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Chronic severe nocturnal hypnic headaches
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I see that this topic goes back several years. I have posted in other threads about migraines. I’m 76 and have had headaches since my mid 30s. They have changed over the years but imitrex has always helped.
I recently developed morning headaches that occur while sleeping. I think they are hypnic but I’ve been told by the neurology NP I’ve seen at Emory that they are rebound headaches from imitrex.
I will be seeing Dr. Charles Gordon in Charlotte in October. He is an internist who specializes in migraines and was recommended.
Like many of you, I’ve been through many meds and many opinions about causes and cures. Unless you experience headaches you don’t understand them. I was told that Dr. Gordon understands. 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻
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I hope you will like Dr. Gordon and that he can help you. I am unaware of him as I moved to CA from NC in 2006. I wondered if your current MD ever prescribed something newer than Imitrex, any of the GCRPs? Some are taken by subcutaneous injections; other are oral or IV. They have helped my migraines (not the Hypnics) monumentally. If they are contraindicated for you I am sorry. They have changed my life--I am down from migrained daily (severe) to 4 per month, treatable at home with Frova and sometimes also Ketorolac injection. I believe that it was years of undertreated migraines that caused the Hypnics to occur and worsen over time to "every night." Preventing my migraines with the GCRPs has over time, finally had a impact on the severity of my nocturnal inflammatory headaches (reduction of severity; and I am using a smaller does of nightly Indomethacin now). I hope you can get answers and help in mitigating your migraines and your new night/morning headache. Please also keep us posted. What each of us learns could help us and also anyone reading these threads who is hesitant to share their health status publicly.
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Thank you. I just got an appt for November 3rd. I can’t function like this or work or do anything. I don’t take immitrex. I have but not lately a lot at all. I tried it once. It didn’t work.