I wanted to run by all of you – as to what to expect, for those who are already on this stuff. I really like/d this doctor because he believed it was “o.k.” for me to take triptans daily, as [...]

Hello from a fellow Migrainer

Tuesday, March 3rd, 2009

I just wanted to introduce myself. My name is Rina and I have been getting migraines since I was 12. I used to take Fiornal and had no idea how good my migraines were until about four years ago when they changed for the worse. I am 38 now and last month I had 12 [...]