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Originally Posted by Dr. Smith
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Originally Posted by waves
What leads me away from the migraine path is the fact that you've not mentioned other typical migraine symptoms.
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IME, typical migraine symptoms typically present with typical migraines.  |
All I meant was that I'm not necessarily lead away from suspecting some kind of migraine.
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Not sure what your defining sx are... I'd be curious if you find yours.
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My headach Dx doesn't show up anywhere (that I've been able to find via simple search) on goggle
except one chiropractic site.
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For clearly mixed headaches, I treat both the tension and the migraine.
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In that case I'd agree; there's no choice. As you know, the sooner we treat correctly, the easier to defeat the headache with less medication. But guessing wrong can lead down a path of 2-8 hours of taking the
wrong medication, allowing the headache to gain momentum/steam, requiring
more of the correct medication (than if I'd guessed correctly), which may not mix well and leave me overmedicated and out of commission for 1-2 days. It happens, but it's not my preference.
My back is mostly better; it's a recurring injury, and with little/no disc left in some places, I don't know what the future will bring. I'm told I'm not a candidate for surgery (unless paralysis threatens) because my arthritis is too severe. Right now, I'm told my spine is "stable", so status quo.
Doc