Information and opinions on Migraine from devgurl00 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/870 http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/870/rss self application/xml en-us 15 120 19 http://www.healthcentral.com/images/hc_logo_sm.gif http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/870 http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/870/18078/1st-advice-needed Wed, 19 Dec 2007 14:58:00 -0500 devgurl00 yesterday was headache doctor visit. in the past month, i had only 5 migraines, yay!!! he upped the topamax, said i should continue taking the zanaflex when i need it. i told him how work is not so supportive when i need to take off work b/c i have a headache and he wrote a script for an abortive called Axert, which i understand is a triptan. he said it may not make me as sleepy as the zanaflex, which is not a true abortive. so i filled the... http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/870/18078/1st-advice-needed http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/870/16733/dont Wed, 21 Nov 2007 09:37:00 -0500 devgurl00 woke up at 6 this morning with the throbbing pain of a migraine. realized that the anger, crying, emotionality of the past couple days must have been prodromey. can i be prodromey for 2 days or more? i guess so. i useed to chalk it up to PMS but since i have a migraine today, i think it bears watching. but i didn't take anything at the first sign of a migraine like you're supposed to. course, all i have is zanaflex still. they... http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/870/16733/dont http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/870/16651/workplace Mon, 19 Nov 2007 23:04:00 -0500 devgurl00 grrrrr. i have been up for a promotion now i had thought for about 2 months. i thought my boss had sent in the documentation and everything. in a meeting with him today, i checked in asking how long did he think it would take. learned that he had not even put in for the promotion for me yet. when i asked why, he said because of my migraines. hello????? when i asked him to explain, he said he was concerned that because of my migraines i... http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/870/16651/workplace http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/870/15042/work-bah Tue, 16 Oct 2007 15:48:00 -0400 devgurl00 i swear, i could just spit. i'm angry. yeah, i have headaches. i have headaches almost every day. some days they're migraines. but i try to work as much as i can through them. fortunately, i work from home, so i can wear my sweats, and i can lay down for 30 minutes with an ice pack if i need to.  so today, my boss calls up and says i have this important project i want you to work on but i'm worried about giving it to you because... http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/870/15042/work-bah http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/870/14900/confused Fri, 12 Oct 2007 20:15:00 -0400 devgurl00 i'm new to migraine. well, not new, but new to really trying to understand what's going on and trying to predict when and how and maybe prevent.  i have been reading the articles on this site and others and have some questions that i can't seem to find the answers to. i'm sure they're there; i'm just not able to gel it all together. i blame it on the topamax, he he he. so i need to ask the questions and maybe someone... http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/870/14900/confused http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/870/14787/musings-migraine Tue, 09 Oct 2007 20:55:00 -0400 devgurl00 i think even the 25mg of topamax is working. i feel pretty good when i get up in the morning. by 3pm tho, i'm wasted, totally zonked. and i'm pretty stupid. i really can't think clearly. topamax? maybe. maybe it's just a side effect of having all these headaches lately. i called over to the doc yesterday and told them the baclofen just wasn't cutting it. i spent the weekend in bed either with a headache or with a side... http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/870/14787/musings-migraine http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/870/14672/thinking Sun, 07 Oct 2007 21:15:00 -0400 devgurl00 Began having a daily headache about a month ago -- when i say daily headache, i mean a debilitating headache, not just a little pain in my head. i'm having trouble thinking, working, slurring my words, etc. i have had headaches all my life, i remember being in junior high (back when they called it that) and having zigzaggy lines in front of my eyes one day in study hall. went home b/c i knew i was getting a headache. and i did. and from then... http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/870/14672/thinking