is this abdominal migraine?!

[CaptainHowdy]

Doc said I’ve got abdominal migraines, but I don’t get stomach pain?!

I have been prescribed 10mg amytriptiline to try. My symptoms are:

A tight, aching neck and kind of prickly/sunburn feeling at the base of the scalp, like someone has pulled my hair really hard. This can creep up the back of the head, over the top & into the temples but mainly stays at the base of the skull. It gets steadily worse and starts to throb at the occipital bone & turn into a squeezing pressure headache. Migraine tablets make me worse.

After 3 days of this, I get the most severe nausea that can last up to 2 weeks. I’m also fatigued, weak, loose bowels and can’t stomach food. The extreme nausea is the worst part of it for me because no anti-emetics touch it.

My question is, does this sound like abdominal migraine in the first place, and has anyone used amytriptiline for nausea & did it help? No anti-emetics I’ve tried have worked so far, nothing touches the nausea and it’s unbearable. I can’t even be sick for relief. It’s ongoing, extreme, nausea.

All tests so far have come back clear (MRI of head and neck, endoscopy, blood tests). Thank you xx

[Gambit62]

It is the intense nausea, and loose bowels that are the characteristics of abdominal migraine for me. These are indicative of spasms in the gut. I get spasms that are so bad I have to be on the loo when they occur. For me this phase generally doesn't last more than a day.

I haven't tried amytriptiline - just learnt to lived through it and then afterwards it can take up to a week to get back to feeling like eating again. Fortunately things have quieted down for me in the last few years. Anti-emetics don't work for me either. Had one when I was in hospital that did work but I never found out what it was.

[tomworm]

There’s definitely a link between the stomach and migraines. I have been taking probiotics for a few years. They certainly help me.

[Florapaige]

Hi

Probably not much help but i think I get abdominal migraine. My stomach feels uncomfortable and I also feel sick for up to two weeks at a time. It’s very depressing.

I used to get migraine in my head but I was then put on candesartan which was miraculous at first and stopped the migraine.

Then I started to get the nausea but not very often a headache. I stopped the candesartan and the nausea stopped but I had a normal migraine every day for over two weeks

I’m back on the candesartan but really don’t know what to do now.

[CaptainHowdy in reply to Florapaige]

What helps the nausea for you?

[Florapaige]

I haven’t found anything that helps. I’ve tried buscapan but didn’t help.

[CaptainHowdy in reply to Florapaige]

I’m so sorry. There’s not much that’s worse than severe nausea.

[troy04 in reply to Florapaige]

Migraine nausea often is stubborn and horrible. Can I suggest try Avomine / Phenergan / Sominex? They all contain promethazine which can make you sleepy but often works well. You can buy these over the counter without prescription. Try and see - you have nothing to lose. If pharmacy doesn't have in stock you can order it. Doses should be written on the leaflet but just take 1 to see if it helps.

[Florapaige in reply to troy04]

Thank you