Forum for fellow migraine sufferers

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!

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 getting the ones with
weather shifts and as far as even my neuro knows there’s not much to do about those but stick on a preventive and keep my triptan handy.

However, suddenly - since the lexapro - I’m getting little or no aura. It’s just suddenly BAM - here’s your migraine pain. I just realized today while reaching for my Frova (stupid weather migraines) that I’m due to schedule an appointment to see my neuro. Is this something I should mention to her? I’ve ALWAYS had auras before, actually I’ve
been known to have auras without migraines - so this migraine without warning bit is really weird for me. This also means that I’m having to once again figure out what’s a migraine and when to take my med. Yuck.

Oh, and my gp is still investigating my chronic digestive whatnot. Leading candidates at this point are liver/gallbladder/pancreas (since there’s pain in that area to go with the diarrhea) and an undiagnosed food intolerance or absorption issue (apparently no one’s ever done more than the questionably accurate blood test for celiac and no one ever did the upper camera test - so those are likely - BLECH - in my future). Meanwhile, I’m supposed to drink tons of water and attempt to also get something with electrolytes like Gatorade or Smart Water till we figure this out.

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 that is the therapy that works for some. I’ve been seeing him for about a year now, with no change in my chronic daily headaches and migraines that land me in bed 2-4 times a month.

So - triptans are out and Migranal is in. He prescribed the Migranal as 1 spray in each nostril twice a day. Question - I thought that Migranal was used as an abortive. I just read some warnings online of using it as a preventative. Comments?

In addition to the Migranal he increased my dosage of Keppra (currently at two 500mg at night) and added Arthrotec (one 75 mg pill a day). I also take 600mg of Magnesium.

I’m already thinking, “so what do I do when the pain starts tomorrow!?” - normally I would pop a Zomig or Maxalt and pretty much know I’d feel better within an hour or so. I am armed with some Prednisone, Vicodin and shots of Toradol - but obviously not the same.

Thanks for any feedback you can offer!

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 days of migraine and 5 of them were the puking kind. I see a neurologist and take Magnesium, Vitamin B-2, CoQ-10, atenolol, Diclofenac and last Sunday started birth control pills in the hopes that something will help. I also take Frova at the end of my cycle (they seem to be worse just after the period and around ovulation normally, but last month was a free for all). I have triptan, and have even resprted to Vicadin a few times.
Things have gotten so bad that I actually wake up now and think WOW I DON’T have a headache today. I decided to look into other things to try and so now see a chiropracter, got tons of books from the library and then decided to seek out the experts–you guys! I am very excited to belong to a group of people who understand and don’t think I am exaggerating, etc. I am not a sick type of person (I don’t do sick) and so that makes these migraines even more frustrating for me!
Other info about me..I am a sign language interpreter, teach ASL, and love to quilt and read. I look forward to getting to know you all and to learning all I can about migraine.