Guest guest Posted February 1, 2004 Report Share Posted February 1, 2004 I get migraines regularly and have for several years. The number and intensity has not decreased since I've been on LDN - neither are they worse. From: cheystay [mailto:c_chey@...] Sent: Sunday, February 01, 2004 2:08 PMlow dose naltrexone Subject: [low dose naltrexone] Migraine Does anyone know what LDN would do for someone with migraine or other constant headaches?Thnx,Chey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 1, 2004 Report Share Posted February 1, 2004 Hi Chey, I don't really know if it was the ldn or not, but I had a 2 1/2 year migraine that stopped when I started taking ldn. Sooo....maybe it was the ldn! Anyway, I now have sinus headaches, and a sinus tab or Excedrin finally works to alleviate the discomfort where before the ldn, they didn't work at all. Hope that's of some help. Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: " cheystay " <c_chey@...> <low dose naltrexone > Sent: Sunday, February 01, 2004 11:07 AM Subject: [low dose naltrexone] Migraine > Does anyone know what LDN would do for someone with migraine or > other constant headaches? > > Thnx, > Chey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 1, 2004 Report Share Posted February 1, 2004 Hey Jim you’re not the only one it’s alleviated head pain with I have far less migraines now and before I lived on Advil… Vitamin D helped a little before I started the LDN too but the LDN just woosh took away most of it! From: jsgarvin [mailto:jsgarvin@...] Sent: Sunday, February 01, 2004 2:37 PM low dose naltrexone Subject: Re: [low dose naltrexone] Migraine Hi Chey, I don't really know if it was the ldn or not, but I had a 2 1/2 year migraine that stopped when I started taking ldn. Sooo....maybe it was the ldn! Anyway, I now have sinus headaches, and a sinus tab or Excedrin finally works to alleviate the discomfort where before the ldn, they didn't work at all. Hope that's of some help. Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: " cheystay " <c_chey@...> <low dose naltrexone > Sent: Sunday, February 01, 2004 11:07 AM Subject: [low dose naltrexone] Migraine > Does anyone know what LDN would do for someone with migraine or > other constant headaches? > > Thnx, > Chey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 18, 2006 Report Share Posted July 18, 2006 > > > > It's two separate terrible things that can happen to a person. I had > migraines years before I had any RA symptoms. Thankfully, my migraines > were pretty much cured before my RA started. Both of these are just too > much for any one person, and I'm very sorry that you have to suffer > from both. > > Sue Hi Sue, What cured your migraines? I have had frequent severe migraines for years. Even with maintenance meds (the one that appears to work best for me is Depakote) I was usually lucky to get by with only a couple per week. Since these often lasted multiple days, there wasn't a lot of the time I DIDN'T have a migraine. The funny thing is that when I was dx'd with RA, and put on prednisone, the migraines ALMOST went away. (I still have a few, but they are much milder, and don't last as long) The bad news is that the doctor told me that it is probably because of the prednisone, and there is a good chance that they will come back once we get my other meds stablized and wean me off the pred. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 18, 2006 Report Share Posted July 18, 2006 , I guess you've discovered a good side effect of prednisone, instead of all the bad ones. I've never heard of this before. I also used to have two or three a week, too. I was always having a migraine or getting over one. I was prescribed two of the old tricyclic antidepressants for another problem. The doctor said that they would probably take care of my migraines, too. I thought, yeah, I bet. But he was right. I hardly ever have one now, as long as I keep taking the meds, but if I do they're nothing like they used to be. In fact, last night I had a headache that approached a migraine, but it was bedtime and the med I keep around just in case has caffeine in it. I took Tylenol and a Tramadol and put ice on my neck after I went to bed. This morning, the headache was gone. In the past, they could last for days. I think that it should be against the rules for a person to have both RA and migraines, don't you? Sue On Tuesday, July 18, 2006, at 07:33 AM, Randall wrote: > Hi Sue, > > What cured your migraines? I have had frequent severe migraines for > years. Even with maintenance meds (the one that appears to work > best for me is Depakote) I was usually lucky to get by with only a > couple per week. Since these often lasted multiple days, there > wasn't a lot of the time I DIDN'T have a migraine. > > The funny thing is that when I was dx'd with RA, and put on > prednisone, the migraines ALMOST went away. (I still have a few, > but they are much milder, and don't last as long) The bad news is > that the doctor told me that it is probably because of the > prednisone, and there is a good chance that they will come back once > we get my other meds stablized and wean me off the pred. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 19, 2006 Report Share Posted July 19, 2006 I definitely agree, it should be against the law to have both RA and migraines!<g> My neurologist tried me on both Tricyclics and SSRI's to control the migraines with little success. The Depakote works pretty well, but it's far from perfect. The Rheumatologist told me that sometimes if a person has a really severe migraine that they can't breaik through any other way, they will hospitalize them and put them on IV steroids to break the cycle. That's why she's pretty sure that it's the prednisone that is keeping me from having them now. I am holding out hope that maybe by breaking the cycle for so long, my brain will have sort of " forgotten " the pattern of migraines I used to be in. No medical basis to back this up... it's just my own private wishful thinking!!!<g> > > > Hi Sue, > > > > What cured your migraines? I have had frequent severe migraines for > > years. Even with maintenance meds (the one that appears to work > > best for me is Depakote) I was usually lucky to get by with only a > > couple per week. Since these often lasted multiple days, there > > wasn't a lot of the time I DIDN'T have a migraine. > > > > The funny thing is that when I was dx'd with RA, and put on > > prednisone, the migraines ALMOST went away. (I still have a few, > > but they are much milder, and don't last as long) The bad news is > > that the doctor told me that it is probably because of the > > prednisone, and there is a good chance that they will come back once > > we get my other meds stablized and wean me off the pred. > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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