Lenevan

Open Migraine Headaches

I have had migraines since childhood, and they are genetic; my father and siblings have them. The duration, frequency, and severity has changed over my lifetime. Unfortunately, I am currently in a phase that involves the most painful, most frequent (often once a week) and longest lasting headaches of my life. They sometimes last 4 days. I also get almost daily tension headaches, which sometimes turn into migraines. I have noticed that changes in my sleep or eating patterns can trigger them.

Treatments

Maxalt Working / Worked

This is my first defense against my migraines. I take one as soon as I know I am getting one or have one. I usually take a second one an hour or two later. I would say that 80% of the time, this gets rid of the headaches, but the other 20% I have to resort to pain meds.

Relpax Working / Worked

This worked most of the time to stop the headaches but I stopped taking it because it was not on my list of approved meds. Now I take Maxalt, which works about the same for me.

Tylenol Not Working

This is just not strong enough for the level of pain in a migraine. If I have nothing else, I will take tylenol pm along with advil and try to sleep it off. It's better than nothing.

Tramadol Somewhat Helpful

This worked better than advil andor tylenol but didnt work very well I was still in pain after the maximum recommended dose prescribed by my doc of 100mg.

Hydrocodone Working / Worked

This is the only surefire relief for my migraines but of course not recommended by most docs because of its potential to be abused. If used often it does cause physical dependence and has to be weaned off slowly. Also you have to watch the amount of tylenol you take on a long term basis in any form including that in hydrocodone. I used to have a pain clinic that custom mixed hydrocodone with low levels of tylenol for safety so I was able to take it on a long term basis they were shut down