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Pamela Wagner

Award-winning author, poet and papier mache artist

My New Book is coming out

Just wanted to share the news that my new book of poetry, about my journey from illness to recovery, is coming out at the end of this month, and is already available for preorder from Amazon.com. (See link below) In it are poems from my twenty-four years of writing, plus commentary by Dr. Mary O'Malley, psychiatrist. It is called WE MAD... Read more Chevron

posted 03/18/2009, comment (1)|

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"Abortive Meds" dont work....now what do I do??

So....I have been dealing with migraines for 5 weeks now....so I'm a "newbie". To date, I have tried Imitrex, Maxalt, Relpax, Zomig....none of them work. I seem to be in a cycle where every 4-5 days I get a migraine so bad I end up at the ER because nothing I can do helps and the pain is the worst thing I have ever felt (besides childbirth)!!... Read more Chevron

posted 05/07/2008, comments (9)|

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Having a bad spell, seeing a new doctor

I have been in a bad cycle lately with my migraines. I have been really, really frustrated. My sleep is messed up, even more than usual. I am awake for awhile until my head gets so bad I have to try to sleep, and then I sleep for a few hours and am up again until my head gets bad again, and then the whole process starts... Read more Chevron

posted 03/09/2008, comments (2)|

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Non-Opiate Acute migraine treatments

After 25 years of migraines, using every med with anecdotal efficacy in prevention under the sun (namenda being the most recent), I still have migraines. Barometric pressure, floral scents... we could spend all day on my triggers. So, I ended up with a dependence on opiates that were prescribed for my migraines. Seizures from the meperidine... Read more Chevron

posted 10/26/2007, comments (3)|

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