hi
sorry if this turns into a rant, but i am at a complete loss as to what to do next. i feel like my plan has been shot to hell and now i am not sure what my next step is.
i have to stop taking the topamax that i have been on for a week now with as yet undetermined success, because it is making me so dopey that i cannot go to work while on it. my speech is slurred and my thinking really foggy. i cannot afford to be off work any longer.
i am still on the 240mg verap, which i have been taking since Feb, but it's not working to prevent them, which is why i started on the topamax in the first place. i'll stay on it, but REALLY hope someone has an idea as to what i can take to prevent them. i think lithium causes just as much drowsiness doesn't it?
maybe i should just bite the bullett and take prednisone, but I HATE IT!!!!!!!!! it works so well for preventing them, but it makes me crazy. i have a history of depression and ADD, so i hate to mess around with my mental health.
i am also taking zomig daily when i get them, but it's now taking about an hour to work.
i have to go back to work this weekend, and can't step away from my job for an hour at a time, waiting for the zomig to kick in. do you think taking nasal DHE would be better?
does imitrex work any better than zomig?
any idea about botox vs occipital nerve blocks?

sorry for the million questions, i am feeling a little desperate right now and have an appointment with the MD in the am and want to have info beforehand
thanks in advance for the advice.

thanks for your words of encouragement. i will ask my doc about the possible use of lithium and O2 tomorrow.
i have been reading all the posts here since posting my own and will also talk to him about melatonin and imitrex injections, instead of zomig pills.

thanks again

talk to your doc about upping the verap.  I take 1200mg

hi

MD decided to change the verap to 180 mg IR twice daily, instead of 240 mg SR daily. also changed the zomig to nasal spray ( 5 mg) from tablet ( 2.5mg) and, he ordered O2. i am pretty freaked out having this stuff in my house for reasons i can't explain.
took the zomig this am, but didn't work any better than the tablet form, which is weird, seeing as it's 2x the dose.he also wrote an Rx for imtrex injectables if the nasal spray doesn't work.
MD was not in favour of using lithium at this point.
if my pattern remains the same, i'll have a chance to try out the O2 tomrrow am.

cross your fingers........................

Fingers are crossed.

PF wishes,
Sanna

My daughter was on a very high dose of verpamil,  1280. It was increased slowly, adding 80 mg a week to her base dose of 640. She also had an EKG done weekly to check her heart. Many people use high doses of this but the EKG is really important when you use this level. It was too much for her. She had dizzy spells, problems with her EKG's and still didn't stop the CH. Her abortive now is only o2 and ocassionally red bull. She also takes 1000mg of taurine every morning. You can get it in a health food store.

Charlotte

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Soon you'll have one tank at work one in the car and one by the chair.
This stuff works wonderfully. Check out a higher flow rate. Better much better. Use this to stretch out the triptans. Using less triptans can decrease headache frequency.
Good news indeed.
thebb