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karenzkritterz

I'm Practically Cured! (NOT a sales pitch)

I haven't posted in forever, mostly because I always had a migraine. LOL But I wanted to share with you what I've found has been a miracle for me. My family dr. put me on Depakote about 10 months or a year ago.  They worked really well, bringing my migraine numbers down to at least 5 a week or 1 3-week-long headache (requiring... Read moreChevron
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Author of "Living Well with Migraine Disease and Headaches"

Migraines, Depakote, and Birth Defects

Migraine treatment can be difficult at best. During pregnancy, it often becomes even more difficult. We know very little about medications that are safe to take during pregnancy because "experimenting" with pregnant women just isn't feasible. One way to discover what's safe and what isn't is to look at data collected about women who took... Read moreChevron
posted 06/21/2010, comments (0)|
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Migraine drugs I've tried

Hello All,   I am not a Doctor; I am a patient. With my migraines I lose 90% sight in both eyes...meaning you could hold a number in front of me, and I could see your outline like in a shadow form, but I can't see the number of fingers. Sometimes loss of sight is in major block form, and sometimes it's like someone wiped mud over my... Read moreChevron
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Oral Depakote as a Migraine abortive?

  Full Question: I was diagnosed with basilar migraines and was treated with intravenous DepaKote 750mg and it worked great in less than 15 minutes. For the past 5 years I had been taking oral DepaKote 750mg for prevention of migraines. I also have Chronic Lyme disease and Fibromyalgia and was taking a variety of other medications but began... Read moreChevron
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Migraines with hemiplegia. Topamax not good. Worried about Depakote?

Full Question:   I have had migraines 31 years the first occurring while I was on a sugar-restricted diet. Later on I began experiencing hemiplegia affecting my right side, my speech and my ability to think clearly. After a particularly bad period I was left with partial loss of feeling in my leg and my arm and was sent to a neurologist who... Read moreChevron
posted 03/19/2010, comments (0)|

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