Hi everyone! I have been dealing with Chronic migraines sine my 20's. The Neurologist has me on Zonisamide and increased the dosage but it is not working. I have migraines pret thg much every day and miss work also i am on FMLA at work. I was thinking about trying Aimovig. Has anyone tried this and what experience did you have. Also what about Botox? I am scared to try it.
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Do you have access to one? I'm guessing if you did, you would say so. I believe, as said above, that you need to be treated separately by neurology and, potentially, psychiatry. In my case, there is a… read more
Yes!!
I have had 9 migraines in a week. I am to the point of being done. Now I'm experience tingling in my head along with the migraines. i'm really scared and I can't get a doctor to help me!!!!!
Look up Allodynia! It's a symptom and makes my "hair hurt" but I also get needles stabbing my head at times. When that happens I know it's gonna be a long attack/higher intensity migraine.
There is no pain. There is no pain. The problem is vertigo and dizziness.
I have never heard of it before. I get random dizziness and vertigo and then it goes away. But i also get exhausted everytime.it is very scary.
Just in last couple of years, my anxiety has come every day in morning after breakfast and after lunch. I feel like it’s low blood sugar. I get panicky thinking I have to go to an appointment and I… read more
I have always had some visual disturbance with and preceding a migraine. However it is rarer that I have a super aura. The first time I had one, I woke to the certainty of police and emergency vehicles outside our window. The red lights were flashing all around my room. I got out of bed to look out the window, there was nothing. Yet the red flashing continued for a few minutes. Followed by a migraine the first time, but not every time. Sometimes it looks more like moving grayish flying shadows… read more
Once very early on in my headache journey. Now, 30 years later I have had several in a year. No headache with them but once a few years ago. That headache was more painful.