Hello every one,
I'm 50 yrs young married for 24 yrs and have 5 children all left the nest now except one, our 14 yr old son. I teach preschool K-4 and suffer with weather related migraines! "Yes" I can tell you when it's goig to rain or snow 1-week to 2-days before it happens "I feel like a weather man"
Example: on 1/5(Thursday) @ 12:00 I got the the fastest worsted migraine ever it lasted through the weekend! I went to the ER on Friday 4:00 because I maxed out my Treximet (which barley covered the migraine) I was in full blown pain!!! On 1/12 Thursday @ 11:00am started to snow we received 6inches through the night. This is my life! I basicly shut down, I miss work, pretty hard working with kids yelling, screaming,bright lights, My husband rubs my neck, shoulders, face, until the meds. kick in.
I am currently under regular doctor's care in the market for a good nerologist. I very much look forward to talking to anyone who shares the same experiences as I do and find some hope, solutions, friendship and laughter.
I am 53 years old and have had migraines for 15 years. They started sometime after I had surgery for a ruptured disk in my neck. It took me forever to figure out every time it rained, I seemed to have a headache. I went to the Doctor for years thinking I was having sinus infections and was mistreated. I've taken even known drug for migraines and nothing seems to work except botox injections. I get them once every 3 months, and they only work for 2 months. Instead of having 13-28 headaches a month - I am now having 6 - 15 headaches a month. I'm still miserable, but at least not suicidal. I hate to say it, but sometimes I wish the weather would never change. If it snows or any kind of front comes in, I am dead meat. I have found out through my Neurologist that baclofen (muscle relaxer) - if I take it prior to the front coming in, sometimes I can fight off the headache if I catch it early enough. The problem is, if you take the meds too much, your body gets used to them and they quit working.
Thanks for your reply
I too thought they were sinus, I think I've had migraines since I was a teenager maybe as a child. I now know that there is a pattern and have know it for quite sometime changes in the air pressure "low pressure system" once it gets here I'm fine, except for the muscles in my neck and shoulders are all knotted up from the headache. When I explain this to the Doctors they think I'm wacked, but I can predict the weather even if the weatherman is wrong! I live in Wisconsin, I also have migraine season October-March is my big heavy season if a lot of snow or rain. I do get them in the summer if it's very warm out and a cold front is coming. I'm currently taking treximet which only last 8hrs. and can only have no more than 2 pills in a 24hr peroid so that sucks because if the migraine lasts for 2-3 days than I end up in the ER. They also have me on Topiramate 25mg one in the morning and one at night starting. as a preventitive not sure if it's working. I think the only thing that will work is to MOVE to where there is less pressure systems. I can't take this head pain anymore too hard to live and enjoy life this way there's got to be and answer out there! besides drugs!
I will look into the botox injections
I was once on muscle relaxer as a preventitive but it did not work and made me drowzey in the morning.
I wish you well & migraine free days