A migraine a day....

By Sarah Monday, November 02, 2009

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Hi,

I am new here and am was diagnosed with chronic daily migraine about a year or so ago...my migraines seem to be triggered mostly by changes in the weather (pressure) and I'm not sure what else. I'm on Topamax and Relpax and that's about it right now. Thankfully I have an appointment with a neurologist in late January that I have been waiting to see for about 4 months now so I'm hoping he can alleviate the constant pain and suffering. I pretty much feel like I have one huge, neverending migraine with no rest in between except for an hour here or there. At those times I don't want to move my head because it might creep back and it feels euphoric when I don't feel the pounding.

Mainly I'm just interested in what other remedies are out there that others have found helpful. I'm especially interested in muscle relaxants as alot of my migraines seem to stem from the tension in my back and neck as well as the weather (which can't be helped I know).

I'm also interested if anyone has had any luck with accupuncture and if it is worth the expense since my insurance doesn't cover it.

Thank you in advance,

Sarah

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Nancy Harris Bonk, Health Guide

11/ 2/09 9:04pm

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shopgirl

11/ 4/09 5:20am

I have a lot of tension headaches too. Acupuncture helps them immensely! I highly recommend acupuncture! It's totally worth the money!

headacut

11/ 9/09 8:18pm

I went tried acupunture for a year along with chiropracture. Neither helped the migraines or tension headaches for me. Two years later i went to a different acupuncturist for sciatia nerve pain and he helped a bit for that and then I had a recurring pain in base of the neck (the trapez muscle) that he worked on and instantly released with a treatment (something the previous doctor couldn't do over a year of appointments). Unfortunately this doctor moved across the country so I couldn't try him out for migraines. My advise would be to try it for a couple of visits you should know after one or two in my opinion. I wasted a lot of money with my first doctor just thinking it would take time because he came highly reccomended by a friend who had seen him for years for other health reasons. The second doctor was also recommended to me by a friend and I found his treatments to be much more helpful and noticeable. I find massage to be the most rewarding of the treatments to have especially when you are paying out of pocket.

I too when like to know more about muscle relaxants. It seems like doctors are hesistant to give any additional drugs with the topamax? Not sure. But I couldn't get them to give me anything to help with the leg and back cramps I had with the sciatia pain or the tension neck pain. Hope you get a break soon from the pain I've been getting a few days off this fall but the summer was wicked for me.

Headacut

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