child with migraines - Headaches & Migraines Message Board

Kenzmatt2 · 01-15-2001, 09:59 PM

I recently posted about my own daily migraines, but now I have a different question. My daughter was dx with migraines at the age of 5. (She is now 6). She has had a CT scan which showed nothing. She had headaches with vomiting off and on for 2 weeks before the CT scan. She now has them about once every 1-2 months. Does anyone out there have a child with migraines and if you do what medications do they take? Right now, my daughter only takes mortin when she gets one. Thanks

Karla · 01-16-2001, 11:40 AM

Hi, I suffer from migraines and cluster headaches. My youngest son, age 12, suffers from migraines and takes impramine daily as a preventative and takes tylanol-3 as an abortive. My oldest son, age 15, suffers from migraines and now we are suspecting cluster headaches as well. Up until this weekend he had been able to just take motrin and tylanol and sleep off the migraine. He had a 2 day ha that lasted this weekend with symptoms of a cluster headache on top of it acording to the ER dr.and myself. I had to take him into er for relief. They gave him compazine and toradol. I have an apt. set up for him to see a neurologist in a month. However, I was informed in ER he cant have narcotics because he is under 18 and he can't have imitrix, zomig, migranol, dhe, etc. because he is under 18. I am not sure what they do when kids get really bad ha. I definetly plan on addressing the issue with the dr. If the medicine wouldn't have worked in ER it is not fair that they wouldn't have given him stronger stuff that could have gotten rid of the pain just because he is under 18.

Braindead · 06-19-2001, 11:47 PM

That's wierd, but perhaps it is a state law or something. I am under 18, I'm 16 actually, and I take Maxalt for headaches. When they get so bad that I can't move I go in for a wonerful (NOT!) imitrex shot. I don't understand why he can't have the imitrex, zomig, or maxalt. To tell you the truth, I don't see why he can't have narcotics. I was given narcotics at the age of 14. Granted it was for pain from outpatient surgery, but the point is, they were given to me, no questions asked. I think you seriously need to ask WHY he can't have the drugs just because he is under 18. It might just be the ER doctor, and like you said, it's not fair for him to suffer because of his age.

MoonRaven24 · 07-02-2001, 06:16 AM

I was also diagnosed with migraines when I was 5...although that was a long time ago they never gave me anything for them except over the counter meds. Thank god I eventually got older and they came up with the imitrex injection and midrin

But I know what you must be going through...my son is 5 and has also been diagnosed with them...they say they cant do anything for him and it totally breaks my heart to see him in pain. I aslo have a question...is this hereditary? My doc says its possible but to me it looks that way since I have them, my son has them and my maternal grandmother. God is this what my future children have to look forward to?

09-06-2001, 12:49 AM

I've had headaches all my life. When I was younger I mostly used over the counter stuff until I was officially diagnosed in HS. Then I was given narcotics - even though the Dr. didn't like to and every Dr. after that always continued it with a long look and a raised eyebrow. But I didn't have them often then, so they could just give me small rxs that they did have to worry. Imitrex came out when I was in college and I switched most happily. I did like the shot (15-20 mins), but it does work a little faster than the pill (20-30 mins).