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Im medicated it’s not working. I suffer from migraines all day every day. I am in constant pain. I snap at the kids I have no patience. I feel like I hate everyone and everything! I just want to die! Everything takes effort that I don’t have the energy for. I am seeing the best doctors in the USA the Mayo Clinic. They are struggling with answers? I have had 3 strokes, brain bypass surgery and I take a medicine cabinet full of drugs a day. I went back to school to switch careers because they said that it was my job causing me to much stress, so I got a degree so I could sit all day. Nope that didn’t work. Now I’m in debt with student loans too. Happy days! I live on morpheme and antidepressants. I hate myself I’m a horrible mother!
I went to an eyes, ears, and nose doctor. It is believed that migraines start my Meniers diease. He put me on medication for migraine headaches. After starting the medication (topamax, look it up on the internet and see if it might help you, you may suggest it to your doctors) I had serve side effects that caused suicidal intentions. I almost killed myself, but my friend talked me out of it. 2 days later I was laughing having a good time. I thought to myself wow how could this be?
You are not a horrible Mother any more than I am a horrible girlfriend! We suffer everyday with pain no one can understand! We lash out at the ones we love because of the turmoil we live on a minute to minute basis. We try new things hoping it will ease the suffering.
We have to deal with life which is so hard to do, much less living with the pain. Being a women on top of what we are dealing with and our hormones we have little hope.
Have you looked up your symptoms on the internet? Look up all the medications you are on. Knowledge is the best answer. Being informed allows you to make informed decisions. Don’t go around relying on your doctors to do what is best for you. While you see your doctor he tries the best to help you. But after he sees you, your doctor sees another patient and he is diverted on his other patient. Not that he doesn’t mean will but their is only so much he can do. However, I am surprised that you are receiving more help? I almost flew to Mayo for my Meniers diease.
I have studied (internet) everything about my diease so I can make an informed decision, so I have plenty of questions to ask my doctor. I am going to the U of M in my state of Michigan. They have recently changed their name but can’t remember.
I also have Cronic Kidney Diease. My kidneys were working at 20 persent. I studied on the internet everything I could read. I go to a kidney doctor every 6 months. He never told me to get on a kidney diet! My kidneys work harder to filter the blood, and they will fail if I didn’t do something about it. I found out on the internet what a Kidney friendly diet. Because of my studying On my own, and following a Kidney friendly diet my kidneys have gone up to working at 60 percent.
If I remember after studying about migraines, once you feel one is coming on, you can’t stop them, and then you are in pain. They are horrible. You have to study all the medications. Be informed. You have to help yourself to figure out your best course of action. You have to think outside the box!
Being on morpheme is enough for you to feel jumpy. You need to sit down your children and explain what you feel like. I know this is hard and they won’t understand. You have to tell them you are sorry. You have to tell them every night before bed, you love them very much. Tell them you are trying to get help for you diease. I snap at my boyfriend and it’s at the point we are soon to break up. He can’t deal with my pain. We have started seeing a therapist to help him understand why I get so angry. It is the internal pain that I am suffering from. Saying I am sorry doesn’t heal the wounds that my anger has left on his heart. I know that, but I am suffering horribly. My therapist is going to refer me to the psychiatrist to get on meds to help me fight this diease and my anger. I don’t know if it will help, but I am trying to do anything to have a normal life. The least you have to worry about is your loan. If you have to file bankruptcy that is easy
If your antidepressants are not helping go to your dr and tell him. He can put you on different
I will bet you the medication you are on is causing you to feel the way you. Morophen is causing you to disconnect from life!
Can you get your kids an easy to care for pet. Gerbils, goldfish, cat.
Put duck tape on your mouth to stop you from saying hurtful words. Go in the bedroom away from the kids take a time out. I know how hard this is hard to do. Do you have an oldest child who can take care of the other kids. If so ask him/her to take over when you feel a migraine coming on?
There are more medications other than topamax that my eyes and nose dr gives me. Tell your dr you want to try one of these drugs. You have nothing to use. I can’t believe they have not gone down this avenue! Wishing you happy holidays, Caroanne