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-Did anyone experience a worsening migraine after using Cefaly?
First-time Cefaly user. I jumped on the Black Friday sale hoping to add another tool to my arsenal, but my experience has left me wondering if it just made my migraine worse.
Last night before bed, I developed a dull throb on the left side of my forehead to warn that a migraine was on the way. If I take a triptan as soon as I begin getting warning throbs, I usually have a decent chance of knocking out a migraine before it fully kicks in. I went ahead and took a triptan, and put on my Cefaly for the first time. I figured that way, if the device didn’t actually work to abort the migraine, I still had the triptan on my side. And maybe the sensation of the Cefaly would block my head pain while the triptan went to work.
I did the abortive 60-minute session. I wasn’t that impressed; the sensation did somewhat distract from the pain, but didn’t block it out. Sort of the same experience I have using a TENS unit during endometriosis cramps: the pain isn’t quite as extreme, but it definitely isn’t blocked. I don’t think the Cefaly makers quite thought out the bright blinking light, either - it was bright enough (and flashed frequently enough) to be very noticeable, especially since I was lying down in a dark room. My photophobia didn’t appreciate it, and neither did my cat (who curled up on my chest as she only does when she can tell I’m in pain. She managed about two minutes, making annoyed little grumbles every time the Cefaly flashed, then turned around the other way and I ended up with the butt end facing me instead of the cute end).
When the session was done, I noticed the migraine had managed to fully kick in and pain had worsened. My neurologist says I can take a second triptan if the first dose doesn’t work after 60 minutes, so I took a second pill and went to bed, hoping to sleep it off.
A few of hours later, I woke up and my migraine had gone from annoying to intense. I was able to hobble to the bathroom and use the final hail mary tool in my arsenal - a ketorolac shot. I ended up sleeping in a full two hours later than usual and woke up this morning with a hangover, but the ketorolac had done it’s job and I was no longer in pain.
The rational side of me says “Listen, you need at least three instances before you can actually decide if the Cefaly made things worse, or if it was coincidence and the migraine was just going to be a bad one from the start”. The emotional side of me say “Wow, Cefaly made my pain worse! Cefaly made me go through my entire abortive arsenal! Cefaly BAD!” I’m curious to know of everyone else’s experience with Cefaly to help me figure out if I should try again or send it back.
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