Information and opinions on Migraine from Angst at MyMigraineConnection.com. The HealthCentral Network, Inc. (www.HealthCentral.com) is one of the top health destinations on the Web, with more than 35 condition-specific, wellness and general health Web properties. http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/7365 http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/7365/rss self application/xml en-us 15 120 19 http://www.healthcentral.com/images/hc_logo_sm.gif http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/7365 http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/7365/64173/doctor-tomorrow Sun, 22 Mar 2009 15:09:12 -0400 Angst I have an appointment with my headache specialist tomorrow... probably the last for another 6 months.   I am really worried that I won't be able to tell her everything I'd like to. I tend to freeze in front of doctors and simply answer yes or no questions. Even with these questions, I tend to minimize the magnitude of symptoms.   Result: I always leave dissapointed, mad at myself, and get little or no relief.   Does anyone... http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/7365/64173/doctor-tomorrow http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/7365/62647/dis-ease-soul Wed, 11 Mar 2009 02:23:06 -0400 Angst This DIS-Ease of the Soul...   It's here todayIt was there yesterdayAnd it's here to stayThere's no way to fixThe unrelenting helixMy life currently depicts I never understood this distressThat kidnapped my youthfulnessAnd is still rendering me lifelessThis physical dreadOf the ache in my headComingled with things unsaid Apparently I suffer from depressionA label of medical professionThat discredits any explanationI am a "psych... http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/7365/62647/dis-ease-soul http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/7365/42158/stupid-depression Wed, 24 Sep 2008 21:32:14 -0400 Angst Isn't it ironic that most migraine/headache preventives also increase the risk of depression?   I have a history of severe depression, of chronic daily headache, and of migraines; I've tried several preventives already with no success. I saw a headache specialist today, and, like the last one, said there really wasn't much more we could try because of the depression. Beta-blockers, trycyclics, calcium channel blockers...... http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/7365/42158/stupid-depression http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/7365/23219/pain-head Fri, 28 Mar 2008 08:34:00 -0400 Angst I am unfortunately all too familiar with headache & migraine pain... I have however, noticed a different kind of pain that I can't identify. I'm wondering if anybody experiences this too? The pain comes on very suddenly and is very strong. It feels like my head is on the verge of exploding. The pain is not localised but engulfs my whole head. The best thing to do when this happens is usually to cover my forhead & eyes... http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/7365/23219/pain-head http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/7365/16338/bother Tue, 13 Nov 2007 12:08:00 -0500 Angst I've started physiotherapy treatments to try and help with my migraines and CDH. We're working mostly on my posture and relieving some tension in the trapezius muscles. I come out of there in so much pain and it remains for the next 2-3 days. I'm living on hot baths and Rub-A535. I've had to switch from using a purse to a backpack to help ease the back pain. I have seen no difference in my headache pattern except... http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/7365/16338/bother http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/7365/13021/nausea-food Fri, 31 Aug 2007 22:15:00 -0400 Angst Okay, so here's my dilema... I'm nauseous, very nauseous. Probably a combination of an upcoming migraine, a side-effect from the triptan I took to try and save myself from it, and from the antibiotic that I just started taking again - which upsets my stomach. Eating will just make it worse, but I need to eat when I take the antibiotic, and I can't have dairy products with it, so a glass of milk is out of the question.... http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/7365/13021/nausea-food http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/7365/12715/rest-nuh-huh Fri, 24 Aug 2007 23:46:00 -0400 Angst Well, since I've been off all preventatives, daily headaches have been better (I think). Only now I'm experiencing the real full-blown migraines. The good news is that at my last visit with the doctor, we decided to try Axert and a miracle happened - it proved to be helpful! I don't have near enough though... 6 won't keep me through the month. I know you can't take too many to avoid MOH, but I need more than just six. Lately,... http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/7365/12715/rest-nuh-huh http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/7365/10543/hope Mon, 18 Jun 2007 21:50:00 -0400 Angst Well, there is hopefully some hope in the horizon. After being treated very rudely by my regular neurologist and downright being told that I "wasn't well" by another on the same day. This is what he concluded on our first meeting, after simply going over my file, barely asking me any questions. I'm not well and therefore shouldn't be working nor going to school... Anyways, let's just say I don't really appreciate... http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/7365/10543/hope http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/7365/9703/changed Mon, 21 May 2007 22:28:00 -0400 Angst First of all, I want to thank everyone who has commented on my last sharepost "Any suggestions welcome" I really appreciate your help.   Unfortunately, since then, things have just been getting worse. I'm at about a 7 or 8 pretty much constantly now. I'm really nauseous, I can barely eat, which doesn't usually happen. In the morning it's better, so I try to eat more then... but even when I do eat, my digestive system is... http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/7365/9703/changed http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/7365/9259/suggestions Sun, 06 May 2007 20:03:00 -0400 Angst Hello, Well, migraines have been really bad lately, worse than usual, if that's at all possible... I saw my neurologist last week and she confirmed that I did have migraines and not headaches. I'm seeing another neurologist at the migraine clinic next week in hope that he will think of something my other doctor hasn't thought of over the years. I'm back on Topamax... not so much for the migraines this time, because it... http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/7365/9259/suggestions