Cant Take the Pain Anymore Posted: 02-05-04 17:04pm
Hello everyone im looking for some advice.
Well I started getting migraines when I
was 15 and I will be 19 in a few months.
They have gotten much worse in the past
year I now suffer with them everyday. Ive
been on preventives such as: inderal,
propranolo, neurontin, topamax,
amitriptyline, depakote er and folic
acid(which I am currently on). For pain
meds im on: zomig, imitrex, naproxen, and
butalital(which made me very sick). Ive
even switched my birth control which is
surposed to help with migraines. I wake
up with a migraine and I got to sleep with
one. I sleep all day because of the
preventives. Sometimes the pain is so bad
that I bang my head against a wall just
cause that feels better than the migraine.
I just cant take the pain anymore and it
makes me cry which makes the migraine even
worse so I forced to deal with it. My
doctor cant figure out why there so bad
and so frequent. Ive had m.R.I's, every
blood test in the book and nothing. Can
someone help me please I cant live like
this anymore.
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Jmathena
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Joined: 10 Feb 2004 Posts: 7 Location: Richmond,VA
Re: Posted: 02-10-04 05:24am
Have you seen a neurologist?
May wanna do that they deal with
brain/headaches,etc
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Shulamit Lando
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Joined: 13 Mar 2004 Posts: 6 Location: Israel
That's Me Too!! Posted: 03-13-04 19:25pm
Hi, my migraines have also gotten worse
with age. I'm about to try: septoplasty,
a nose operation. You might check it.
Neurologysts don't believe in it, but i've
heard a lot about it from people not
suffering with them anymore after the
operation. It's worth the try.
I will!
good luck!
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purple333
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Joined: 01 Dec 2003 Posts: 1420 Location: Sydney
Posted: 03-13-04 23:43pm
So many things to say, I just hope I
remember them all. I too started getting
migraines at 15 (now 4 but after trying
many meds found that what worked best for
me was mersyndols (pharmacists can
dispense them here) & I still take
them, all the others just didn't help.
But mine were never as bad as yours - have
you been tested (really thoroughly) for
allergies???? My daughter (15) started
geting migraines at 12 when we bought her
a solid pine bedroom suite - it was 6
months before she could go back into her
room!! Turns out she's highly allergic to
anything even remotely petroleum based
(pine is treated with something which has
a touch of the stuff!!). She often bangs
her head against a wall or the car if she
comes into contact (or breathes in) with
it & it's in perfumes, deodorants,
cleansers & so so much.
The other thing with her is she is immune
to pain killers. She may as well have
water as codeine forte, or anything else.
We discovered this when she had 3 wisdom
teeth removed & nothing worked on the
pain. She might as well be taking
water.
So first if the pain killers do not help,
get rid of them.
Second get tested for allergies.
Third, try & think whether anything
happened, new furniture, periods starting,
new washing powder or new tress/shrubs etc
anything about the time that the migraines
started that may give you a starting point
for maybe fixing things.
Fourth, try alternative medicines,
accupuncture, naturopathy, homeopathy,
vitamin & mineral supplements (talk to
a good health food store about what might
help ease migraines.
Fifth, i'd see another dr, couldn't hurt
& might help.
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Shulamit Lando
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Joined: 13 Mar 2004 Posts: 6 Location: Israel
How Do You Get Tested For Alergies? Posted: 03-14-04 01:13am
Is it through blood tests? Where can I
find out through the internet?
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purple333
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Joined: 01 Dec 2003 Posts: 1420 Location: Sydney
Posted: 03-14-04 18:01pm
Allergies, there are specialists (here we
get a referal to one from our local dr)
who test with pin pricks on your skin for
various things you can be allergic to) my
daughter hasn't had this, our local dr
accepts that she has an allergy to
petroleum based products simply because of
the severity & immediacy of her
reactions to such products.
Which is why you need to conssider what
(if anything) you could be allergic to as
it's impossible for any dr to test for
everything in the world today!!
As to searching on-line go to a search
engine - there's lots of them I use
google.Com or yahoo.Com (a librarian would
be a good source of information on these
sites) and where it has space for the
search topic type in what can cause
migraines or causes of migraines or
allergic reactions etc.
Pm me if you get nowhere.
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Straight
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Joined: 20 Mar 2004 Posts: 20 Location: Sweden
Altitude Pressure? Posted: 03-24-04 00:54am
Unfortunately, I won’t be able to
give that ”miraculous” answer
either. However ….. I’ve
been getting migraines since I was a
teenager too. I don’t get them as
bad as you’ve described but
something interesting happened to me.
When I moved down to rhodesia (zimbabwe) I
started to get migraines every day and
they lasted all day long.
So what do you think about the possibility
of change of altitude pressure? I
don’t know where you live but have
you noticed a difference in pain when
visiting another part of the
country/world?
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jules32
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Joined: 23 Mar 2004 Posts: 17
Migranes... Posted: 03-26-04 10:34am
Hi, sry to hear bout ur migranes I know
how it is they suck major. I seeked
doctor asstance after not being able to be
away only maybe 4 hours a day and then
sleeping again! My family was really
worried bout me b.C I was babysitting a
lot and they didnt want me to like black
out on the kids and have them freak and
not know wut to do and somthing bad
happen. So they did a lot of tests and
stuff but im on some medican that helps me
really well except for when I dont take
it! I like cant see or hear things well
and I just wanna sleep and am so hot all
the time too! So maybe u should go get
checked out b.C there is medican out there
that can help u with them so that u can
get back to ur ruteen and have more fun in
life! :d hope u get better soon!
but after trying
many meds found that what worked best for
me was mersyndols (pharmacists can
dispense them here) & I still take
them, all the others just didn't help.
