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1) I have been having a persistent
headache above and behind my right eye for over a month now. It is severe pain
in the morning and then levels off throughout the day, to a mild pain by the
time I go to bed. However, when I wake up in the morning the severe pain is
back... term "Persistent Headache"? ...
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2) Two years ago I woke up with
the most debilitating migraine ever. I thought my head was going to explode. I
have had a migraine ever since and I mean 24-7. It NEVER goes away... Any ideas
on better preventatives and pain relief? Jodi.
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3) I am a female 54 years of age
and menopausal. I have a 30 year history of migraines, but the past 6 months
they have become unbearable. I have been on HRT for about 2 1/2 years... The
middle of January the doctor put me on a Climara Pro patch, The headaches have
worsened even more... Are you aware of any HRT combination that seems to work
better than others for women with a history of migraine?... HELP! Ann.
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4) My doctor recently put me on
nortriptyline as a second prophylactic for migraine (I also take verapamil). It
seems to be working well and now I am curious: how/why does nortriptyline work
to prevent migraine? Mary.
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5) I am a 38 year old woman and
have been suffering from migraines for 3 years now... will the Axert work on the
aura's (dizziness, feeling like there is a hat on my head, pain above my right
temple, lightheaded, weakness,) or just the pain of a migraine?
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6) ...I have had migraines since
Jan. 16, 1999. Woke up one Saturday morning in high school, went to a volleyball
tournament, had a head ache, did not hit my head, and never got rid of it. I
have been on every drug your web site has listed in the past seven years. I have
been to University of Michigan's Neurology dept, with no help, as well as
Diamond Head Clinic in Chicago, Ill... Thank you, Meg
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7) My query regard prophylaxis for
cluster headaches. I am a 42 y.o. male and have textbook clusters, from age of
onset to symptoms and severity to frequency of attacks to common triggers... I
cannot use beta blockers as they antagonize my asthma and psoriasis and I seem
to be ok with verapamil, but the Topamax on the other hand, needs replacing...
hope that you might be able to point me in the right direction so that I can
make the suggestion to my health care provider. Thanks.
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8) I'm 26 and for the past 15
years I've had an occasional "traditional" migraine---aura, numbness, pain, etc.
If I can get to sleep right away I sleep for a few hours and wake up feeling
better. But in the two years or so I have had headaches that feel like migraines
but don't come with an aura or numbness. When I go to sleep with this headache,
I wake up with the same headache. Are these two different kinds of headaches?
Does sleeping only help relieve certain kinds of migraines? Thanks, Emily.
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9) I have suffered with migraines
for years. My doctor has not been able to help me. I have seen a neurologist and
had a CAT scan. They say that there is nothing wrong with my brain. That I am
merely suffering from depression and that the migraines stem from that... Can
you help me determine what might be wrong? Thanks, Shannon
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10) I had meningo-encephalitis for
two months end of October to just before Christmas 2005. By Christmastime the
edema was all finally gone according to the MRI's. I teach and in January tried
to go back to school but was still having daily awful headaches... Since then I
have been having on average 2 migraines a week and some other new headaches with
sharp jabbing intense pains I have never had before... Why I am still having
these intense and varied headaches? Should I see a headache specialist? ...
Thanks, Cheri.
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