Migraine - Vyvanse was a breakthrough for my vestibular migraine fatigue + brain fog : Women-care

Migraine overview

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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-Vyvanse was a breakthrough for my vestibular migraine fatigue + brain fog

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I've had moderate, inattentive-type ADHD since my teen years. Adderall was a always very effective treatment for me, even at relatively low doses (10mg).

When I developed VM in my twenties, that changed. It's the weirdest thing-- when I have any level of migraine the Adderall is null and void. No effect on my concentration, mental performance, energy, or even appetite. I posted in a Migraine Facebook group about this phenomenon, and a decent number of people (all women, for some reason) said that they experience the exact same thing.

I talked to my doctor and switched to Vyvanse recently, and it was a game-changer. It does its job whether or not I have a migraine. One of my biggest and most problematic VM symptoms is brain fog/cognitive issues, and this medication helps me a lot with that. I still feel pretty disoriented and foggy on migraine days, but the Vyvanse at least brings my brain up to working capacity. It also helps a TON with the profound fatigue I get from migraines. Unless I'm having a really severe episode, it gives me the energy of a normal person. Which feels amazing and makes my life so much more functional. I can perform consistently at work now, keep up on housework, and I even have the energy/mental resources get back into hobbies.

I wanted to share this here in case anyone has had a similar journey. I should note that I'm very chronic (20+ migraine days per month) and also taking/doing a lot of other migraine treatments currently.

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Migraine Symptoms

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Migraines, which have an effect on children and teens as nicely as adults, can development via 4 stages: prodrome, aura, attack and post-drome. Not everyone who has migraines goes through all stages.

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