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LilyTheKitty

Updated 1y ago

Dealing with Migraines: Starting a Preventative Pill

Hey! Looks like we matched. I’m not sure which conditions it matches us with, but right now my biggest trouble is my headaches and migraines. I’m about to start a preventative migraine pill for the first time. Do you also have migraines?

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craftycoffee

2y

Yes I have migraines, occipital neuralgia, and cluster headaches. I'm sorry you have to deal with migraines too. They're awful. What preventative will you be taking?
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royalty

2y

I get pretty bad migranes frequently. I've been getting them every night lately, it's awful
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CasuallyCerebral

2y

Fellow migraine sufferer here! I’ve been trying the Emgality injection for the last several months but I really don’t think it’s helping. I know everyone here probably knows that feeling of frustration. Still hopeful I’ll eventually find a regimen that works for me!
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Sadako

2y

I usually have my migraines in late afternoon twilight hours of the day. Sometimes medication doesn't touch it or I take them to late.
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Kim2022

2y

I honestly just use ice, a dark room, and throwing up to make my migraines go awY. Naprosyn usually helps prevent a headache from becoming a migraine, but I have tried so many other things that the ice, dark room, and throwing up seem to be good. I haven't found any medication or anything in other words.
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jdubz

2y

i’m also on a preventative! i take topamax daily and imitrex as needed to treat migraines. luckily i don’t get them often, but i do get headaches pretty frequently
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catmom1995

2y

Yes I do have migraines get Botox for them
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TheDreamingKind

2y

I also have migraines. Sometimes Gatorade helps them when I can tell a migraine is going to come, but if I wait to long I have to take ibuprofen or rizatriptan.
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Meek84

2y

Since I was 2-3 yrs old & I'm 37 now. I take Topiramate 50mg 2x daily (preventive), Naproxen 500mg (onset of headache or aura), Rizatriptan-ODT 5mg (onset of acute ones), Sumatriptan injection 6mg (onset of severe ones) & Tramadol 50mg (when all else fails)
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meghana

2y

Yes I do. It can be hard. I'm taking nurotriptaline as a preventive. My migraines have not been as frequent or as bad.
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jolyne

2y

chronic headaches, cluster headaches, migraines, the whole sha-bang! i hope the medication works for you!!!

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