Has anyone used or prescribed Seroquel for a migraine preventive and how did it work for you?
These migraines I get have gotten increasingly worse over the last year. I am fifty and in pre-menopause. I have had bad morning migraines that have woken me up for the last four days. My doctor gave me samples of Seroquel yesterday and I took one last night and still woke up today with a pounding migraine. The side effects of Seroquel are not nice and I'm afraid to keep using it and afraid not to. I get daily headaches and at least 18 plus migraines a month. Five weeks ago I had a twelve day stretch with no migriane, but I had missed a period that month. Help!
Hi,
I started Seroquel a little over two months ago. I was lucky because I didn't experience any side effects from it, I was only tired for the first few days after starting it. I didn't see any improvement of my Migraines on the initial dose so my Migraine Specialist increased the dose last week and I went six days without a Migraine. I'm very hopeful that the increase in the Seroquel was the reason for my latest pain free streak!!
Good luck and try to stick with it if you can, it may turn out to be the preventive that works it's magic for you 
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You know, I don't get side effects from seroquel. Unfortunately, it also doesn't help my migraines. Sometimes though, large quantities of it - 100mg to 300mg, will force me to sleep if I am in a lot of pain. So, if I just need to pass out because I hurt so bad, sometimes it helps. I never have side effects after though. Strange how different people are sensitive to different meds due to brain chemistry.
Hydroxine in large quantities DOES help my migraines sometimes by relaxing my muscles a bit.
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My husband is using it. It has helped his migraines, on the whole... however, he's put on 30 pounds and is now in the obese BMI designation.
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