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Chronic severe nocturnal hypnic headaches
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@lisalucier and all, as it seems as if the same medications are used for hypnic headaches as for migraine, I asked “my expert” (daughter) about her medications.
She gets the most help from naratriptan, which is a triptan as is imitrix in type (both triptans) but they are different from each other. Imitrix knocks her out.
Barometric pressure changes are a common trigger and she has two apps that alert her to those changes. Sometimes a headache can be stopped before it really takes hold.
When I was much younger and suffered from migraines the best they could do was prescribing an ergot medication to constrict your blood vessels. That made me so sick it was worse than the headache.
I wish she had time to participate in some of these forums but she is pretty out-straight with her job.
JK
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HI JK! For me, the migraine acute meds and preventatives did not help wth severe hypnic headaches. Narcotics/sedatives did not help either, even in combinations. I did try the other recommended meds for Hypnic headaches with the exception of verapamil since I have low/normal blood pressure. I take a preventative combinaton nightly, of Indomethacin SR, Lamotrigine, and coffee/caffeine. It works very well about 85% of the time, not at all 2% of the time, and just "okay" the remaining 13% of the time (estimates!). I wonder if your daughters nocturnal headaches are migraines rather than hypnic headaches? My Migraines usually respond to Maxalt well, but I take brand Frovatriptan that takes longer to kick in, but the half life is longer (and pain relief lasts longer). I hope your daughter is doing well. I am now taking a new preventative called Emgality which is working wonders for the Migraines (thanks to my "new" MD, a Neurologist and Headache Specialist at Mayo named Dr. Whealy. I will post about it in a new post.