does anyone suffer with migraines of the hemipaligic nature? They tell me it is very rare. Lucky me.
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Nancy Harris Bonk
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Saturday, November 07, 2009 at 06:07 PMYes I do for the last 10 years, it sucks, but eventually the migraine will change in nature, now I get vertigo...I take verapamil and effexor as prevention, and this has helped tremendously!
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Mere
Thursday, November 12, 2009 at 05:34 PMI have just been to a new doctor and he has mentioned that I may be suffering from hemiplegic or some type of hemicranial migraine. I am still being assessed. I have been taking Verapamil 240 mg twice a day for about ten years for migraine. My new doctor is adding Magnesium, Vitamin B2 and Co-enzime Q and Indocin to my arsenal. Topomax will be added if needed.
I have had atypical migraine for 35 years. It started with abdominal and head migraine when I was 12.
For some reason, I have een going through a very tough time since June of this year.
I wish you well.
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violinmemories
Saturday, November 14, 2009 at 12:41 AMHi Sandy:
I was diagnosed with hemiplegic migraines about 2004...it is one of the rare ones that is for sure. It affects the left side of my body and the last time I was hospitalized for it was in August 2009.
I've been in and out of the hospital rehab unit at least 3 different times as an in-patient and 2 times as out-patient.
It's tough when the doctor's think it is your fault and you can "snap out of it". One even said I was depressed and I needed anti-depressants!!! LOL. But I take it one day at a time.
Hang in there!
Meredith
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Hi Sandy,
Hemiplegic Migraine is a rare form of Migraine, which is a genentic neurological disease. We have information on this type of Migraine you can continue reading about in this article: Hemiplegic Migraine - The Basics.
If you'd like some additional support, come join our discussion forum. There is even a spot for hemiplegic Migraineurs you may be interested in. You'll need to register again once there because it's a separate membership database, but you can use the same member name, email address, and password that you used here. You can find our forum at http://forums.healthcentral.com/discussion/migraine/forums.
I hope this helps,
Nancy