I seem to remember on the old site there were quite a few migraine sufferers. I've had them since I was 9 or so, thankfully had almost none in my late teens and 20s, but as I move into my 40s, they seem to be back with a vengeance. Steadily increasing in frequency and duration, most recently culminating in a 12 hour long, brutal pain-fest that left me completely unable to think, function or hold any meds in my stomach long enough for them to do any good and neck muscles so thoroughly over-spasmed that they still hurt days later. Think, "If this goes on much longer, I'm so tired of agony and vomiting, I might have a mental breakdown, please, I just want to pass out" kind of pain.
I have an appointment with a neurologist finally, but that isn't till November. I know my triggers, etc, but it seems I'm getting behind the curve. What do you do manage your migraines? To prevent them? To abort them? How do you make sure your life isn't ruled by them? Out of the box thinking is welcome here, but please, back it up with science and / or repeatable experience.
I've had a trifecta of Imitrex, fioricet and vicodin that when used intelligently, used to reliably kill my headaches - this is no longer the case. I've played with racetams as a preventative with varying success, but am wary about long term, off schedule use of them. Besides, they so amp up my thought processes I drive my friends / co-workers nuts and often can't sleep for the barrage of ideas.
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