Information and opinions on Migraine from Eileen Gray 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/905 http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/905/rss self application/xml en-us 15 120 19 http://www.healthcentral.com/images/hc_logo_sm.gif http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/905 http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/905/39189/weeks-inderal Tue, 02 Sep 2008 06:00:00 -0400 Eileen Gray After my "drug holiday", my doctor decided to try me on Inderal as a preventive. I started out taking 1/2 a 10mg pill in the morning, and again in the evening. Now, I am up to one 10mg pill in the morning and again in the evening.   I have to say, so far, I feel pretty good! The Inderal does make me a tad dizzy from time to time, and the first few nights on it I had horrible nightmares, but yesterday was my first touch of... http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/905/39189/weeks-inderal http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/905/34860/drug-holiday Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:44:00 -0400 Eileen Gray I went to my neurologist last week and we decided I would go on a drug holiday. It sounds much more glamorous than it really is.   Enter - daily migraines! I was doing well while on the Topamax and Amitriptyline, but there were some side effects that I could no longer deal with.   From the Topamax, I got side effects consisting of: no libido, overheating and not being able to sweat. We have an article about Topamax and the sweating... http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/905/34860/drug-holiday http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/905/32394/iv-therapy-ketamine Sun, 29 Jun 2008 20:41:00 -0400 Eileen Gray Dr. John Claude Krusz, our Ask the Clinician here on Mymigraineconnection, was kind enough to spend some time with me while here in Boston, explaining a bit about the IV Therapy treatment he uses at his Dallas, Texas, clinic.   While at the 50th annual American Headache Society conference, Dr. Krusz had three scientific posters up for display, two of which are part of this great video Dr. Krusz was more then... http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/905/32394/iv-therapy-ketamine http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/905/32381/day-sessions Sun, 29 Jun 2008 18:37:23 -0400 Eileen Gray Hey, gang! I do have some more stuff coming to you from Boston in the near future, but I can't seem to get my little video camera to work on my laptop right now! Of course when it's something you are really excited about, technology fails on ya!   We had an awesome session this morning. It was all about how patients need to be an active role in their healthcare team and how doctors can help facilitate that. Teri is working on a wonderful... http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/905/32381/day-sessions http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/905/32221/boston-day Fri, 27 Jun 2008 22:38:57 -0400 Eileen Gray Today is our second day here at the conference. We woke up early again today to go to a satillite symposium on Conventional Management and Novel Modalities for Improved Treatment of Chronic Migraine. One of the speakers at the session was Dr. Richard Lipton who is a chairperson on the AHS.   The session was about tracking Migraine from low-frequency episodic Migraine to chronic Migraine and how to reduce attacks to bring chronic Migraine... http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/905/32221/boston-day http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/905/32127/update-boston Thu, 26 Jun 2008 22:19:30 -0400 Eileen Gray As I'm sure you all know, I was super excited to be able to accompany Teri on this trip to Boston for the 50th Annual American Headache Society conference. We arrived yesterday, but the conference itself didn't get going until today.   Let me just tell you what we did. We woke up and got down to a breakfast satellite symposium at - 6 am!  It was called Brains, Sex Hormones & Women: Neural Mechanisms of Migraine. It was about... http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/905/32127/update-boston http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/905/30501/reminder Tue, 10 Jun 2008 14:31:56 -0400 Eileen Gray I wanted to remind us all to be good to ourselves, especially as this hot summer season approaches!   Some of us take medications that can cause us to potentially over heat quickly. I myself take topamax and I find in the summer, I have great difficulty in the heat because of this.   Also - remember to stay hydrated. No need to bring on a migraine over dehydration. I always have a bottle of water with me, especially now! I avoid... http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/905/30501/reminder http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/905/30106/perfume-handled Fri, 06 Jun 2008 09:09:09 -0400 Eileen Gray For those of you who have been following my perfume issue at work, I think it's finally handled. The situation reached it's breaking point last week when my boss was on vacation. Perfume girl wore perfume three times that week. The first day I didn't say anything, thinking it's Tuesday, coming off of a long weekend, she probably just forgot. Then Wednesday happend and I spoke with my supervisor about it.   My supervisor spoke with perfume... http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/905/30106/perfume-handled http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/905/26765/how-far-do-have-to Fri, 02 May 2008 07:42:53 -0400 Eileen Gray As some of you who frequent the forum may know, I've been dealing with an issue at work. There is an employee in my office who wears perfume that is a very big trigger for me.   I have spoken with her about this, my boss has discussed this with her at length. Yesterday, she wore it again. This was the second time this week. I have now popped a Frova again this morning to get rid of a migraine that was triggered yesterday from said... http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/905/26765/how-far-do-have-to http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/905/25237/day-life Tue, 15 Apr 2008 12:52:00 -0400 Eileen Gray Frova not working,Pain is still lurking,Nauseous and dizzy for days. Looking for pills,As my head swells,I can't stay like this all day! Three hours away from Status Migraine,And finally - a break!Second Frova kicked in,What a day this has been,Now finally! I can get some sleep! http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/905/25237/day-life