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Headache and Migraine Group: Let’s connect
Welcome to the Headache & Migraine support group on Mayo Clinic Connect.
If you or someone you care about has headaches or migraines, this is a great place to talk with others with similar experiences. It’s a welcoming forum to learn from each other and share stories about challenges, coping strategies, setbacks and what helps.
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Pull up a chair and chat. Why not start by introducing yourself? What is your experience, or your loved one’s experience, living with headache or migraine (i.e., what type, how long since diagnosis, how it’s managed)? Have a question, tip or story to share?
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Yes, yes, yes. I have had a daily persistent headache for 5 yrs/9 mos every day/all day. Docs cannot figure it out and it has ruined my life. I spend my days on the couch with ice on my head. I try to exercise in my home in-between couching it. I am so sorry for both of us.
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1 ReactionI am a 61 year old female and have had headaches as far back as about 8- 10 years old not sure of the young age but I do remember little blue pills, little red pills but as of today, not one day as gone by the I have been with out a headache. I wake up with them and go to bed with them, not one day of my life have I not had a headache. Did EEG's a few times, CT Scans and many different types of pills. Currently Klonopin better then nothing at all. They called the Daily Chronic Headaches to Cluster headaches. Anyone else with the same issues and suggestions. I also suffer with Afib so medications as I get older scare me since I had 1 antiphallic shock ( I think I spelled correctly) so new meds make me nervous now. Anyone else with the same headache issues?
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1 ReactionHi,
I'm 79 and have taken one B12 1000 mcg tablet daily for many years. The brand is Nature Made. They work good and with no side effects that I've noticed.
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Ask your doctor for a prescription. Maybe it will be free.
The B12 is by tablet, and the brand is Jamieson. I had originally purchased the Weber brand for the B2, then got the Jamieson and realized that these tablets (same strength) were much smaller than the Weber, so easier to swallow. I started the B12 after starting the B2 and went right away for the Jamieson. That being said, I don’t know if the same applies here, but I suspect that it probably does.
Is the B12 by tablet or do you get injections. If by tablet what brand do you buy?
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What brand and model do you use? Jim
I would like to bring a correction to my previous post . The Vitamin B12 dose is 1000 mcg three times a week.
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2 ReactionsI have lived with horrible migraines since the age of 8. I am now 78 and have had the migraines 24/7 for about the last15 years, albeit at a lower intensity. I have tried EVERY possible therapy out there, including ALL the latest CGRP’s. NOTHING worked! I used to live for the2 days a week when I allowed myself 1 Tylenol3 - no more so as not to cause medication overuse headaches. My new family doctor suggested taking Vitamin B (400 mg of B2 daily and 1000mcg of B12 per week). I would say my headaches are 70% gone, and the intensity of the other 30% about a 2. And this happened at most a week after starting this supplement. I no longer take Tylenol 3. To all my fellow migraine sufferers out there, this might be something for you to speak to your doctor about, or just simply try. You cannot take too much Vitamin B as it is hydrosoluble and any excess will be excreted by the kidneys. I hope it works for some of you!
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1 ReactionI would like to add to my previous comment that I, too, am on CPAP. I love my CPAP and find sleeping difficult if I’m not wearing it.