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Well here we are again. As migraine sufferurs we are all to familiar with dealing with cronic pain. We are all to use to being steriotyped as "pill-poppers" and all to use to hearing the most dreaded phrase from the doctor " I dont know"
I have been having migraines from tha age of 8. Pain is nothing new to me. The last few weeks I have had unbeilievable pain in my belly. I thought it was PMS and ignored it. The pain has gotten so bad it wakes me up at night. I completly missed my period this month.
I finally decided to go into the doctor, I had my regualr exam, let the Doc know what was going on and how severe the pain is. I also let him know my migraines are getting worse with the pain.
I got the dreaded answer " I dont know" we start from step one and work our way thru to find what might be wrong. In the mean time, I take yet another pain pill. I need another pain pill like I need a hole in my head!
How frustrating!
Tawny
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When we take certain OTC and prescription more than two to three days a week, we run the risk of getting Medication Overuse Headache, (MOH) formerly called rebound headache. Any Migraine prevention drug we take while in MOH will not work, period. Medication Overuse Headache - When the Remedy Backfires has more information.
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