tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968022325149168758.post8474837762811396192..comments2024-03-20T00:18:15.489-07:00Comments on The Long and Winding Road: Sometimes You Feel Like A NutJenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02455367671890571478noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968022325149168758.post-82922809963813057342012-04-24T12:59:41.520-07:002012-04-24T12:59:41.520-07:00I am sorry that it has been so difficult to find a...I am sorry that it has been so difficult to find a solution. :( It took me forever to find something that helped, and I still get them. Just not as bad. I couldn't figure out why things like Topamax didn't help. Turns out it was irritation of the occipital nerves from my tight neck muscles. Looking back it makes total sense, because I would get the headaches at school when I'd look down at my desk. Or at work, when my desk wasn't set up right and I'd have to look down to see the monitor. Getting Solumedrol injected every few months helps with the nerve irritation/inflammation. Botox is another option for those that have this issue, but it is expensive and for me it hurt pretty badly for a week.Four Jordanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13563090187161059781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968022325149168758.post-38260110546682145062012-04-24T11:11:46.509-07:002012-04-24T11:11:46.509-07:00I get ocular migraines - the visual disturbance ki...I get ocular migraines - the visual disturbance kind where I see a flashing silver light, and it always starts in the shape of a "c". They seem to come in clusters. I'll go several months or even years without one and then blam, I'll get 3 in one month. I gave up caffeine in 2004 but have gotten them since then so I don't that mattered much, in my case anyway. My neurologist thinks it's hormone related. I don't know if it's coincidence or not but I never got one while I was seeing my chiropractor for a chronic neck ache that I have. In fact I did go several months after seeing the chiropractor without getting one. But like I said, that could be complete coincidence because I've gone that time frame without one when *not* seeing the chiropractor. But as for the cause, what triggers them, that is a mystery to me, too. <br /><br />I take Treximet and my neurologist also prescribed me something for the nausea and that makes it more bearable until it passes. I can't imagine if migraines were something I had to deal with on a regular basis though - ouch! I hope the medicine starts working soon and cuts you some slack on the side effects. Migraines are no joke.Channenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968022325149168758.post-56115153614072007402012-04-24T02:34:37.524-07:002012-04-24T02:34:37.524-07:00Different drugs...different reason....but I feel y...Different drugs...different reason....but I feel ya!<br />I no likey crazy world!! Really do wanna get off this ride!<br /><br />Hoping you find the right dose soon & the side effects level offLoveJudiannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04786974349181170539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968022325149168758.post-61538804293752522432012-04-23T21:45:07.893-07:002012-04-23T21:45:07.893-07:00Probably also something you've tried...as if y...Probably also something you've tried...as if you haven't tried it all...but my mother-in-law used to get migrains. She started going to the chiropractor and hasn't had one for a couple of years. She used to get them often and had to wear dark glasses around the house to ease the pain. <br /><br />I surely pray that you will get relief...and can get off such heavy meds. That does sound scary, though your headaches sure sound awful, too.<br /><br />Nancy in the MidwestAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968022325149168758.post-52034763756680494882012-04-23T19:37:30.666-07:002012-04-23T19:37:30.666-07:00This is going to sound implausible but I have seve...This is going to sound implausible but I have several friends/family who got rid of migraines (and other things back pain, etc) using dr. John sarno's book, the mind body prescription. It sounds bananas but when you read his explanations, it's an "ah ha!) moment. Im reading it now myself. Hope you feel better :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com