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I've been fighting a 3 day migraine....
they start out kinda small and the get more and more painful over time. I felt like i was in hell yesterday.
ok here's what happned
i took midrin on Sunday after I got back from church. i knew i should have stayed in bed (in stead of going to church) cuz once my migraines start, it's like an uphill battle! but the midrin didn't even touch the pain.
yesterday i tried imitrex for the 1st time. it took about 4 hrs before it even began to make a small difference. i felt so sick. i sat by the toilet thinking maybe if i just went ahead and threw up it would make me feel better but nothing came up. the pain in my head, eye balls and neck was sooo bad i thought i was in living hell.
every night i take 100 mg of topamax as a preventive for these head aches. but every now and then i have terrible break through pain that will last for days. last time (which was in July) it went on for 5 days and i had to go to the ER.
today my head still hurts. what break through migraine meds are out there can i try? i need to tell my doc that 3-5 days of this isn't something i can deal with. there has to be a better way to control this. what meds do you take i can maybe look into?
(btw... having trouble changing my profile pic to a pumpkin since they changed DS?)
they start out kinda small and the get more and more painful over time. I felt like i was in hell yesterday.
ok here's what happned
i took midrin on Sunday after I got back from church. i knew i should have stayed in bed (in stead of going to church) cuz once my migraines start, it's like an uphill battle! but the midrin didn't even touch the pain.
yesterday i tried imitrex for the 1st time. it took about 4 hrs before it even began to make a small difference. i felt so sick. i sat by the toilet thinking maybe if i just went ahead and threw up it would make me feel better but nothing came up. the pain in my head, eye balls and neck was sooo bad i thought i was in living hell.
every night i take 100 mg of topamax as a preventive for these head aches. but every now and then i have terrible break through pain that will last for days. last time (which was in July) it went on for 5 days and i had to go to the ER.
today my head still hurts. what break through migraine meds are out there can i try? i need to tell my doc that 3-5 days of this isn't something i can deal with. there has to be a better way to control this. what meds do you take i can maybe look into?
(btw... having trouble changing my profile pic to a pumpkin since they changed DS?)
the headache was 3 days long and i woke up feeling much better on Wednesday (thank God). so i went out to the beach, slapped some goggles on and checked out the sea life. :)
i can't have anything with caffeine in it because of my tachycardia history. i don't really eat chocolate too often. and can't take amytriptaline.
i have really low blood pressure every day, so taking any medication that would cause it to get any lower would be a no no. i have a lot of restrictions huh.....
I'm already on gabapentin...
well there are lots of medications here that you all suggested that i have to look into. thanks for all of them, i will definitely check em out, read up on em, and ask my doc about which ones to try!
thanks so much! anything that will help kill these monster headaches!
Mizroze
It was difficult to connect the two. Like, is the pressure of the clog pinching a nerve that shoots pains to my head?
It still doesn't make any sense to me but I know to do an emergency unclog if I start seeing an aura. (That would be a coffee enema.)
To stop Migraines that went for days, they would give me 5 to 10 days of prednisone to try to quick it. It usually worked. I hope you find something that will help! Emily