Hi Kitt, Odd thing was that she didn't run any blood tests....hmmm....I straight out asked her if she thought it was anxiety.....she just flat out said "no" and moved along to other thoughts. None of...
P11, All I can say from my own dealing's with my daughter's step-mom, and my ex-husband of my two boys....is you can't worry about other people...it will it out from the inside out. What's most...
Hi. I'm hopping over from the migraine forum. Due to my on-going migraines I developed anxiety. I take 20 mg. of buspar 2x day. Yesterday I had gotten excruciating pains first in my abdonmen that...
Do they feel like "electric shocks". I get these sharp..sudden...pains that feel like electricity several times a day. They are usually concentrated above my eyes as well or in my temporal areas. As...
I am so sorry to hear about your situation. I can relate in a small manner to working your way honestly and hard to the top and then due to no fault of your own losing it all. I went through a...
Lately, I seem to be carrying the "bulk" of my headaches in both of my eyes. For the last 2 days I haven't had a headache...but an eyeache. They just ache underneath them and I can't help but to...
Indeed, you have posed a very interesting question. It truly gives a person that moment to look in the mirror and ask themselves..."What am I....my best friend....or worst enemy"? I agree with the...
Hey Jaime, VERY well said......life and others CAN get you down......BUT only and ONLY IF [u]you let it! [/i] Awesome support!! Take care, Krista...
Jamie hit the nail on the head air...don't hate yourself...I too, just like everyone else in this world....I have done INCREDIBLY dumb, stupid, "I can't believe I did/said that",...
Dear Amoria, You....my dear, are SO not alone in this. Ever since my migraines started about a year and a half ago they put my on an ani-depressant...as one they were supposed to help my...
Air, Please read my quotation below. This has carried me through a lot of "life". Alcohol and depression.....is a coctail that spells disaster. I know first hand that the "morning after"......can...
Hi Sara. It's good to hear from you! :) I'm hanging in there...thankfully I'm having more good days than bad with the headaches....now if I could only beat this awful vertigo!! YUCK!! I don't drink...
What exactly does the IV Lidocaine do? "Break" the cycle of consistent headaches? Is this out-patient?? Anyone who has done this before could you please fill me in on the details.....thank you!!...
Thanks to everyone for their responses....and thanks to the "indomethacin" for making my headaches a LOT less "tooth-pickish". I have finally had relief, what I have had to is take an indo when...
Jake, PLEASE, keep in mind that MOST importantly you still have that "thread" to hang on too. I, as you know as well, have been to what it seems was to be life in constant hell and now....almost 16...
In all honesty I had lost my job due to my migraine/vertigo issues. I was on "paid" short term disability for 4 months....and then the insurance company did not have "sufficient" enough evidence for...
HI..........I feel for you and your frustration......sometimes the frustration alone I think is the main "trigger" for my headaches. Don't look it as a waste of time...just look as it as a road...
My doc and I are trying yet another medication. I get "ice pick" like headaches in my right temple and he suggested this one. Anyone tried this....what were your thoughts on it?...
Hi Tracy, I definitely agree with Sara. Although the DHE proided my relief from my migraines...and god me horribly horribly "flu-like" nauseated. I would definitely ask your doc for a nausea med to...
Hi Tatyanna. Yep....been down the road of triptans and what seems to be every possible preventative available to man kind!! YIKES!! My problem is that since I have extreme vertigo and Meniere's...
Hi Sara. Hmmmm...I looked up occipital neuralgia, and yes that sounds pretty comparable to my "case". I put in yet another call to my neurologist this morning as these "lighting bolts" I have in my...
I just got back from a visit with my neurologist. He just pinpointed to me as well that he believes that I too have New Daily Persistent Headaches. He as well, said it is one of the toughest...
Has anyone tried the London Protocol for their migraines.? Basically what it is is 2 (5mg) tables of valium, 3 aspirin, and 1 reglan (compazine or zofran has also been used in this "cocktail". I used...
Sara, You just always know the right thing to say!! I didn't really think about the "outer aging" part until I read one ER report and the doctor had noted that "patient looks much older then 36 years...
Hi all. Well, yet another "sleepless in minnesota" evening. I was lying and bed...thinking...I think I should post this as one of my "triggers". I have been suffering from migraines.....then...
I don't have to think twice on this one......my fiance's pitbull "Honey". There is nothing sweet about this "Honey"...!! When my "migraine senses" are in full throttle I can't even be on the same...
Hi Jake. Well...well...well...I just knew it. Even though I was totally shunned my an "audiologist specialist" about 6 months ago. My "normal" ENT doc told me that I have Meniere's Disease. (are ya...
Hey Jake......are you feeling ANY better??? This morning I'm going to get yet another hearing test done and visiting with my audiologist. They did find about[b] a year ago that I had a decrease in...
Hi Tatyanna. I am so sorry to hear of the pain you are enduring....I've been there girl....I have been there. I've been suffering from migraines and vertigo since January 2008....I woke up one...
I have been taking this drug for dizziness since last week with wonderful success!!. Which potential side effects are you worried about? Krista...
I love love love to be out in the sun and water with my family!! (Living in Minnesota makes for a lonnnnnng winter)!! My sister and hubby just built a summer lake home about an hour away from here up...
Hi Jake. I was thinking of you earlier today and looked to see if you had any updates on the forum....any results back on your tests? I SO hope you heard something and have been able to make some...
Sara..Sara..Sara....I second that one girl!! A test to PROVE we actually have migraines.....that indeed would put a "stop" to many of the "rolling of the eyes" I get when I tell people that I don't...
Hi Sara. Thank you so much for your words advice....they are greatly appreciated and helpful to know that I'm not losing my mind!! :) I have been up pretty much all night with a constant...
Yep....given the ENT a whirl as well. They discovered that I do have a vestibular infraction in my right ear as well as 25% hearing loss as well. When I've spoke to my neurologist/primary doc. about...
I am at a total.....loss!! I have been suffering with migraines and horrible vertigo for now over a year and a half. I have put my body through the "gammet" I feel with every preventative med there...
Hi Sara. Please forgive me, as I have seen a lot of your posts; however, my "memory" is somewhat "non-existent" lately. Would you mind telling me about your illness? Are you a migraine sufferer..?...
Hi Kristin, Actually, before I went to Diamond Headache Clinic in Chicago where they sent me home with a script for the shots my docs here in Duluth never even brought it up that this was an option....
Hi Jake. I'm so happy to hear that you were able to attend the out of town wedding...and fight the good fight and be able to enjoy yourself as much as possible!! I know for me I think sometimes I'm...
Hi Sara. I would be happy to share the "plan" with you that I left Chicago with. The problem is though that I'll have to do a little "investigating"....as I'm sure as you know....so many different...
I went to Diamond and was hospitalized for 6 days. The doctor I saw was George Urban. I went for an "outpatient" visit on a Monday and was told I needed to be hospitalized and I had then requested to...
Hi Jake, HOLY cats...it certainly sounds like this new neurologist you're seeing is certainly on top of your situation. I truly think it's a good thing that you have a thorough timed out plan for the...
Hi Jake....well....how goes the battle? I do hope you are heading the right direction... :) Let me know how you're doing when you have a chance. Thanks...happy and healthy thoughts to ya! Krista...
I have GOTTA admit "hangover"....you hit that nail right on the head. I've been suffering now for over a year and a half with migraines and vertigo. I too have explained the feeling to my neurologist...
Jake, I do hope that you are on the right path with the Ambien!! :) TRUST ME...I know after losing my job after this lengthy illness how horrible of a situation it is to be in. I'll keep you in my...
Jake, Do you have any other symptoms....such as dizziness or nausea? I too can relate to the world we're "trying" to forge ahead in. It is VERY frustrating when others around us are so healthy and...
PERFECT ADVICE!! I will take that Desiree......I originally started with a internal med doctor....which told me that there was "nothing they could do for me" and thankfully they referred me to my...
Thank you all so very much for your replies. I like many out there have days where it seems like I am the only one in the world that is living in this not so "liveable" way. It's frustrating when you...
O.k...I am trying to pursue my life again...and go back to how things "used" to be. Mentally my plan has been to "push" ahead and build my strength back to where I was before my...
My doc and I are trying some "trial and error" preventatives for my migraines. I have been put on amitryptiline (25 mg) once a day for the last 5 weeks. So far.....nothing! Still experiencing the...