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Trying to figure it out

I have been a migraine suffer for almost my entire life. (They started when I was 6) have tried many things. After my hysterectomy I didn't get headaches for...

I have been a migraine suffer for almost my entire life. (They started when I wa...

•7 years ago

Deja vu

I have had two strange episode, one today and one back in November. I can only describe as funny turns. Both started with strong sense of deja vu then a weird...

I have had two strange episode, one today and one back in November. I can only d...

•7 years ago

Complicated Migraine

I am new on here. At the end of June last year I was admitted to hospital with a suspected TIA. CT scan and Doppler scan done on admission, all clear. I had...

I am new on here. At the end of June last year I was admitted to hospital with ...

•7 years ago

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Topramax : migraines without pain?

I was diagnosed with that and given topramax 4 years ago when I came down with lymes. It's really sharp pains all over head at any given time. But I really...

I was diagnosed with that and given topramax 4 years ago when I came down with l...

•7 years ago

Botox

Hi. Has anyone had botox on the forehead, neck etc? I have just had my second round of my initial trial to see if I am eligible. The first lot I had no...

Hi. Has anyone had botox on the forehead, neck etc? I have just had my second ro...

•7 years ago

Pizotofen and Depression/Anxiety

Has anyone experienced any problems with depression and anxiety whilst taking Pizotofen? My 15 year old daughter has been taking it for about 2 years now and...

Has anyone experienced any problems with depression and anxiety whilst taking Pi...

•7 years ago

Gabapentin

Hi, I wondered if anyone else had tried Gabapentin as a preventative and what their experience of this was? After having tried quite a few preventatives my...

Hi, I wondered if anyone else had tried Gabapentin as a preventative and what th...

•7 years ago

Topiramate for migraines

Has anyone else had any experience with Topiramate (25mg tabs) for migraines? I was prescribed it the other week and have been on a one tab a day for the past...

Has anyone else had any experience with Topiramate (25mg tabs) for migraines? I...

•7 years ago

Migraine during sleep

Wondering if this has happened to others. I often wake in the early hours with a migraine, take pain killers, slather on the tiger balm, and go back to sleep....

Wondering if this has happened to others. I often wake in the early hours with a...

•7 years ago

Sumatriptan nasal spray for Migraines

Hi everyone, been a while since i have posted but ive just been prescribed Sumatriptan nasal spray for my migraines, i just wondered if anyone has had any...

Hi everyone, been a while since i have posted but ive just been prescribed Sumat...

•7 years ago

Evening Primrose Oil Treated My Visual Ophthalmic Migraines

I'm 41 now (Male). I had never even had a serious headache before but at age 35 I suddenly had my first visual / ophthalmic migraine. Note that I was working...

I'm 41 now (Male). I had never even had a serious headache before but at age 35 ...

•7 years ago

Acupressure

Anybody have any positive experiences with acupressure? I started applying pressure on the back of the neck and just below cranium and so far has felt quite...

Anybody have any positive experiences with acupressure? I started applying press...

•7 years ago

BOTOX INTO YOUR NECK AND DOWN YOUR SPINE, IT WORKED FOR ME.

Anyone every get BOTOX IN DOWN THEIR SPINE AND NECK? Many people are told they have neck or back bone spurs and or herniated discs in their spine. Botox...

Anyone every get BOTOX IN DOWN THEIR SPINE AND NECK? Many people are told they h...

•7 years ago

Migraines and retracted eardrums?

Hi, I've been suffering migraines for a few years but I was lucky and only used to get them once or twice a year. In the last six months I'm lucky to go two...

Hi, I've been suffering migraines for a few years but I was lucky and only used ...

•7 years ago

Cervicogenic headache

I am a 77 yo female with cervicogenic headache. Neurosurgeon says a bone spur is irritating a major nerve coming from C2-3 in my neck. I have had neck pain...

I am a 77 yo female with cervicogenic headache. Neurosurgeon says a bone spur i...

•7 years ago

50 years of coping with Migraine

I've had migraines since I was 15...I am now 67....and still getting them...if I get the aura/castellated lines /zigzag lines across my field of vision...I...

I've had migraines since I was 15...I am now 67....and still getting them...if I...

•7 years ago

Anyone else's migraine trigger smells?

My migraine trigger is perfume all I have to do is be near someone wearing perfume especially the cheap stinky stuff & I get one. Air fresheners are also a...

My migraine trigger is perfume all I have to do is be near someone wearing perfu...

•7 years ago

I have a headache for 3 years start at back of my head to my back of my eyes and it won't go away can anyone help me please

I am 18 years old and I been haveing a headache for 3 years strieaght it start from back of my head and it leads to my back of my eyes and no pain reliever...

I am 18 years old and I been haveing a headache for 3 years strieaght it start f...

•7 years ago

DO I HAVE AURA?

Hello everyone. First off, i was wondering... What exactly is Aura? I've heard of it, with some terms, but never really understood the pain or what it does, or...

Hello everyone. First off, i was wondering... What exactly is Aura? I've heard o...

EmilyHasHeadProblems

•7 years ago

Loud boom noises that aren't there at night

Hey. Emily here. For the past few months (Ever so often) Maybe once a week... I've been hearing loud boom noises that arent there, everytime its different....

Hey. Emily here. For the past few months (Ever so often) Maybe once a week... I'...

EmilyHasHeadProblems

•7 years ago

I have headaches so much!

Hello everyone, thanks to everyone who replies to this following post, anyways, here it is... I get headaches. Alot. Advil helps stop it somtimes, but i dont...

Hello everyone, thanks to everyone who replies to this following post, anyways, ...

EmilyHasHeadProblems

•7 years ago

Lots of headaches

I get headaches way to often. I always take advil, but it ends up coming back eventually. I dont know what to do, i want to stop taking medicine and find a...

I get headaches way to often. I always take advil, but it ends up coming back ev...

•7 years ago

Ketogenic eating

I am not a frequent migraine sufferer, but I do not think a month has gone by in the last fifty years when I have not had a migraine or very severe headache....

I am not a frequent migraine sufferer, but I do not think a month has gone by in...

•7 years ago

Suffering loss of use and altered sensation of hand/arm 5x now, time increasing each event, has any one else had this?

Hi All, In November I suffered what I thought was my first hemiplegic migraine, side of face went all tingly, arm had and leg affected too, severe pain in...

Hi All, In November I suffered what I thought was my first hemiplegic migrai...

•7 years ago

Aura

Has anyone experienced pain that comes and goes at the top left side of the nose and spreads through the forehead to the back of the head. It was really...

Has anyone experienced pain that comes and goes at the top left side of the nos...

•7 years ago

Any one had a implant for migraines??

Being offered the implant as Botox hasn't helped anyone had it?? Any success ect

Being offered the implant as Botox hasn't helped anyone had it?? Any success ect...

•7 years ago

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