Migraine: Did botox work for you?

Thanks for the info on the other drug. Will get with my doctor. As for what causes them that is still up in the air! All of my symptoms and start of all these headaches/migraines go back almost a year. They all point to Lyme Disease. Have only had one doctor say that is what it is! (He was a microbioligist from down south and is very farmiliar with it) I live in a Third World State, New Mexico, recent study shows we have the worst medical industry in all 50 states. Have gone through blood tests but have come up negative, but I hear that from most people say about the test. It was my neurologist who decided to treat them as migranes.
I just completed a 1,000 mile business trip over four days. I'm really hurting, all of my Lyme Disease symptoms come back from the stress of the trip. Have been down for 3 days since I got back. I took a chance taking the trip, but had forgotten how bad the symptoms can be.
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Thanks for the other info. I just posted how I was doing. My own fault for putting myself in the sitition I did. Just very hard to change my life because of all this! With the exception of Stage IV colon cancer 20 years ago I have been a healthy and active person for over 70 years. I beat the cancer, it was easier than this!
My next avenue after these drugs is seeing a Physcrist. Maybe I need mental help to deal with all of this?
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Lyme's disease is a catch-all disease that may or MAY NOT be what you have. Exhaustion, headaches, stress, jet-lag and disruption of your circadian schedule [ https://www.nigms.nih.gov/Education/Pages/Factsheet_CircadianRhythms.aspx ] will contribute to some of the symptoms you have been feeling just recently. But perhaps, all you have is a virus that is commonly found in all of us - is causing you to feel ill. Headaches/migraines are one thing but the other symptoms you are manifesting need to be addressed. Taking care of YOU should start with good food and liquids including: asparagus, blueberries, radishes, celery, cinnamon, garlic, apricots, and onions - these specific foods will kill the viral cells and help the healing process as discussed in Medial Medium by Anthony William's book. Zinc, thyme, lemon balm and licorice root are some of the herbs that he mentioned as well. Drinking plenty of water with lemon in it will keep you hydrated. Rest, write our your symptoms, diary your headaches and rethink your diet, day to day activities.

Did the physician give you any 'break through medication (triptan) for taking to control your headaches? When you put on the BOTOX program, there will be headaches in between the injections and they are suppose to give your Imitrex to control them. If the physicians is certified to give the injections, he/she was not following protocol in writing a subscription for you. The script calls for having enough of the medication so that you can have one pill - take it and if the headache didn't go away, two hours later you could take another one. Call the doctor right away and let him know that the BOTOX was NOT helping. Also....some doctors do not give the higher doses of 200 mg but give only 150 mg (total amt) that could help you more. It is up to the doctor as to the amount that they give. ALWAYS call the doctor if the medicine is NOT working for you within the week post injections. And make sure you have standby medicines for ''Break-through" medicines to get you through until the next Injection in 12 weeks. As time goes by - you will need less and less of this. BUT both you and the physician need to understand how the program works.

Was on the Triptan for a couple of months, did no good. Have let the dr. know about my constant and horrible headaches. She told me to take Tylenol. That was a joke. Then she said she had not heard of anyone with my reaction to the Botox. As I said our state is not known for our medical prowis! It has really gotten frusturating dealing with this.
No one has an answer or will not go out of their area to find anything out about what I have. I have had offers from friends in both Houstan and Phoenix to come stay and go to one of the Specail clinics.
Just can't do it now.
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Okay....this physician does not know that there are levels of Triptans to prescribe for BOTOX Step System . If one level of the breakthrough medications does not work, there is the next level of triptan can be tried but there are steps that need to taken in order to get insurance to cover it. Imitrex (sumatriptan) is the first standby med that is normally prescribed for those first starting on this regime. After a course of using and documenting this with your diaries, you will need to show that you at least tried it and it did't work. Your doctor can then prescribed the next level up on the Triptan list to help rid you of your breakthrough headaches. A prior authorization may be needed in order to obtain the medicine but it will be worth it. This worked for me because the Imitrex did nothing for me. My neurologist showed my diaries and wrote the letters, I called my insurance and they authorized the new triptan which works in 10 minutes flat. I rarely get a migraine now. And I like that ...
As far as information - go to the National Migraine Foundation to start with understanding where to go....https://headaches.org/

Hello, I'm interested if anyone can give me any incite on getting botox injections for headaches? I'm very nervous going forward with botox by looking at the previous comments and because there have been no updated comments for quite a while. I've had a allergic reaction to Ajovy and Emovig. Can anyone help me? Thank you

@cindyhas123 I tried Botox a few years ago for my head pain. It didn’t work for me. After going to the Mayo in Rochester they figured out I had 2 different types of neuralgia pain. I get 3 steroid shots in my head every 3 months. That works for me. They’ve asked if I’d want to ever try Botox again. I emphatically said no way. It didn’t work for me before, why would I think it would work now.
Of course medicine can change a lot in a few years. But, they haven’t presented me with any evidence that Botox would be better than what I’m presently doing. Who knows, maybe my current treatment will quit working and I’ll have to rethink my options.
Hope you can find some answers.

Hi. My experience receiving botox injections, every 3 months, for migraines has been a positive one. It took 2-3 treatments before noticing a benefit. Those final 4 weeks prior to next dose is usually a doozy. I know when I'm due. I also have neuropathy in head, neck, shoulders and I believe botox helps this as well.

@cindyhas123 I have had boxtox for TMJ which causes ferocious headaches. My experience has been a positive one. At his point insurance will not pay when botox is administered for headaches due to TMJ. Hoping this will change. I am allergic to all steroids.
Keep in mind we are all different when it comes to medications. Also, oft the positive experiences are not what we hear about. Hope this helps.