Fact #12

Well the reason why I'm not sleeping...I'm getting weaned off of my migraine medicine. And I hate it. I have been suffering from migraines since I was 23. And I get about 2-5 a month. Tyl.enol, Adv.il, Exce.drin and so many more over the counter drugs use to help them. I've tried prescription drugs that I would take as soon as I would feel one come on. But they contain Tripitan....which I'm allergic to. My jaw would go numb and tingly. So then I moved onto sleeping pills. Which worked fine, and like everything else, they started not working and my migraines were getting worse. They have been so bad, that out of the 6 personal days I'm allotted a year at work, I have been down to 2 since June! Thankfully my job offers Flex time and I can make up to a maximum of 4 hours a week. So I went back to the Dr. and she gave me 3 options of medicine to try...blood pressure, anti-seizure, and anti-depressant...none of them made me excited, but I'm desperate to try anything. So anti-depressant it was...the side effects were awful...insomnia, weight gain (a lot), loss of appetite etc...but those slowly went away. So since June my migraines were reduced from 2-5 per month to 7 from June to present date. I've never felt better. The best part is if I had a migraine, Adv.il would actually work! The weight gain and some daily side effects made me decide it wasn't worth it. So I spoke to my Dr and she gave me a schedule on how to get weaned. I was game. I was excited... OMG! The withdrawal and body shock symptoms I've been having has literally been hell! I've been dizzy and lightheaded for 3 weeks...thankfully that has stopped. I was sad, uncoordinated, and would cry at the drop of the hat. I was having the so called "brain zaps" at night, I've been having some really crazy and realistic dreams that have caused me to freak out and stay awake b/c I'm too scared to go back to sleep. I'm having hot flashes left and right... It just plain sucks! Now I don't know what I'm going to do when I get a migraine...I might try the homeopathic/herbal route, or even a chiropractor or acupuncture...I don't know. I'm pretty much at my witt's end and desperate to get these migraine's under control...they are by far one of the worst things I have experienced.