I've been on Celexa which is a lot like Lexapro for years. I didn't notice anything different until I was upped on my dose and had an increase. He lowered my a little and they stopped, but I had also...
I get an Aura for about 10 minutes, sometimes as long as an hour. I HATE them!!! But if I start with meds immediately, I can usually circumvent much pain. My 13 year old has now started migraines and...
My 12 year old started getting them recently. I get them too, but I didn't get them until I was in my 30's. He gets the aura like I do. I feel sorry for him and hate to see him miss school. He seems...
MRI's generally cost around $1,200.00-$1,300.00. You have good insurance, so it should cover most. Just don't worry about and get well. I am of the opinion that if I don't have, it I'll make payments...
I get that too sometimes. Sometimes I think it can be upper neck strain (I'm at computer all day) or it could be stress or anxiety. When I get worried about things (like getting another migraine), my...
I had a series of migraines w/ aura last week where I had been relatively miraine free for a while, except the usual around the period ones. I couldn't figure what triggered them out of the blue. I...
You defeinitely need to see a doctor. With the phlegm situation, wondering if you could have a really bad sinus infection? Good luck to you and report back after you go to the doctor....
I'm curious as to how old you are? I'm 47 (almost 48) and have had a major increase in migraines in the last three-four weeks. Seven in since June 23. Before that I went almost a year without them. I...
Well I just logged on to see what everyone was doing, used my mouse, felt a tweeked in my neck and wonderful...the aura started. Another migraine. Trying to type, not easy. Has anyone else...
Hi: I work on a computer all day and have for 25 years. It causes all types of problems and contributes to my migraines. I get terrible pains in my neck and around my shoulder blades and up around my...
Yes. I have been going to chiro for years for my migraines. I have gone from the dibilitating type of migraines where you just lay in bed for days to the aura and then I can pop a few Advil and go to...
I can totally relate. I'm going through one of my anxiety "over breathing" things right now. Everytime I try to relax I think about my next breath. When I talk I forget to breathe and get all "giddy"...
Hi Sweety: I have been through very similar circumstances as you. I get worekd up just thinking about my blood pressure. You'd be surprised, when you are calmed down and not worrying about it, your...
I started so long ago I can't remember. Certainly as a chld. I remember in high school having a feeling that I couldn't breath, overbreathing. Which I still have to this day. (Now 46 years old). When...
Thanks. I'm working on it. I find myself doing it involuntarily. I can be talking to some oneo and breathing hard, and they don't even notice it. Almost like a habit I need to break....
I have had anxiety all my life. I go in cycles. I have had a return lately of my "over breathing" It is not one hyperventilation, but I feel like someone is sitting on my chest and I can't get air....
I'm glad I found this post. I think my 12 year old son is getting migraines. I get them, but didn't start at such an early age, I was in my late 20's (now 47) and mine coincide with hormonal changes....
I have had migraine with aura for over 20 years. I am no 47 and am getting increasing auras. I have had three since Friday. (Now Tues.). My headaches have changed. I get the aura, then I take Advil...
I have had this for a long time. I had everything checked out and surprisingly, don't notice it as much since my cardiologist told me it was benign and not to worry. Mine seemed to be worse with my...
Has anyone experienced a stranged feeling in their jaw just before a migraine? I was sitting her talking tonight, got a spasm feeling in my left jaw and then started with the aura. I was just at the...
I do not necessarily get racoon eyes, but I look awful. My last migraine it was the morning and I was in the drive through at Starbucks and I looked in my rearview mirror at a glance and I looked...
Hi. Well I do know that I got them more sporadically until I hit around 45. Now I am getting them more frequently and around my periods and ovulation. My doctor and I agree it is hormonal changes,...
Have any of you ever experienced tingling around your lips while having an anxiety attack? I was stressed yesterday over something about my son and I started feeling really anxious and nervous and my...
HI! I have had problems like this in the past myself. I would lie and bed and look at the alarm clock and count until the number turned. I'd sit there with my hand my neck counting my pulse to my...
Yes. I definitely have them premenstruel and had them almost constant when I was pregnant. I finally found a fantasic cardiologist who ran some tests and assured me that mine are benign. You know...
Sweetie I know how you feel. You get in this churning internal loop and can't think straight. Do you have anything a doctor has given you to calm you down? Try taking a hot bath? Have you had...
I feel weird before I get them too. I can't place my finger on it, just feel weird. A couple of weeks ago it was at church. Even though I had a good night's sleep, I felt lethargic and could hardly...
You probably have a sinus infection. If she thought it was something else, she would have sent you for further tests. I know it's hard. I have anxiety too every little symptom I "worse case scenerio...
I went to see by OB GYN today to discuss my increasing premenstruel and ovulation migraines that I have been getting twice a month. He wants to me me on a low dose BC pill that you take for ninety...
Well thanks to you all for your support. I made it through! I took one Ativan and my BP pill in the a.m. and headed to the doc. Took a deep breath and made it. Higher than when I check it at home,...
Does anyone else have fear problems with going to doctor? Most specifically, I have fear of having my blood pressure checked. Weird. It started about 20 years ago for me when I went for yearly exam...
IT could also be the odd cardboard pieces that they shove in your mouth and have you bite hard on until they get the picture. Or you may have opened your jaw too wide. I have had migraines after...
HI! I get a clicking heartbeat sound deep in my ear. It come and goes and cycles sometimes. I was thinking it was sinus, dont' know. I seem to only get in the winter months....
Does anyone ever have their auras last more than one hour? Mine are usually over in about 1/2 hour and then the headache starts, today I had one for over two hours. Woke up and still had it, Finally...
Hello everyone! My name is Mandy and I am 20 years old. I've been suffering from chronic migraines for a little over 10 years now. I've come to the reality that I need to get on some kind of...
I sweetie, will definitely pray for you and pray that the migraine ends quick!...
Does anyone have problems with tinnitus when under stress or over tired? Mine is manifesting itself in the form of a whooshing type sound in my left ear coinciding w/ heart beat. I only really notice...
OMG, I thought I was the only person that has happened to. Yes. I have had this for year. I get lightheaded and then my brain races and it is almost like a de ja vous (sp), I sometimes think it is...
I have never heard of such a thing. I have been a chronic hyperventilator since grade school and I'm now 46 and still kicking, but I'd difer to a professional....
The craziest panic attack trigger I have is worrying about having another panic attack and then getting into this big anxiety loop! Awful!...
Janice: I can relate to what you are going through. I had them since age 27, but I'm 46 and htey are getting more frequet. I also suffer with anxiety/panic attacks wondering when next headaches...
HI! I have been on it for years and it does help. I take 40 mg., but recently cut myself down to 20. I found that some incidents bring by the anxiety attacks, so I think I might go back up to 40. I...
Hi everyone. I have suffered with differnet forms of anxiety all my life. I've been pretty well under control the last few years with Celexa and a psychiatrist. I get migraines as well and that was...
Thanks Ann. I do have a therapist and take Celexa and like you said I have to find my place, clam down and not worry so much. I think the worry just makes my chances of bringing on a headache worse~...
Does anyone else have problems with anxiety and panic as a result of migraines. My have increased (which I believe is hormonal) and I always fear a migraine. If I feel a twinge in my heck or a pain...
Miranda: I have gone been awakened by them many time. I always get pain and soreness in the neck into my eye. Chiropractic has helped me tremendously, he always pintpoint and presses directly on the...
I am 46 years old and have had migraines since age 27 or so. I had control over them with chiropractic, but the last six months or so I've had an increase and always right before my period or at time...
Hi! Well I have had good luck with chirorpratic and adjustment to my Atlas which I believe is the first vertebrae of the cervical spiine. I go for adjustments once a month and the recovery time and...
I can related to this. If I do any type of excessive overhead reaching, sleep wrong, use improper posture while typing, etc., I can count on a migraine within two-three days. I get treatment from a...
I related to this. When my anxiety is up, I wake up feeling fine and after a few minutes I look around and remember where i'm at and I tense up and can't calm down. I also have periods where I feel...