Migraine - I've been feeling better...should I wait until I'm bad again to start new treatments? : 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-I've been feeling better...should I wait until I'm bad again to start new treatments?

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So I have chronic daily headaches that are normally a 2-7 on the pain scale. I started seeing a headache specialist and at my 1st appointment she gave a a treatment plan of increasing my magnesium supplement (from 500mg to 1000mg), taking B2 vitamin, and topamax as a preventive. She also prescribed several acute meds for me to try. The topamax gave me some of the worst/longest headaches I've ever had so she had me stop taking that. I met with her again and she is trying to get pre authorization for emgality, and she also referred me to a diff doctor to evaluate my neck and potentially get nerve blocks.

So I am currently only taking the supplements while I wait...but I feel the best I've felt in a long time. I still have a minor headache/neck pain, but it's only a 1 on the pain scale and I usually don't even notice it unless I start thinking about it. It's been two weeks off the topamax and I have only had one "bad" headache which nurtec knocked out very quickly-- normally I get 3+ a week.

Is it possible that the supplements are enough to help my pain? Should I tell my doc I want to wait to start emgality/see this other doc to see if I get worse again? Or should I go ahead and continue with the treatment plan to see if it knocks out my pain completely? I'm kinda worried about trying too many things at one time because I won't really know which one is working.

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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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