What’s Working as Preventatives

• 3 mg nightly of Klonopin

• Aimoveg injection once per month

• 100mg Topomax twice a day

 

What Hasn’t Worked as Preventatives

• Amitriptyline

• Nortriptyline

• Trazodone

• Aetenolol

• Gabapentin

• Effexor

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And there are even more that I can't remember

 

Supplements That Have Worked

• 250 mg of Magnesium daily

 

What Works for Pain

• Imitrex Nasal Spray – hit and miss

• Imitrex injections – hit and miss

• Tylenol Number 3s – hit and miss

• Staedol – hit and miss

• Excedrin Migraine for normal headaches

• Tramadol

 

My doctor made a suggestion of one 50mg Tramadol and one Tylenol 3, and this has been MAGIC

 

What Hasn’t Worked for Pain

• Relpax

• Maxalt

• Naproxen (up to 400 mg)

• Sumatriptan

• Phenobarbital

 

There have been more fails too, but I can't remember them all.

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What Works for Vomiting

• Phernergan

• Gravol which is over the counter in Canada (not available in the USA)

 

Essential Oils That Have Worked

• Peppermint oil has provided some relief – the littlest amount – but definitely not taken away a migraine

 

Other Techniques that Help

• Ice packs, ice packs, ice packs

• Stay as hydrated as possible by drinking a lot of water

• Don’t let yourself go hungry (this can make a migraine worse)

• Laying still and moving as little as possible to keep your blood pressure down

• Stay away from anything acidic as much as possible but definitely while in the middle of one

• Laying in a dark/blacked out room

• Laying in a completely silent room

• Just trying to take deep breaths through the pain and not cry (really difficult to do) because that will only make it worse

• Limit movement to reduce blood pressure/pumping