Migraines Blow
Greenlighter
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- Apr 2, 2016
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Hi...Newbie here. I'm hoping some of you guys can help me.
I'm a 55-year-old married grandmother, who has had migraines for the past 20 years. I also have panic disorder w/agoraphobia and clinical depression. Life's a party. (that was sarcasm) Besides the meds I take for those problems...Wellbutrin, Klonopin, Inderal, Ambient, HRT, and Inderal, I take Xanax prn for panic attacks. Sounds like an arsenal, I know. Despite all these meds, I still have horrendous migraines almost daily. I did the Botox thing...no help, and had Occipital Nerve Decompression surgery...relief lasted 8 months, long enough for the effects of the stuff they gave me thru a tube in my scalp to wear off, and am now relying on chiropractic and massage therapy and 900mg a day of Neurontin. I got about a year of real help from the latter. Besides all that, I don't use anything recreational. I only drink a couple of margaritas a year. I did try a couple of pot brownies, and they helped, but pot's not as easy to get as I thought it would be!
I realize that most of the people here use recreational drugs (absolutely no judgment here) but I'm sure some of you started out looking for pain relief of some sort. I'm at the end of my rope here, and sure could use some help. If ANYONE has any advice AT ALL, it would be very much appreciated. I'm finally at the point where I would bite the head off a live chicken then run around naked in my back yard if I could just get two pain-free days!
I'm sorry for the long post; I just wanted to be clear about the situation. Thank you in advance for your help. I need it.
I'm a 55-year-old married grandmother, who has had migraines for the past 20 years. I also have panic disorder w/agoraphobia and clinical depression. Life's a party. (that was sarcasm) Besides the meds I take for those problems...Wellbutrin, Klonopin, Inderal, Ambient, HRT, and Inderal, I take Xanax prn for panic attacks. Sounds like an arsenal, I know. Despite all these meds, I still have horrendous migraines almost daily. I did the Botox thing...no help, and had Occipital Nerve Decompression surgery...relief lasted 8 months, long enough for the effects of the stuff they gave me thru a tube in my scalp to wear off, and am now relying on chiropractic and massage therapy and 900mg a day of Neurontin. I got about a year of real help from the latter. Besides all that, I don't use anything recreational. I only drink a couple of margaritas a year. I did try a couple of pot brownies, and they helped, but pot's not as easy to get as I thought it would be!
I realize that most of the people here use recreational drugs (absolutely no judgment here) but I'm sure some of you started out looking for pain relief of some sort. I'm at the end of my rope here, and sure could use some help. If ANYONE has any advice AT ALL, it would be very much appreciated. I'm finally at the point where I would bite the head off a live chicken then run around naked in my back yard if I could just get two pain-free days!
I'm sorry for the long post; I just wanted to be clear about the situation. Thank you in advance for your help. I need it.
