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Old 05-20-2010, 04:12 PM
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Originally Posted by goldenss View Post
I am getting migraines a lot lately from stress and also when I have my menstrual cycle. I really need to find a good Pain Doctor for this please because it is becoming impossible to deal with this. I live just outside of Beverly Hills. The pain meds work but Doctors don't like to give it. Please reply here or by PM.

Find a Migraine Clinic connected with a University Hospital. My partner finally got into a Migraine/Headache clinic, and while the first few months were rough, she is doing much better now . . . down from 10+ headaches a month to one, two maybe. She was withdrawn from oral meds including Imitrex and diltiazem(used prophylactically) . . . and given scripts for injectable Imitrex and Toradol. She discontinued her hormones (b/c pills to help with menopause) and even stopped taking Estroven© OTC. I would say the first month or two she felt worse, but then she came out on the other side with fewer headaches. She was also given Rx for massage to help with relaxation, as well as hypnotherapy(not ocovered by insurance) and biofeedback (also not covered.)

More recently she discovered magnesium and feverfew go further to prevent migraines than any other therapy she has been given. She forgot to take them a couple days a week or so ago and the headaches returned . . . but now back on Magnesorb® and feverfew and they are at bay again!

For several years she used almost the maximum number of FMLA days allowed for her "migraine days" at work . . . but we are hoping that she will miss fewer days in the future on this new regimen.
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