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By Deborah Westfall on
December 22, 2009 (Tuesday)
Found this on facebook and thought what a wonderful thing to have an online migraine diary. I've been a sufferer for a long time now...but was diagnosed 10 years ago as a migraineur. Since then, I have tried just about every med known to man or maybe it just feels that way. Nothing seems to work beyond about two months or so, and the migraines have gotten progressively worse over the past couple of months. Top that off with a husband whose idea is oh my wife just has a migraine it's nothing we're not used to, which is true, however I don't like the way he says it. But what can I do....I'm one of those people who don't want to give in so I suffer in silence and work through them, and by work I do mean I go to work and do the best I can do. My bosses are wonderful in that they know when I'm having one and know to let me either work through it or to decide to give in and go home. Lately I've been going home and laying down in a dark room. When I used to do that and sometimes still now, it would seem to be worse and I couldn't relax myself enough to get to sleep. I don't have any typical triggers or anything I can put my finger on. However, I do think the barometric pressure may have something to do with it. I just get to the point in my life where it's something I'm going to have to put up with for the rest of my life. I am going to talk to my doctor about changing a few things. At the moment I'm supposed to be taking amitriptyline (20mgs) and Depakote (500 mgs) however when I take them regularly I can't really function very well at work, they make me feel too groggy and out of my body. So I gradually took myself off of everything, which actually worked for about 8-10 weeks, I was actually migraine free....I thought oh wow this is wonderful. But alas, it wasn't meant to last. I should have known that just because I made a change didn't mean I was going to be free. So now I am drug free and ready to start all over again from scratch. I do take Aleve but only 500mgs when I first feel one coming on and then if I need to I go to the emergency room and get a shot of Demerol and dramamine. But thats only if they are so bad that I can't function which has only been once or twice. I see the doctor on the 15th of next month and we'll go from there. I want to talk about more homeopathic methods, I don't want to be on drugs for the rest of my life that will make me feel out of control. However if we can try something else I'm willing to give it a shot. One of the ways you can tell I have a migraine is when I talk or type a lot...it's a way of getting it out. I'm tired of holding it all in and am so happy this is here so I can vent my frustrations. I've been hearing some studies on magnesium and co Q10 etc have shown some promise so I'll discuss that with my doctor as well. Well that's it for now...I'll blog some more at another time.
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by allyv305
on December 25, 2009 at 7:04 PM
Hi! I'm in the same boat as you, except I'm a college student, and I don't have a job. But I have been getting migraines since I was in 3rd grade, and like you, they got progressively worse too. I went from once a month to about once a week, which is down from 4 times a week though. I've managed to find some of the MANY triggers I have and work my way through them. Like Dehydration. So I drink more. Stress, so I bought a massager for my back. Bad posture, so I sit up straight. The bright sun, so I wear sunglasses during the day. Etc. It may be the same for you, so find all those triggers! I hate to take meds too, and become dependent on them, but I sadly have to use them as a last resort, since some professors will not forgive an absence due to migraines ):
Either way, welcome and good luck! You don't suffer alone! :)
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by Krissey46
on January 05, 2010 at 10:47 AM
Hi ally, I'd like to say I'm glad I don't suffer alone but it sucks that I don't. Maybe someday someone will come up with a cure for these things. I also drink plenty of water, and have a percussion massager and I practice meditation, most times that alone can get rid of them, however it's difficult to do meditation when you're at work. I've told my bosses that I may have to wear sunglasses between 8 and 9 when the sun shines in on the floor and blinds us. They are ok with that, or at least didn't say it wasn't ok. Hopefully this new regimen I'm about to embark on will work for me. I would so love to have the magnesium and co Q10 actually prevent them and then I won't have to rely on the frova. Time will tell. I wish you good luck with yours!
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