Archive for February, 2011

I started out on 25mg in the morning and 25mg at night for a week and then increased to 50mgs

Saturday, February 26th, 2011

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 [...]

I’m a 35 year old female, and I started having really bad headaches about a year ago

Sunday, February 20th, 2011

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 [...]

Eye migraines

Saturday, February 19th, 2011

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 [...]

A headache diary

Wednesday, February 16th, 2011

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 [...]