Today, I'm nearly done with my cortisol treatment for a persistent multi-day migraine. Good news: it actually stopped for the last two blissful, pain-free days. Bad news: apparently anything less than the maximum dose of cortisol doesn't prevent me from getting a new migraine. Here we go again. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, it's the sixth day in a row of non-stop migraines, due to grinding my teeth. Medicine works, but doesn't last. A mouth guard offers very little relief, I'm just so stressed out, and I think too much. FML
Today, after nearly three weeks of gastritis, my stomach has finally calmed down and I'm no longer feeling sick all day. Also today I woke up with a debilitating migraine and I can't function without taking pain medication. Guess how my stomach likes that… FML
Today, I found out the trigger to my horrendous, disgustingly painful migraines that last up to 5 days is... Pain. My migraines are literally causing themselves. FML
Today, it's the 11th day of my migraine. I've drunk enough water to piss crystal clear, eaten every type of food there is, slept for days, and tried every remedy in my medicine cabinet. Nothing made a dent in the splitting pain. FML
Today, I was prescribed medication to treat the headaches, caused by the medication to treat the lethargy, caused by the medication to treat my crippling nerve pain, without which I'd be stuck in a wheelchair. FML
Today, I've been suffering from unbearable headache, fever, agonizing body pain for more than ten days. I took a COVID test, an antibiotic tablets course, even a dengue test. Finally after spending my entire bank balance on tests and MRI, it was diagnosed as a migraine - which went away with a single tablet. FML
Today, I learned that pregnancy makes me more prone to migraines, but the only pain killer I can take makes me vomit. So I have to choose between being in pain and vomiting for hours on end. FML
Today, I was put on a medication for severe migraines. One of the side effects is difficulty concentrating and word recall. I was writing a paper and sat there trying to remember how to spell "isn't." This medication better work. FML
Today, thanks to a side effect from my medication, I'm suffering the longest mild panic attack I've ever had. I'm on day two and it shows no sign of letting up. FML
Today, it was the day of the doctor's appointment that I've been waiting for for eight months. I woke up with a fever and had to reschedule. The next appointment is next year. Guess I have to put up with my daily migraines until 2021. FML
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Charlie Given 28
I used to suffer from migraines till I realized I had a shit ton of allergies to different ingredients and medications and food you're going to probably have to do what I did and experiment get to really know the ingredients and what you take in your body get the list of a thousand things that causes migraines and start whittling through the list until you figure it out took me a couple years but I eventually did it
coius 23
I have botox to treat migraines. Check into it, it may work and many insurances cover it
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Charlie Given 28
I used to suffer from migraines till I realized I had a shit ton of allergies to different ingredients and medications and food you're going to probably have to do what I did and experiment get to really know the ingredients and what you take in your body get the list of a thousand things that causes migraines and start whittling through the list until you figure it out took me a couple years but I eventually did it
coius 23
I have botox to treat migraines. Check into it, it may work and many insurances cover it
roguekittiekat 10
I feel for you so much. I use Botox now but I had to go through a lot to get to there. Like the other commenter said, I found out that I had sensitivity (triggers) to many things and have to avoid them like the plague. I also have to take a daily regimen and have a rescue medicine in case one starts and I can try to stop it. I am now down to under 10 migraine days a month instead over 20. Hang in there! It's a lot of trial and error but there a few new drugs out and I am sure things that haven't been tried yet by your neurologist!