One of the worst hidden disabilties ......actually witnessed me crawling around the floor of a darkened room, throwing my guts up and praying for a swift exit from life as I knew it in that very...Reactions 0 reactions Comments2 repliesAwareness
My Chronic Migraines...The only medicine that gave me relief and took away the migraines at all was DHE by IV when I was hospitalized due to side effects of topamax....Reactions 0 reactions Comments9 replies
Possible Topamax withdrawal--need advice!...I want to make sure I'm actually having migraines and not some other type of headache....Reactions 0 reactions Comments3 replies
Help with finding a Doctor who will help me!!!...I told him that I have no idea when my hearing will be, he didn't care. He refuses to do anything for my pain....Reactions 0 reactions Comments1 replies
How to talk to a dr. in the emergency room w/out being treated as a drug seeker....So if you have some info about statistics and how routinely migraine sufferers are treated like this I would really appreciate any info that would be helpful...Reactions 0 reactions Comments2 repliesTreatment
Does your emotions trigger Migraine? I am scared.! ...its been like this since years i just put up with it. but there are times when i feel like i am on the edge. I get depressed and...Reactions 0 reactions Comments2 repliesTriggersAuraNausea
Concussions? Chemo? Genetic funk?...I've had headaches since I was "too young to have headaches" according to the old country doctor when I was 5 or 6....Reactions 0 reactions Comments0 replies
The Loneliness. Even worse than the pain?...I had a 4 day migraine last week and really needed to come someplace where people would understand the loneliness, the terrible desolation, of being unable...Reactions 0 reactions Comments2 replies
Getting out of headache h*ll!...Just looking for some light at the end of this tunnel. I don't want to be sick weeks, months or longer. It has never been this bad....Reactions 0 reactions Comments2 repliesTreatment
My Experience...It begins when I’m least expecting it. In mid-conversation an intangible link is theoretically severed....Reactions 0 reactions Comments1 replies
Neurologist threatening to take away medications without birth control. Help?...When she asked about the birth control, I told her that I did make an appointment and speak with my gyno and we had decided against it....Reactions 0 reactions Comments2 repliesTreatment
Trigger point injections and physical therapy...From October of last year through February when I started seeing this PA, I was in such misery....Reactions 0 reactions Comments1 repliesTreatment
Colonoscopy - Prep through Recovery...Well sure enough, I woke up on day 2 after the procedure and had a killer migraine....Reactions 0 reactions Comments6 replies
Beware of proton pump inhibitors...When you look at the side effects associated with PPI's, headaches is one of the most common....Reactions 0 reactions Comments15 replies
Preventing Migraines with Vitamin D3...Should your 25(OH)D lab results come back less than 30 ng/mL (75 nmol/L), discuss vitamin D3 therapy with your PCP or neurologist....Reactions 0 reactions Comments6 replies
Exercise & Migraine...I am now going to have to try and get in some regular exercise no matter how sick or tired I feel as I can feel myself slipping back...Reactions 0 reactions Comments1 replies
First post but long time reader...I would usually run into this page and read what you all have to say so I just want to say thank you and just reading some of the...Reactions 0 reactions Comments22 repliesChronicTriggersAura
Suspect Sleep Study Misdiagnosis...I realize some people are helped by sleep studies and CPAPs, but this one wreaked of scam....Reactions 0 reactions Comments2 replies
Junkie Clinic Healed Me...., THAT CARRY HUGE ADVERSE SIDE EFFECTS, WHEN SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS METHADONE COULD HELP SOMEONE? Would this work in all cases? Of course not....Reactions 0 reactions Comments13 replies
Migraine or Topamax, what caused the irregular heartbeat?...Ten days ago, after having dizziness that was getting worse, an ER doc finally did a head CT and found that I had suffered a very small stroke some...Reactions 0 reactions Comments4 repliesTreatment