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cin605

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Maxalt took migraine away
« on: June 06, 2009, 02:21:20 pm »
i have found a migraine med that actually takes it away in about 1/2 hour 40 min. i have been hit w/ 2 major migrains this week.
Today i woke up w/ it 6am,i took a maxalt that neaurologist prescribed & it went away.wOO hoo.
Now if i could get rid of my bobblehead.
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GailN

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Re: Maxalt took migraine away
« Reply #1 on: June 06, 2009, 03:46:26 pm »
That's so great...I will make a note of this medication in event my post-op headaches do not resolve themselves. Not migraines, but nagging occipital headaches, worse at night...just 3 weeks post-op translab so giving it some time, hoping they will resolve:)

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cin605

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Re: Maxalt took migraine away
« Reply #2 on: June 06, 2009, 04:06:16 pm »
Congrats on you new postie status.Its a HUGE mile stone. ;D
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cin605

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Re: Maxalt took migraine away
« Reply #3 on: June 09, 2009, 05:11:23 pm »
Well iguess it was atemp fix now i am getting rebound headach from Maxalt. :(
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staypoz

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Re: Maxalt took migraine away
« Reply #4 on: June 12, 2009, 02:03:43 pm »
Yes, it's one of those drugs that you can't take very often or you will get a rebound headache. 

Hope you're feeling better!

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Re: Maxalt took migraine away
« Reply #5 on: June 12, 2009, 04:00:37 pm »
I've also gotten relief from MaxAlt.  The problem is that I probably need it almost daily and I wasn't prescribed that much. 

I'm taking Amitriptyline daily.  I was given Ketoprofen and MaxAlt to take as needed.  But they didn't mean daily.

So I pick and choose the days that I really want to feel good and tolerate the rest.  My head pain seems to be linked to moving.  If I am totally motionless, I'm ok.  What a life!!  When I start and stop is when my head seizes.  My Chiropractor said it is because starting and stopping effects spinal fluid flow.  Walking the dogs is pretty bad when they stop and start alot to sniff.  And picking up after them kills me to bend over.  i try to squat without losing my balance.  I wonder at times what my neighbors think when I squat in slow motion and get back up at a snails pace.

I'm trying to decide if the Amitriptyline is doing anything other than make me crave sweets.

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Re: Maxalt took migraine away
« Reply #6 on: June 13, 2009, 07:52:18 pm »
Too right after my surgery my lizard decided she wanted to lay eggs only out at the playground.....picture me wobbleing down a hill w/ a lizard on a leash! ;D Yup...she had brain surgery!
I am amazed that the migrain will dissipear for a couple hours w/ maxalt but come back to bite you later.Live n Learn
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