Prisms And Crystals Before Eyes Before Migraine Posted: 09-01-05 10:57am
Hi,
i had a weird thing happen today. I
suddenly got prism like shapes, almost
like holding crystals in the sunlight.
Around my visual area on the outter side.
Everything was a bit distorted, for about
15 minutes, no pain nothing....Then
suddenly....Wow....Right side headache hit
me. This was pretty scary, I thought I
was going blind. Is this typical of a
migraine?
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Tracey
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 16 Aug 2005 Posts: 20
Posted: 09-02-05 11:55am
Does amitriptyline work and is there any
other medicine for migraine that does not
cause weight gain?
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cloversea
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Joined: 10 Aug 2005 Posts: 19 Location: Pacific NW
Posted: 09-14-05 01:10am
It sounds like a visual aura, which about
20% of migraine sufferers have, and the
pain you describe is typical of migraine
pain. Before you try a preventive, like
amitriptyline, you may want to talk to
your doctor about taking a migraine
abortive. You take these when you notice
the aura and they can lessen the headache
pain or make it go away completely. If
you don't have frequent migraines, this is
a better option than taking preventives.
If they are frequent, you can take an
abortive along with a preventive.
Triptans are the most commonly used
migraine abortives. There are several
different ones, including imitrex, relpax
and maxalt. Many people have to try
several different ones to find the med
that works the best for them. They have
different side effects and results in
different people. They do not cause
weight gain.
Only a small percentage of people actually
gain weight on preventives. It takes a
long time of trial and error to figure out
what preventive works for you. Their
effectiveness varies from one person to
another. It's not impossile to find one,
but if an abortive works and you don't get
too many migraines, I think that's the way
to go.
