1/1/06. Sunday
Day 1 of Keppra
Woke thirsty with headache on right side. Not exactly a migraine. Am wondering how much
"tea" is in the lemonade/tea drink I was drinking yesterday.
(took a total of 3 vicodens during the day. It was quite obvious when it
ran out.)
I had a headache all day.
1/2/06, Monday
7:20am: Just woke and my evening meds have worn off so I'm eating
pretzels so I can take another Vicoden.
I think I may have taken a zomig also, even though the headache hadn't seemed
like that kind of migraine. When I woke again the headache was actually gone.
In the evening I started getting the headache back and took a Maxalt.
1/3/06. Tuesday 12:50 pm
Woke up headache free.
During the day I felt headachy off and on. Mostly off, so I actually got some work done
at the office. Last night I felt a bit off, but didn't take anything headache
specific.
1/4/06. Wednesday (Home sick) (Chiropractor Appt.)
Woke early with a migraine on the left side and took a Maxalt MLT and went back to bed.
When I woke up again it was around 8:45 I still had a headache. I also felt VERY
TIRED. But I showered and made it to my chiropractors about 15 min late. DidnÕt
make it to work.Took 4 Advil and lied down for a bit.
12:34pm: no better. (the pain is about a 4... maybe a 5) Debating
taking another zomig. I only have 2 more and my insurance won't cover anything
until the 7th or 8th.
1/5/06 Thursday (BAD DAY)
Woke up OK. Then did chin tuck stretch in car
10:27am Started to feel a little headachy (left temple) maybe 10 min
ago.
10:28: Took 4 advil and used migrastick. Pain level about a "4"
11:18: Took a Zomig.
12:00: no improvement. Stretched neck and got a small pop.
1:36: still no improvement (but at least it's not worse.)
2:00ish went to Burger King and got a plain double cheeseburger.
Picked sesame seeds (and a lot of bun) off it.
2:25 - made More tea - TJs Chai Latte mix. (milk, but no corn)
2:27pm - Took a vicoden (pain level = 3)
3:15pm - pain level = 2
5:38pm Pain had been almost gone for a while. Now it's back up to
a 3.
1/6/06 Friday
Had low grade headachy pain on the left side most of the day. (Took no triptans)
1/7/06 Saturday
Had the very low grade headache on right side for most of the
morning.
At some point it WENT AWAY and I didn't have to take any triptans
1/8/06 Sunday
NO HEADACHE!!
1/9/06 Monday (Day 1 of menstrual cycle.)
Extra tiredness was pre-migraine sign. finally realized was
turning into a migraine around 5:30pm. Took 2-50mg Imitrex tabs and it was gone a
couple hours later.
NOTE: After 3 nights of bad sleep I took one of the Ambian samples.
1/10/06 Tuesday
Woke up VERY late. Stumbled around a bit too. Need to be very
careful about this med!
Migraine started early evening. 100mg Imitrex worked
1/11/06 Wednesday (Chiropractor Appt.)
(I wrote on Sat morning that I took an Imitrex 5 days In a row)
From IM: 5:45pm: Getting a migraine.
1/12/06 Thursday (BAD)
I got a migraine while driving and almost got stuck in Delaware. Took
an Imitrex around 4:30, but it
didn't work because I was driving. The pain sucked some much needed brain cells
because I couldn't figure out where to stop for food... so I didn't for way too
long. I even took a Vicoden because I figured the impairment the drug would cause was
nothing compared to what the headache was doing. Ended up at an Applebees
parking lot after 6. (which, incidentally was what the pain level was - at
least..) Tried to rest in my car, but that didnÕt work too well. Ended up
gathering up my remaining spoons and getting a steak instead - hoping the
protein would help. (I am anemic after all.) I was a little bit better when I
left and the thing eventually dulled down to about a 2 by the time I reached my
overnight spot.
1/13/06 Friday
7:46am: I woke up still feeling a little headachey.
Later: I had a migraine while driving too, but took an Imitrex very shortly after it
started and the driving wasn't stressful so it went away.
1/14/06 Saturday
8:21am I woke up with a migraine on the left side. I can feel the vein
throbbing. OUCH. Hope the Imitrex works soon. Head actually hurts pretty much so
I'm going to lie down a bit more.
1/15/06 Sunday
Wrote on Monday ŅSorta lost track, but I think I needed an Imitrex
every day since last Sunday Š so I must have had one. BUT Š not totally sure. DidnÕt write anything down.
1/16/06 Monday
Today was good until I stupidly stretched my neck and triggered a migraine.. GRRR. Quote from a
massage therapist Saturday night "to say she is tight would be a huge
understatement" Took an Imitrex.
1/17/06 Tuesday
I was very very careful and didn't stretch my neck at all and
didnÕt need any Triptans.
1/18/06 Wednesday (had Chiropractor Appt.)
On IM: 4:40pm. ŅIÕm getting a migraine. Sigh.
Before 4:55pm: ŅI think I need an ImitrexÓ
1/19/06 Thursday **Massage** (Christy)
Totally lost it this morning. Woke with a light migraine and nothing I've got
is working. I took a Maxalt, 3 Aleves (for my back) and drove to work. Just took a Vicoden 'cause fuck it... it'll
dull stuff a bit, right? I don't like taking narcotics for my back but I'm
hoping it'll give me a little bit of cope 'cause I'm totally out. I started
crying when the place I called about my back asked what was wrong.
1/20/06 Friday
I woke with one and took a Maxalt MLT
This is the second one I've taken and both exploded into tiny pieces.
Because I wasn't sure I took the whole dose, I also took a 50mg Imitrex pill. Woke up at
10:15am headache free.
1/21/06 Saturday
Saturday mid-afternoon I felt a bit headachy and tried something
new - I used ICE. Worked! No triptans.
1/22/06 Sunday
I actually stretched my neck a bit this weekend and didn't get an
instant migraine. No triptans (written Monday)
1/23/06 Monday
8:01: Woke with low level headache and have just been lying here with ice
on my neck. Did NOT take any Ōtriptans. Drank 3 cups of tea and was
still dragging all day. Maybe it's just the pain. Maybe it's MS. Maybe it's my
new meds. arrgh. Sigh. zzzz
1/24/06 Tuesday (**Had a Massage **Š Christy)
NO Headache!
(thatÕs 4 days in a row without triptans!)
1/25/06 Wednesday Chiropractor Appt. HOME SICK AGAIN
Noonish (after cardiology appointment)
That didn't get me anywhere, but a migraine and 3 more appts
during the next month. arrgh I'm going to lie down for a bit. (they had no
drinkable water so I couldn't take my pill right away! )
1:03pm: Imitrex should have worked by now. Instead head hurts more. Took Vicoden
6:18 pm: still had headache. (IÕm pretty sure at itÕs worse this
one was in the Ņ8Ó range.
1/26/06 Thursday
4:13 pm Better.. but
I'm
trying to resist the urge to stretch my neck. I know it'll trigger a migraine.
KNOW it. It got pretty bad yesterday and my back is all messed up again. I was ok... but now that I wrote most of
this down I'm
feeling not so OK. Trying some things that might help. (heat, ice, aleve)
5:48 pm. Headache came back. DidnÕt think it was the kind of headache that
triptans would work on. 3 aleves. Ice on neck. Heat on lower back. After I got home I took Vicoden and spent the evening
in a super drugged haze. Took an Axert before bed.
Friday, January 27th
Woke with headache that DID feel like med would help so I took a Maxalt MLT. Poked around this AM
and am very late getting to work - but I don't currently have a headache.)
Saturday, January 28th
NO HEADACHE!
Sunday, January 29th
NO HEADACHE!
Monday, January 30th (P & MT appt)
Got a migraine in afternoon. Left side. Took my last imitrex
Tuesday, January 31st
?
Wednesday, Feb 1st (P & MT appt)
?
Thursday, Feb 2nd
? (saw pandas)
Friday, Feb 3rd. **Day 1 of menstrual cycle** (Holter
Monitor)
2:47pm: I started getting a migraine on the left side. Feel a hot spot on my
head on the left side base of skull. I took a zomig.
Saturday, Feb 4th
Woke up with a center headache. Throughout the day I took a bunch of advil and Vicoden. Before bed a Maxalt MLT.
Sunday Feb 5th
Woke with a headache on the right side. Took a Zomig and went back to bed
for about an hour. When I woke up the migraine was gone.
Monday Feb 6th (11:57pm) (P & MT appt)
I woke with another migraine. Took my last Zomig and went back to bed.
Tueday, Feb 7th
Today, shortly after leaving for work I felt something in my neck
(right side) and pain in my R temple. I turned my neck (the looking forward,
tilt head to left stretch) and had a little pop. Then I rubbed the
area a lot and the pain in my temple went away!
Later after I went out on some errands I again had some twinges both in my
neck and temple. I rubbed my neck and applied ice (damn ice pack wasn't very cold
though :( ) The pain in my temple has gone away for now.
Wednesday, Feb 8th (P & MT appt)
NO Imitrex.
Thursday, Feb 9th
I woke too early with a headache - that amazingly didn't require an Imitrex.
Friday, Feb 10th (P & MT appt)
I woke with migraine. Right temple. Had some oatmeal and tea.
Migraine went away without drugs
NO Imitrex.
Saturday, Feb 11th
got one in the afternoon. Tried some neck stuff - and while it cracked
the thing was already pretty developed. Took an Imitrex that worked.
Sunday, February 12th:
none.
Monday, Feb 13th (P & MT appt)
Got
one late in the evening. Took an Imitrex before going to bed. (stayed up too late)
February
14th. Tuesday.
None,
I think.
February 15. Wednesday (P & MT appt)
I
didn't wake with a migraine, but one showed up before I left the house. Unlike the last
couple, this one was on the left side. I stopped and got water on the way to my appt
and took 4
advils and
an Imitrex. I still had it after
my appt so I stopped and got some real lunch and took a vicoden. I didn't eat enough
'cause I felt a little queezy. I think it's gone, though I'm not feeling 100%.
Some upper back and neck muscles really hurt. Some of the stuff the therapist
did today hurt too.
February
16. 2006. Thursday (flew to CA)
4:55am.
Just woke
with a migraine. Right side. My neck HURTS. (too much poking and prodding
this week?) Took
an Imitrex.
February
17. 2006. Friday (was in CA)
6:10 EST; Woke with a migraine. It's pretty bad. Right side. Took an Imitrex went back to bed. When
I woke up again it was gone. (suspected cause: onions in potatoes I had at
lunch.)
February
18. 2006. Saturday (was in CA)
NO
HEADACHE!
February
19. 2006. Sunday (was in CA)
NO
HEADACHE!
February
20. 2006. Monday (flew back from CA)
Migraine started right before
lunch (Left side). (cause: sugar ups & downs?) I took an Imitrex early because I was traveling. Wore sunglasses
inside. It was very minor-never making it above a Ņ3Ó and was gone before my
flight.
February 21. 2006. Tuesday
February 22. 2006. Wednesday (P & MT appt)
NO
HEADACHE!
February 23. 2006. Thursday
Migraine started while I was out running errands. First errand was to
get food at Roy Rogers Š so that might be why. (hunger, not the food) I tried
to fight it was massage, but lost. Took an Imitrex, but ran some more errands and it
hasnÕt gone away yet. Took Flexeril and Vicoden before bed. (was on Right)
February 24. 2006. Friday
Woke with migraine on left side. Took an Imitrex. DidnÕt help much.
Took a Vicoden later.
February 25. 2006. Saturday
Woke with migraine on RIGHT side. Took a Vicoden. (I donÕt feel the
blood vessel throbbing.) Had the headache ALL day. Took my last Vicoden. Pain level in the 3-4 range. Before I
went to bed it changed to a center headache. Took Flexeril, 3 Aleves. Allergy meds. And went to bed with
ice pack.
February 26. 2006. Sunday
Woke
around 2am and pain is horrid. Center pain. Head splitting.
Feeling nauseous.
7:22am:
Woke with it on the left side. Took my last Imitrex. (thought it was
finally THAT kind of headache.
10:10am:
Pill worked. But my upper back is stressed from the fun night.
8:30pm.
ITÕS BACK. Right Side. First tried Advil, Flexeril and ice. Then rushed off to
CVS for Zomig script. Took one and
when I woke up it was gone.
February 27. 2006. Monday (P & MT appt)
NO
HEADACHE!
February
28. 2006. Tuesday
NO
HEADACHE!