Happy to have found all of you.......I happened to find this site/forum while researching on my own how to help live with chronic migraines. As I reach each story and topic, I felt less and less...Reactions0reactionsComments1 comments
Fioricet and Maxalt...Fioricet and Maxalt are life savers! For years I only took Fioricet and it did nothing for hormone headaches. Then I discovered Maxalt and I got my life back Now...Reactions0reactionsComments4 repliesTreatment
Smells!...Good Lord, I dread going out because the *in thing* is those awful plug in the wall , let's make the room smell good thingies. I'm in a migraine fog...Reactions0reactionsComments21 replies
Riboflavin (Vitamin B2)...Hello, This is my first post here. A quick background on my history is I've been suffering with migraines ever since Middle school age (now would be over 20 years)...Reactions0reactionsComments3 replies
Sore spot on head during and after migraine...So along with brain drain post migraine, what causes the sore spot post migraine? This time it is in the back of my head at the base of my skull...Reactions0reactionsComments11 replies
Amitriptyline and hair loss...I googled amitriptyline and hair loss and it brought me here. I have been on amitriptyline for many years at least 20 years. I have noticed hair loss in the...Reactions0reactionsComments15 replies
Is it time to go to the doctor?...I’ve had migraines with only auras and light/sound sensitivity since i was 12. I never thought to mention it to anybody but an eye doctor once and he said there...Reactions0reactionsComments1 repliesDiagnosis
Life falling apart...What helps everyone when life is falling apart .... because of a very bad migraine I killed my pet degus (related to chinchillas). I didn't play with them for 2...Reactions0reactionsComments2 replies
Starting Over with a New Doctor...To be blunt, there are a lot of things that suck about being sick. The pain, the isolation, the frustration, etc. However, two of my least favorite parts of being...Reactions0reactionsComments3 comments
Was this a migraine?...Today I had something new occur.... It was a headache, the likes of which I've never felt. It's onset was rapid, within moments, and so intense I took two Advil...Reactions0reactionsComments3 replies
Maria De Leon...Maria was previously an advocate on Migraine.com. Long before Maria De León's love affair with Parkinson's began, she was already on her way to becoming migraines expert, having lived with...
Has anyone tried medicinal marijuana?...It was mentioned to me and I never really thought about it seriously. I wonder if anyone has tried it and what kind of results? thank you...Reactions0reactionsComments4 replies
Migraine triggers RLS...Just got home from ER to get migraine relief. The cocktail they gave me seemed to have triggered the worst RLS. I cannot sit down yet I’m exhausted. Does anyone...Reactions0reactionsComments5 replies
Has anyone had luck with tapping?...I just heard about this today and wondered if anyone has had success....Reactions0reactionsComments3 replies
Cefaly...I bought the older version of the Cefaly. I am hoping against all hope it will help so I can quit meds with gross side effects. I have a tens...Reactions0reactionsComments2 replies
Topamax and Bones?...So I have awful side effects from this, at lowest doses it makes me starve and a complete idiot. It helped the head. Dr. said go off, I managed to...Reactions0reactionsComments3 repliesTreatment
Nortriptyline, No Orgasm, No sex drive and Hemorrhoids...Seriously,I tried to remove my profile pic and like everything else in my life that kept giving me error message and doesn't work right, so I really do not even...Reactions0reactionsComments4 repliesTreatment
Can Someone Tell me what my Neurologist office is doing?...They want me on meds, and I hate meds and have been on many of these meds in past bc I had previous chronic pain issues. I get bad side...Reactions0reactionsComments4 repliesTreatment
Craniosacral Therapy?...Hoping someone can provide me some sort of advice on massage? I found after starting Botox my immediate "pain" is less but other symptoms are stronger for me (nausea, aura...Reactions0reactionsComments5 replies
Visual Aura for Two Years...I have had a persistent aura without infarction for about two years. For the past two years the visual aura was on the side of my visual field. During this...Reactions0reactionsComments2 repliesTreatment