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Originally Posted by pixiegirl Seem to. They're VERY hormone driven which they've always been but it seems as if I only get them when I'm PMSing or if I've been up all night. They tried anti-convulsants which didn't do jack to prevent them and made me "special".  The headaches have lessened but are not gone. There are other meds that they can try or they can just give me the cotton picking botox (we have to go through all the meds before the insurance co will pay for the botox).
My thought it while the headaches are better they're far from gone and I'm not willing to deal with a bunch of weight gain for a partial result. My blood pressure is already fairly low. She was iffy about putting me on a beta blocker to begin with. I just don't think the results are warranting the side effects. |
I've been on Inderol for a few years. I had a bit of weight gain, but to me, it's worth it, given the pain I had with the migraines was horrible and I had to deal with it about 8 times a month. I lost alot of work, time with kids, family functions, etc. because of them.
I hate to break it to you, but you generally are started at the lowest doseage, and they see how that does for about 3 months, and if it's not working well enough, it is increased, etc. and so forth until they find the doseage that is right for you. It's very likely you need to increase your doseage to get better results. I'm on a pretty high doseage now.
You just have to decide if the pain, loss of work, etc. from migraines is worse than a little weight gain (BTW 15 pounds in 4 months is not that significant). It isn't like you are some heffer that can't stand to put on a few pounds.
Also, the staying up all night -- that in and of itself is bad for migraines, because a lack of sleep can trigger them. You may want to keep that to a minimum if you don't want the migraines.