6 Weeks?

By laurel0887

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This is really not a story, but a question.......

It's a first for me, I'm used to Migraines that hang around for a couple of weeks, but now I'm on eek 6, pushing 7. Most of the pain runs between 6 and 8 - on that crazy scale that they want you to use - but I can tell you that last Friday I was at 24!
It seems to be the weather - Lows- and we've had a lot of them recently.
Add the 24 to the sneezes of my allergies and it pops up closer to 34!
Anyone have that kind of a migraine? Something that laughs at Excedrin?

Let me know so I can pick your brain - and yes I go to a Neurologist, have taken scripts - they make me sick/throw up/dizzy/don't touch the pain/etc.

Thanks in advance,

Laurel

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Allyson.Ellis Community Admin
Uff, I hear how much you are enduring with migraine, Laurel0887. Miserable migraine pain for weeks on end is awful. You are not alone experiencing an increase in migraine symptoms and intensity during allergy season. I thought this article might be of interest to you: <a href='https://migraine.com/living-migraine/allergies-more-than-inconvenience/' target='_blank'>https://migraine.com/living-migraine/allergies-more-than-inconvenience/</a> If you haven't already, I would encourage you to reach out to your neurologist and possibly also your allergist (if you see one) to inform them of the change to your symptoms and see what recommendations they may have. I hope others in the community will chime in to share their experiences with you. Please check back and let us know how you are managing. Wishing you a gentle day. ~Allyson (Migraine.com team)
laurel0887 Member
Allyson, Thanks so much for your comments. I will look into the link you left. It's another rainy day in Buffalo, N.Y., so the migraine's not leaving today, but the rain keeps the pollen down, so the sneezing/watery eyes/ and totally disgusting "drip when ever I want to" nose will slow.....I always try to look on the bright side! Again thanks, Laurel
glassmind Member
Weather related migraine is so common, weather websites have Migraine Forecasts. And allergies are a trigger for many users according to Migraine Buddy app. Yes, I know what it is like for excederine and prescriptions to be ineffective. I struggle to understand how anyone can say "I had a migraine, then I took excederine and now I'm fine." That's great if it works for them. I may as well as had a tic-tac. And I know what it is like to have all,the side effects of prescriptions without positive theraputic effect. It's incredibly frustrating in addition to the actual migraine itself. It sounds like you have intractable migraine which I can only imagine. While I have migraine anywhere from once a month to every other day or even daily, I do get pain-free, aura free periods. My first doctor had suggested allergies were triggering my migraines, but as allergy medication succesfully treated the allergies while having no effect on the migraines. Perhaps, though, for you if you know the allergies make it worse, than maybe treating the allergies will at least keep you at 24? Sorry that I really only had empathy and sympathy to offer (my migraines only go away with sleep. I take medication for the nausea/vertigo and to aid sleep) I wish you the best in getting that migraine gone!
1. laurel0887 Member
 Unfortunately, I already have cancer - adenoid cystic carcinoma - never heard of it.......me neither - only less than 1% of the world gets it! 7yrs. ago in the parotid gland - long salivary gland on side of face - fixed that then last year it traveled to my lungs. Hope it's having a great vacation! I have no pain from it, even though both were/are stage 4 - I only had radiation with the first , chemo does nothing for it. Now they're just watching the lungs. The migraine still gets number uno! So I think you're right! My best, Laurel
2. jean Member
 "Excedrin – I always say anyone who can take those and get better, never had a Migraine to begin with! " Everyone is different. I have lived with migraine for 60 years. When prescription drugs quit working for me all I had was Excedrin and it worked as well as the rx drugs had in their best days. Please don't make hasty assumptions but you are correct that some people think that a bad headache is a migraine. Unfortunately excedrin and its generics changed their inert ingredients to things I'm allergic to so I don't have that anymore. But fortunately my migraines have changed to "silent" and are easier to live with, somedays anyway. <a href='https://migraine.com/migraine-types/silent-migraine/' target='_blank'>https://migraine.com/migraine-types/silent-migraine/</a>
pattyag Member
Laurel, I went through this same thing this year.....I thought I would lose my mind. I am extremely susceptible to migraines from the barometric temp changes. Then once I get in the cycle it’s really hard to break. Mine has broken for now at least. I see a holistic eastern Med doctor...a Kinesiologist chiropractors...he finally broke the chain for me on the last visit. I have not hade but 1 in 2 weeks. I go back tomorrow for more work . He is my lifesaver. Neurologists all eventually give up on me. I’ve had more luck with him than with anyone. Good luck.
cobymeg Member
I have had a migraine lasting a year. Currently in remission. Have given up on all drugs and neurologists. Nothing works (including Aimovig).

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