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Pixies for a quick treatment and cure. DS suffers from migraines and horrible headaches. He was on periactin for over 2 years and was recently weaned off and since the weaning he's had like 2 or 3 headaches in 4 months instead of daily. It can be a pain to area neurologist regularly but in the end totally worth it! My best advice is if you aren't comfortable with the doctor find a second opinion. I did and that's how DS got put on this medicine. I hope everything goes well and ill keep sending pixies!
My friend's DD had migraines and some of the weirdest triggers. And kind of soda (not just cola or caffeine based drinks), certain snack foods...I can't remember them all. It was very frustrating till my friend got a diagnosis and could narrow down the trigger foods. Her DD is now 18 and has outgrown the triggers, but she is still very careful.
Migraines are not uncommon even for young people. My daughter has had them since she was 14. She didn't see a specialist until a couple years after that. The neurologist has been great and worked with my daughter on various meds. Now the headaches are not as often and not as severe. We learned that there is not just one fix all medicine. Some work differently so you have to experiment to find the one that works best for you.
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So we had the appointment yesterday. He says she is definitely not presenting the classic symptoms of migraines (I knew that). Because her headaches are all in her forehead, he decided that he'd do steroid injections in the back of her neck/head that block the nerves the run up to her forehead. She spent most of her day yesterday with a numb head. Headache still there. It's supposed to take a couple of days up to a week for the drug to show a difference. What he said the drug should do is 'reset' her nerves and hopefully stop the pain for good. If it doesn't we call next week so that they can set up an MRI. At that point, she is supposed to start a drug treatment that she takes a night that works while she sleeps. He also gave her meds and prescriptions for some migraine drugs she can take when the pain is there (Imitrex and something that starts with a C that comes in a powder form).
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Just spoke to DD. She said the back of her head (where the shots went in) is painful/really sore today. ;( I suggested ice packs. I also Googled to see if this was normal, and it looks like it is. I wish they'd mentioned that or put it in the info sheet we received from them. I'm leaving the office early so I can spend some time with her this afternoon.
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My DSIL used to have migraines that she took medication for. But about 2 years ago she read something about migraines being tied to gluten allergy. She has almost completely cut gluten from her diet and hasn't had a migraine since.
Who knows what causes them. My mother and aunt would get them and they were both told it's tied to hormones (hence the reason more females get them than males). My aunt would get them only occasionally but mom would get extreme ones - they would last for days and they would make her really sick. Sometimes it would even affect her eyesight and the migraine meds rarely helped but neither my aunt or my mother has had a migraine since they went through the change.
So we had the appointment yesterday. He says she is definitely not presenting the classic symptoms of migraines (I knew that). Because her headaches are all in her forehead, he decided that he'd do steroid injections in the back of her neck/head that block the nerves the run up to her forehead. She spent most of her day yesterday with a numb head. Headache still there. It's supposed to take a couple of days up to a week for the drug to show a difference. What he said the drug should do is 'reset' her nerves and hopefully stop the pain for good. If it doesn't we call next week so that they can set up an MRI. At that point, she is supposed to start a drug treatment that she takes a night that works while she sleeps. He also gave her meds and prescriptions for some migraine drugs she can take when the pain is there (Imitrex and something that starts with a C that comes in a powder form).
That sounds like what my DD and I get. Ours is from allergies that affect our sinuses. Try daily OTC allergy meds and sinus medicine.
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