Migraine overview
A migraine is a headache that can purpose intense throbbing suffering or a pulsing sensation, typically on one facet of the head. It's often accompanied with the aid of nausea, vomiting, and excessive sensitivity to mild and sound. Migraine assaults can closing for hours to days, and the discomfort can be so excessive that it interferes with your each day activities. For some people, a warning symptom viewed as an air of secrecy takes location until now than or with the headache. An air of secrecy can consist of visible disturbances, such as flashes of mild or blind spots, or different disturbances, such as tingling on one thing of the face or in an arm or leg and concern speaking.
My experience-Need some med suggestions
I (44M) have had chronic migraines since early childhood. They've increased in severity and frequency in recent years to where I now have chronic / persistent vestibular migraines. I'm in the middle of a bad one that has lasted a few days. I get a few hours at a time of less severity, which gives me a limited window in which to actually function during my work day.
I currently have nothing to take for prevention (other than having recently started back on an anti-depressant that also helps with some migraine prevention.) I have been through:
Topamax - it lost effectiveness and was causing morning brain fog. Stopped over a year ago.
Trokendi - my neuro insisted I try it the other month but it's just Topamax in extended release and was equally ineffective and made me stupid & drowsy all day.
Aimovig and Avjoy - both were rather ineffective and both caused horrible migraine symptoms for the first 12-24 hours after taking them.
I'm currently out of any abortive meds also. I have found the various triptans mildly effective but my neuro won't prescribe more since I reported "limited effectiveness" from them in the past. My GP wrote me a bunch of rizatriptan refills, but insurance / pharmacy rules won't let me get more than 9 in a month which already ran out.
Similar issues with Ubrelvy and Nurtec - insurance won't let them fill them even though the Nurtec was already filled once or twice this year and is a refill.
I'm trying to get my neuro office to do something but I don't have much hope. Wondering if anyone here has suggestions of something to specifically ask them (or my GP) to give me. I'd love a tordol (sp?) shot right now but also don't want to just go into the ER for that.
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