a neuro put me on amitriptyline a while back, i felt like a zombie as well, i didnt care about anything, and to top that it provided no benefit for ch for me anyways

are you still in pain? god i hope not i read your posts i get ch but god dam, what your describing is crazy, im here for ya

i know of the distant ache after an attack that wont go away and its not terrible but there enough to effect you.
ibuprofen always helped that for me but i can take it cuz of the lithium

can you get prednisone? a tapering dose for a few weeks? works miracles for me

this sounds silly but i have aborted ch's and other headaches by what i call shocking, turn you shower on, ice cold let it run for a minute and just hop in until its unbearable and get back out, dry off doesnt work all the time but for me when nothin else does it will

Joeytastic wrote on Jul 30^th, 2009 at 12:13pm:

Joanne,

For some topiramate is all that is needed - so I wouldn't worry about it (dropping one med aggravating things), as you said - the side effects of both were too much to bear!  Just give it a try and keep your fingers crossed!  

Glad you are feeling better-

(Should ALwaYs Cut off/ pull out the straps of the mask that comes on the non-rebreather mask.  It's not good to keep them on - as you figured out.  Just hold it to your face.  If you fall asleep, it falls off that way!!)
Glad you are feeling a bit better!

Val