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lovesfarms said:
When I took sulfa drugs I got powerful pressure headaches. Dr called it migraines. My worst triggers were smells, cigarette smoke, mold, onions, fried foods- I smelled what no one else did. Food triggers were foods that contained tryptophan,watermelon.Loud noise also triggered them. I took topamax and I don't remember the name of the rescue one but it was an addictive one. I'd get my words jumbled up and the harder I tried to think of words the worse the headache got.I felt like I had dementia. Some days I just felt like crying. I got blind spots on my eyes because it was blocking the flow of blood to my eyes. When my kidneys took a downward spiral, the hematologist said I need a bone marrow biopsy. I begged him to tell me whether it could be the sulfa drugs cause no other Dr believed me. After 10 years I had finally found a DR who listened. Long story short he has a GI Dr friend who got me off the sulfa. It took a whole month to subside after stopping the sulfa ... But Those migraines were gone. And I didn't need brain surgery to remove a cyst or a bone marrow biopsy after all. But to this day, I have very few memories of that era. I don't know what the house looked like that I lived in. People can talk about happenings, I don't know. My memories are silent .....
My heart goes out to people like you who are enduring migraines. Unless you've had them, it's hard to imagine just how debilitating they are
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I only have had two. They said they're called ice pick headaches but are a form of migraine. I was in the hospital overnight for the first one as I waited 4 days to go in and was septic with an extremely low BP. They found Indomethacin, a non-narcotic, would work, as they tried about three things. They don't like prescribing it as you have to take it with more than a piece of bread, or "it'll rip your stomach up" -- pretty much what the doc said.

They also told me that what works for some with migraines is taking Melatonin nightly. Doc said it's not a proven cure yet, just they know it does work for some.
 
Debbie292d said:
I only have had two. They said they're called ice pick headaches but are a form of migraine. I was in the hospital overnight for the first one as I waited 4 days to go in and was septic with an extremely low BP. They found Indomethacin, a non-narcotic, would work, as they tried about three things. They don't like prescribing it as you have to take it with more than a piece of bread, or "it'll rip your stomach up" -- pretty much what the doc said.

They also told me that what works for some with migraines is taking Melatonin nightly. Doc said it's not a proven cure yet, just they know it does work for some.
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Was the migraine a result of low blood pressure, or vice versa?
 
Debbie292d said:
I only have had two. They said they're called ice pick headaches but are a form of migraine. I was in the hospital overnight for the first one as I waited 4 days to go in and was septic with an extremely low BP. They found Indomethacin, a non-narcotic, would work, as they tried about three things. They don't like prescribing it as you have to take it with more than a piece of bread, or "it'll rip your stomach up" -- pretty much what the doc said.

They also told me that what works for some with migraines is taking Melatonin nightly. Doc said it's not a proven cure yet, just they know it does work for some.
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I can't take Melatonin because I am on antidepressants.
 

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