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Daily Migraines - How do we function?
Headache & Migraine | Last Active: Mar 28 12:23pm | Replies (51)Comment receiving replies
I have chronic migraines like many of you. I take Imitrex. And Maxalt. It’s the only medication that works. But, That often leads to rebound. Recently my neurologist prescribed an anti-psychotic! To take for a few days to break the rebound cycle. I think it worked for one rebound cycle, but I don’t want to rely on this medication. The general advice to tough it out to break rebound is absurd. Any thought on how to break rebound?
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@2penelope I have used imitrex also but I do get rebound and have had to cut my 200 mg pill into 3s because I need to function and I don’t like the feelings. I usually take extra strength Excedrin also. My doctor tried to give me an amitriptylene to take every night before bed to try to wean me off other meds but I would wake up dizzy and had to go to work so I stopped that one.
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2penelope, What works for me to break days of migraines is a very low dose taper of
prednisone. I usually do 30 mg, 30 mg, 20 mg & then 10 mg. It has worked wonderfully for
me to break the cycle of days of migraines.
Migraines are caused by inflammation and Prednisone reduces inflammation. With years of
migraines, this is the only thing that I have found that will work.
Ask your Primary doctor if he will prescribe a short taper of prednisone.
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