October 8th
2008
12:49 PM
I've been taking Relpax for migraines for over a year. I really is a miracle cure for me. I still wake up with headaches but they aren't migraines. I tried taking Imitrex but it was like taking sugar pills. I've wondered about Fioricet since it was given to me when I went to the ER with a major migraine. K.
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August 27th
2008
12:00 PM
I am almost 41, and have had migraine headaches most of my life which I could manage with 800mg of Naproxen Sodium, or a Norgesic Forte, and when Imitrex came out, I could just administer that. Six months ago, my headaches got so frequent that I had to start taking my Relpax (similar to Imitrex) and/or Fioricet more than 2X per week. According to my neurologist, this is a no no, as both of those meds can couse rebound headaches. He started me on Topamax, 50mg per day. It did nothing. He bumped it to a 100, nothing. Now I'm a 200 mgs, I am still have a migraine in left temple as I write this. I have the tingling, the daytime sleepiness, but my mind is fine, and my appetite is just swell (regretfully). What the hell am I going to do now? Ask him to bump me up to 400 mg? Now I have these headaches every "F"ing day, and I can't take anything. I just have to suffer.
Topamax is NOT working!!!!!
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September 3th
2007
6:10 PM
I have been taking Topamax for chronic headaches migraines. I am really frustrated after trying Topamax for the second time. I tried it for about four months early in the year and here I am again trying the drug once more. I am using 100 mg both times and see no results even this time around. I have only been on it for about two months. My neurologist tells me to be patient, but it's really hard to when my life is ruined and I cannot work as a hairdresser (product fragrances and chemicals that trigger headaches). My career may be over and I am only 23. I just don't understand why I am on epilepsy medication. All of these problems have lead me into depression, which is a whole other topic. My neurologist keeps scheduling me for followups about once a month which seems pointless and extremely costly. I feel like I am getting taken advantage of money-wise. I want to stop taking my medication and try chiropractic care. I know better than to quit cold turkey... Should I just call my neurologist and cancel my appointment and ween myself off my medication???
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Topamax (2) Fioricet with Codeine (1) Fioricet (1) Butalbital (1) Relpax (1)
October 8th
2008
12:52 PM
It's been suggested that I take Fioricet with Codeine for tension induced migraines. Anyone out there tried this treatment?
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