While responding to a Migraine.com email about a post I was scheduled to do this month, I tried to say it was unlikely to happen because my health was still topsy turvy. My phone autocorrected to tipsy turbulent, which I may like even better. Though…
Stopping the methysergide seems to have resolved my migraine crisis. My mood has been fine, though I still feel fragile. I’ve had no aura since Sunday and have only had mild migraine attacks the four times I’ve eaten. And that’s without taking triptans or Midrin after eating. As…
“Hellish” does not sufficiently describe the last couple days. 16 hours after the last infusion ended, I suddenly, shockingly developed a migraine aura. This is disconcerting because I have migraine without aura. The closest I’d come to an aura before Saturday is that I occasionally get faint flashes…
Thursday, June 11, 10 p.m. Day 2 of the migraine IV cocktail was much smoother than the first. The nurse used an ultrasound to place the IV needle. It went in quickly and almost painlessly. We did the Benadryl first so I’d be sleepier by the time…
Yesterday I headed to the infusion center with level 5 pain, little cognitive dysfunction, and only minor fatigue. This was better than I expected after eating two meals without naratriptan (Amerge) or Midrin, but worse than it would have been a few months ago. It wasn’t…