@~Pebbles~ wrote:
dawny have you been prescribed amitriptlyne at any point?
Couple of years ago i suffered with headaches every day (turned out to be medication over use from taking too many painkillers for headaches) i also used to get migraines every week that would last 2-3 days, specialist told me to stop painkillers altogether – after a few months my daily headaches started to go away, i took amitriptlyne every day for a year to keep migraines away and although i still got the odd one, on the whole it worked for me. After a year they wouldnt let me have any more as its probably addictive, but touch wood, i only get migraines occassionally now. Tried everything else, the melts that are supposed to be one of the best new drugs invented for migraines that work really fast – they did nothing for me, but this did. Give it a shot.
Yea I did Pebs. Doc took me of it after 9 months as it wasnt working. This has been going on for nearly a year now.
I was prescribed every blooody painkiller going, developed rebound headaches cos of medicine over use, just like you.
I spend so much time in hospital this year that it aint funny, after a week last time, I was discharged with Morphine to use at home.
I was taken in for a lumber puncture, it was then that they took me off all my meds. Had to have some Valium for a wee while to help with the pain.
I now take Epilim (anticonvulsant) Imigran, anti sickness tablets, anti depressants (cos after a year of this im depressed! go figure)
The underlying headache is still there, Docs say that I come under the “chronic daily headache” label now :roll: I been told I suffer with Cluster, tension and Migraine headaches
Mind I dont know which headache is worse, as when they are going on, they are all bad.
Thanx though Pebs xxx