now this too? ... migraine

[East Hill]

Yes, I consider myself very fortunate that not only does the Imitrex work, it still works. I've been using it since it first became available in the US, around 1993. I've known people who can no longer use it because they built up a tolerance to it.

East Hill

[KnottedYet]

BMo3 - good thoughts for you at your appt!

Ergotamine didn't work for me, either. My visual goodies remind me of those stop-action films of roses blooming; only my "roses" are glowing and blooming backwards. A few times I've gotten blind spots, where it's like someone just "pinched out" part of the world. Those are creepy, because I can't see what's there, and can't tell there's anything missing unless I look around.

[Bikingmomof3]

BMo3 - good thoughts for you at your appt!

Ergotamine didn't work for me, either. My visual goodies remind me of those stop-action films of roses blooming; only my "roses" are glowing and blooming backwards. A few times I've gotten blind spots, where it's like someone just "pinched out" part of the world. Those are creepy, because I can't see what's there, and can't tell there's anything missing unless I look around.

Thanks Knot.

I see black spots which eventually make me temporarily blind.

[Duck on Wheels]

My headaches have almost always been one-sided. So maybe I've had migraines all along, but only figured it out when I got the aura thing. My aura looks kind of like a circle saw blade made of broken glass and mirror bits, turning round and round, expanding, and then opening up in the middle as normal vision returns. Pretty, in a nasty sort of way. As for the headaches -- the old ones I could generally deal with using an acupressure point (pinching hard on the sinew in the web between thumb and first finger on the opposite side hand from the headache), or pain meds, or codeine strength pain meds -- depending on intensity. This new one, though, lasted 14 hours and besides the main pain on one side also had full-surround pressure. Fortunately it was not intense. I was on my way to bed when it started and hoped it would be gone in the morning. I managed to sleep, but it was still there until around noon. Of course, by then there was no point taking anything since your stomach tends to stop functioning during a migraine. I didn't know that then (learned it from the doc later), but decided as long as I could manage without I'd better wait it out and learn what it was like. Now I know to try an ordinary pain med during the aura phase, then the nose spray stuff if that doesn't work. Can't take ibuprofen, tho. It triggers Crohns flareups.

BMo3: How did it go at the neurologist today (was it today?)? I sure hope they find some treatment that'll help!!!

[Bikingmomof3]

Duck on Wheels,
Only 20% of people with migraines have auras. I rarely take meds with mine, but I have a very high threshhold and having 3 babies underfoot made not taking medicine crucial. Coffee always helps. I have pone medicine I take when it is really bad, but it is not a pain killer. I have too many migraines, I would be addicted to pain killers.

[KnottedYet]

BMo3 - hon, how was the neurologist visit?

[Artisan]

No more chocolate milk for me as a recovery drink after my rides. This is the second time I got an aura after a ride and it seems to only happen when I do the chocolate milk. I do find it odd that this does not happen when I drink chocolate milk at other times but I usually do soy milk. I drank regular chocolate milk, would that make a difference?

I was lucky my husband was with me or I think I would have taken someone out on the drive home. I lost most of the right visual field in my right eye.