Information and opinions on health from abala at HealthCentral.com. 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/profiles/c/8025/index http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/8025/rss self application/xml en-us 15 120 19 http://www.healthcentral.com/images/hc_logo_sm.gif http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/8025/index http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/8025/9700/topamax Mon, 21 May 2007 21:29:00 -0400 abala I started topamax April 13th and haven't had a migraine with aura since. It is now May 21st. I had gotten to a point where they had escalated in frequency to 2 times per week. They started me out on 25 mg, hen every week after that, added another 25 mg. I was up to 75mg when I met my Neuro for the first time and she said that I was losing weight too quickly and I wasn't sleeping well for about a month. I guess insomnia is a problem... http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/8025/9700/topamax http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/8025/9058/sopranos-night Mon, 30 Apr 2007 12:44:00 -0400 abala I watched the Sopranos last night.  Not my favorite show.  Anyway, there was a part where this old man said that he could not go anywhere because his girlfriend had a migraine, she was in bed.  It was the middle of the day.   At some point later on in the show, he went in to check on her.  She had her eyes covered so as to not let in any sunlight.  He was talking to her, she did not respond.  He touched her,... http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/8025/9058/sopranos-night http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/8025/8879/moving-art-worthy Mon, 23 Apr 2007 17:29:00 -0400 abala It’s hard to even know what to think of myself as an artist right now.  I’m so used to thinking of myself lately as a migraineur.  For the last 6 months, I have been obsessed with figuring out how to stop these attacks and watching for the next new threshold of developments, should they arrive (and they did): scheduling doctor appointments: trying new meds, hoping to Christ they worked: praying that I could get through reading an... http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/8025/8879/moving-art-worthy http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/8025/8229/drinking-water Wed, 04 Apr 2007 12:05:00 -0400 abala I found an article that explain why people think that drinking water could help with migraine - it is more directly related to the minerals within hard drinking water.   http://www.mgwater.com/listd.shtml "According to the U.S. National Academy of Sciences (1977) there have been more than 50 studies, in nine countries, that have indicated an inverse relationship between water hardness and mortality from cardiovascular disease. That... http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/8025/8229/drinking-water http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/8025/8228/early-show-segment Wed, 04 Apr 2007 10:56:00 -0400 abala http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/04/04/earlyshow/health/main2645826.shtml       http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/8025/8228/early-show-segment http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/8025/8160/greater-frequency Mon, 02 Apr 2007 11:11:00 -0400 abala I have just started taking abortives within the last month, and it seems that the frequency has increased X3.  It's almost every week now.   Anyone have any thoughts on this?? http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/8025/8160/greater-frequency http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/8025/8054/lots-water-cured Thu, 29 Mar 2007 11:32:00 -0400 abala I was dumb enough to mention to people, when this disease was quite new to me, what I had been diagnosed with.  I was also dumb enough to think that normal people around me might have heard something about the disease and how others may have kicked it altogether. Needless to say, I have learned my lesson.   Reality came in the form of three co-workers.  Two were contractors and one is my boss.  The first co-worker's... http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/8025/8054/lots-water-cured http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/8025/7880/bunches-poems Sat, 24 Mar 2007 18:14:00 -0400 abala All in all, I feel pretty much unscathed by my attacks with the exception of a rather serious outbreak of crappy poetry. ------------------------ Aurora Borealis At the top of the world Or at the bottom Particles react With sunlight to create Ethereal living color Weaving in and out of our perception Hinting at light spectrums We cannot see. On one side of my head Or the other Chemicals react With light to create... http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/8025/7880/bunches-poems http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/8025/7872/visit-mom Sat, 24 Mar 2007 14:12:00 -0400 abala I went to my general practitioner on Thursday. Because I am a data analyst, I had charts and trendlines calculated from my 5 attacks. I had an Intensity trendline and a frequency trendline. Without the meds, the intensity trendline sharply escalates. With the meds, the intensity trendline goes down a bit. He was easy to talk to. I told him the main focus of my visit was to ensure that I was doing everything I possibly could to prevent... http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/8025/7872/visit-mom http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/8025/7871/discrepancy-site Sat, 24 Mar 2007 13:27:00 -0400 abala I have seen the two following statements on two different pages on this site, and they seem to be conflicting: "When effective, abortives stop the Migraine attack and the associated symptoms. Migraineurs may still experience the Migraine postdrome, that phase that some people call a "Migraine hang-over." Migraine abortives include: Triptans: Imitrex, Maxalt, Zomig, Amerge, Axert, Relpax, and Frova " "For most people Zomig provides... http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/8025/7871/discrepancy-site