Hi all. Well I have news for ya about the headaches. I went to the Neurologist today with Tat. (She’s so good to me :grins:) He was a nice guy. Answered all our questions and had some ideas about how to help me. Unfortunately I don’t really like his answer :chuckles: But we are going to give it a try.
Here’s the watered down version: He would like me to get off the Effexor. Thursday I can start taking a different antidepressant that has been used for helping Migraines in the past. This should kick in in about two to three weeks. It’s a mild sedative and may cause me to crave some sweets. If I do well on it…I stick with it. If not…there is a sister drug we can try. However….
In order to stop the cycle I have been perpetuating forever due to all the different meds I’ve been trying to use to help the pain….I have to stop having anything with caffeine in it AND I have to stay off of any all pain medication (aspirin, imitrex, Tylenol, etc) for about a month. I am allowed the drug of my choice twice a week….but he’d really like me to go cold turkey. That’s right…this means I will be in quite a bit of pain and I have to deal with it. Tat and Daddy assure me it’s not going to be quite as bad as I think, but I’m still concerned.
What I’ll probably end up doing is taking something on the nights of my karate class so I can get through them, and deal the rest of the time. Tat assures me that she’d rather have me a little useless for 2 weeks or so, then several months while we try and test meds. I’m with her…I just don’t like the way we have to go about it. ๐ I’ll also be going in for a Cat Scan and checking into the pain in my neck. Maybe even a few massages!
After we get all that straight I’ll go find a psych to regulate my depression, get my thryoid where it needs to be and then work on my body! I’ll be kicken ass!! ๐