Top 63 Questions About Headaches and Migraines
Monday September 18, 2006
Dr. John Claude Krusz and I have been answering reader questions for going on four years now. It's amazing to look at our Ask the Clinician Archives! There are now nearly 1,500 entries there!
Dr. Krusz and I love answering your questions. You're wonderfully inquisitive in your search to learn more about your headaches and Migraines. We never quite know what to expect when we open your questions. Some of you are so enthusiastic that you ask questions that entire books have been written to answer.
Your response to our Top 50 Questions was so positive that I've been looking through all of the questions and answers and decided that it would be both fun and helpful to increase the Top 50 to list more of the most asked and relevant questions and their answers. So, for those of you who missed the Top 50 and those of you who want more, here we go...
- I have been on every kind of prevention medication available and am still having bad and frequent migraines...? Answer
- Can headaches cause memory loss? Answer.
- Pregnant and worried about Imitrex taken at beginning of pregnancy? Answer.
- What is connection between migraines and alcohol usage? Answer.
- Why do I still get migraines while taking Topamax? Answer.
- Auditory and visual hallucinations during Migraine attacks? Answer.
- Can hot weather cause migraines even if I keep hydrated? Answer.
- FDA advisory about triptans, antidepressants, and serotonin syndrome? Answer.
- Could lower estrogen levels be contributing to my migraines? Answer.
- Vagus Nerve Stimulator? Answer.
- Facial & eye pain. No aura as usual. Sinus infection missed on CT? Answer.
- Migraineur never had CT scan. Recommended? Answer
- I'm wondering how to know when to consult a doctor? Answer
- Waking with full blown Migraines? Answer
- Would having a hysterectomy get rid of my Migraines? Answer
- How can I tell the difference between migraine and stroke? Answer
- Can my child be having Migraines? Could I be experiencing Migraines for the first time in my 50s? Answer
- Headache every time I masturbate? Answer
- Help with ocular migraines? Answer
- Daily Migraines? Use of ibuprofen? Answer
- Is it possible to have tension headaches every day? Answer
- New preventive treatments for cluster headaches? Answer
- What can you tell me about the hole in the heart called a PFO and migraines? Answer
- Fever as a Migraine trigger? Answer
- Can I prevent migraines from flying? Answer
- Worsening Migraines... Doctor says merely suffering from depression. Answer
- HRT combo that works best for women with Migraines? Answer
- How common is numbness in the extremities during a Migraine? Answer
- What can I eat without getting a migraine? Answer
- What causes triptans to become ineffective over time? Answer
- Are Migraines and Cluster Headaches one and the same? Answer
- Is there any viable alternative to indomethacin? Answer
- What normally goes on in the brain prior to, during, and after a migraine? Answer
- Is there any links between migraines and a freezing cold nose? Answer
- Addicted to drugs prescribed for migraines? Answer
- After getting out of rebound, one dose of analgesic causes rebound? Answer
- I'm just wanting to see what you think the link is between Fibromyalgia and migraines? Answer
- Why don't doctors want to treat Migraines with Demerol? Answer
- I get a severe headache at or just after orgasm. Help! Answer
- I have chronic daily headaches and have tried every medication there is. What can I do? Answer
- Can Migraines change over the years? Answer
- Could headaches be directly related to stopping birth control pills? Answer
- I have a strange type of headache when I bend over, sneeze or cough. What could this be? Answer
- Is having two or three Migraines a week normal? Answer
- Can you have a Migraine attack without having a headache? Answer
- What are these short, very sharp head pains I get? Answer
- Having Migraine with seeing flashes of light. What causes it and what kind of Migraine is it? Answer
- Is there any medication I can take that is safe to use while nursing? Answer
- Headaches when I cough, sneeze or bend over to do any kind of work? Answer
- What are "painless, optical migraines?" Answer
- Why does the change in the weather help contribute to the onset of a headache? Answer
- Does sleep relieve only certain kinds of Migraines? Answer
- Abruptly stopping beta blockers? Answer
- How do antidepressants help prevent Migraines? Answer
- Can Maxalt used by a 14-year-old girl? Answer
- Any advice telling the difference between a headache and a Migraine? Answer
- Does the pain from Migraines cause blood pressure to rise that high during attacks? And likewise, does high blood pressure cause migraines and cluster headaches? Answer
- How can I manage my type 2 diabetes when having a full-blown migraine? Answer
- Link to the sun and constant headaches? Answer
- Are all of the migraine meds designed to be vascular constrictors? .... Is there anything else I can try? Answer
- Clenching jaw as a Migraine trigger? Answer.
- Maximum dosage of Topamax for Migraine prevention? Answer.
- Neuro said not to take triptans during aura? Answer.

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