I have made 3 trips to the emergency room in the last week to get injections for my migraine only to get a brief bit of relief. My medication that I take on a daily basis isn't working (duh even though the doctor thinks so). I am sick of taking shots in my arms for relief when they only last about an hr. I throw up, am sick to my stomache can't cope with daily life because of this and the only thing that I get is " call your family doctor to see if something else is going on". Well I did just that. I went to her yesterday and the only thing that she did was take blood and send me back to the hospital for an IV. She said if I was low on fluids that this could sometimes cause migraines. Well low and behold this did not help. Imagine that! I can't get into see my migraine doctor ( there is at least a 3mth wait) so what am I to do in the meantime? SUFFER! Although the last trip before the IV the ER doctor did do a cat scan and it revealed nothing (they never do thank goodness) as far as a stroke, anurism(sp?) or anything of that nature. I was given 2 shots in my rear lol of dalidud (sp?) medrol and phenergan. These shots lasted for about 4 hrs of moderate relief but as of today I STILL have my migraine. I am on 300 mg of topamax a day (which is the max.) .6 mg of imitrex injections take one injection then if no better in 4 hrs repeat, and axert 12.5 mg take one pill and if no relief in 4 hrs repeat. I can't take the axert and imitrex on the same day and no more than 2 in 24 hrs. I have tried to find a new migraine dr in my area but there aren't any that are accepting new pts. Any suggestions?????? Please help.
Angela
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