Hi gang

Sorry I`ve not been around for a while. Been out of work for a while so had my mind occupied on finding a job.
Had my usual attack late last year. Been a sufferer now for 43 years! Been using imitrex injections for the last 10 years, but as you can imagine I`ve needed masses of them.
The last attack was the first I was able to try info from a good neurologist.
Went on a two week steriod taper when I first noticed them. Also immediately started on verapamil. Got up to 560mg/day and they stopped (ecg every week I upped it by 80mg). Found then I could drop it to 400mg before they came back. Each time I dropped to check if they had gone, I just needed injections for 3 days before the 560 dose took them away again. This attack lasted 6 months, twice as long as normal. But the difference was I hardly knew they were there. Even went to Mauritius for my daughters wedding without a single attack. They wouldn't let me scuba dive there though cause I was on verapamil. Not holding my breath that the next attack will be so easy, but its the best I`ve ever managed.

Thanks Red
Regarding scuba diving, apparently stating verapamil on a medical form throws up alarm bells that you have blood pressure problems. I couldn`t convince the doc that I didn`t, and I`d also had 6 normal ecg`s and regular normal bp tests, and that the meds were for cluster headaches. I`d ticked verapamil and that was the end of it as far as he was concerned.