only pain killers work... - Headaches & Migraines Message Board

Wendy88 · 08-10-2006, 08:27 PM

hi!
i was wondering if others had issues with typical meds not helping their migraines or making them worse. Ive tried relpax, immitrex etc... and they dont do anything. the only thing that works for me is fioranol or fiorecet and percocets (not together obviously).
After a three week on and off migraine, Im now taking at night perc, valium and advil for a few days to try and break the pain cycle.
anyhow- just curious if anyone else gets migraines like me...whihc seem to be more muscular in nature by how only those type of meds work.
they are always on one side of my head...nauseau sometimes but no puking.
i usually get them for three days during my period. ive had MRIs and there is nothing wrong in that respect.
thanks!

Mz Migraine · 08-11-2006, 11:13 AM

My Neurologist once told me "migraines are like fingerprints. No two people suffer from them exactly alike."
In otherwords, everyone suffers from them in different ways. Reason why it is hard to treat & difficult to find the right and/or correct combination of drugs to control the pain (there is no cure for migraines).

Took me 6 years to find the "right combination of drugs" through a Migraine Management Programe to control my migraines to a comfortable level.
I had to be "weaned" off of Excedrins *first* because they were the cause of "Rebound Headaches".

Wendy88 · 08-11-2006, 09:04 PM

yes - vicodens give me a rebound migraine if i take them for more than one day. that is the worst. I was once given them when i pulled out my back and I had to take them for 4 days in a row. that 4th day my headache was worse than the slipped disk!
anyhow you are right. migraines are frustrating as they are hard to treat. And of course the frustration leads to more headaches!

thanks for the advice!

lorriem · 08-12-2006, 03:12 PM

Wendy88
fiorecet was the only drug that helped me but my doctor and most people on this board do not like to give this drug out or take it. I do not know why since it is not a controlled drug. Vicodine my doctor will give me but that I will not take since I do get sick on it and it is addicting. Right know I take elival and neurontin which I have been taking for RSD but I just take a higher dose of neuronton and I also am on beta blockers. I Still suffer but I feel like I am out of options.

Wendy88 · 08-13-2006, 06:27 PM

what is elival? (and what is RDS?)
i took neurontin for a while for my lower back issues... it was great! but i didnt notice if it helped with migraines.