Topamax vs elavil
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HR , first thing I would want to know for the doctor is what kind of headaches do you have ..If topamax, imitrex and drugs like elavil are not helping then you probably are not having migraines and its a different type of headache .I have been told by more then one nero doctor if narcotics are making your headaches go away then you don't have migraines .Narcotics do not on migraines . I finally got relief with topamax .After I had had a hyster back in 2005.
Saw a neurologst on Nov 30 who is treating me as atypical migraine until my Jan 8 MRI results come back. I am on 20mg of Elavil right now. They dont think it's ears/nose/throat related.
t just one preventative like Topamax and one abortive like Imitrex. My daughter is currently on Topamax 50mg in am and 50 mg in pm, 10 mg of Elavil at bedtime, Phenergan as needed, Percocet as needed, and Maxalt as needed. We still haven't hit the magic combination, but we keep trying, because the alternative is sooo much worse.
Good luck.
I also was suffering from migraines and trouble sleeping, and was started on Topamax for the control of the headaches and Elavil for to help me sleep. One of the side effects of Topamax is tingling in the extremities, so although my headaches did decrease the tingling sensation increased for a while. Then it abated and I was fine for a couple of months, until I started experiencing the tingling again, this time accompanied by numbness and weakness in my arms and legs.
if no you can ask your physician to give it a try as a preventative like you tried topamax or with a lower dose of topamax .
Usually drugs like beta-blockers which are given to control hypertension (propranolol [Inderal], atenolol [Tenormin]), anticonvulsants (topiramate [Topamax], divalproex [Depakote], carbamazepine [Tegretol]), tricyclic antidepressants (amitriptyline [Elavil], nortriptyline [Aventyl]), and calcium channel blockers (verapamil [Covera]) are given.You can take these as preventive medicines .
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I'll start from the beginning. I've suffered Insomnia for at least 10 years and have been on either Ambien or Ambien CR ever since. Some nights it works...others not so much. I'll also throw in that I've had a moderate bilateral hand tremor as long as I can remember and no doctor has ever given me a reason for it. OK, moving on. I also developed Migraines about 10 years ago and the solution was to try a parade of instant remedies (Imitrex, Relpax, etd.) of which NONE worked.
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I am a 53 yr old caucasion female. I have been suffering with some type of neuropathy for about 13 yrs. I've had 2 neurologists (because of a move). The first one diagnosed me with CIDP. but my new dr. does not agree because I don't seem to have any signs of weakness in my extremities. My symptoms are feelings similar to what you'd feel when someone scratches their nails down a chalkboard. They started in my left foot and shot up that leg.
I've had a constant headache which always starts in the back of my head and goes into my left eye. If I squeeze my head between my hands real tight it stops but only as long as my hands are there. It is so bad I can't do anything. I've tried motrin 800mg, topamax 200mg, vicodin 5/500, imitrex, frova and even antidepressants (zoloft and elavil). My doctor can't seem to figure this out and I can't keep dealing with the pain.
maybe his behaviors are actually siezures??? Doctor has begun to restart the Topamax.... I will gradually bring him back to 100Mg. 2 X day..... He is 12..... we had stopped this topamax because I thought the drug was making him have sever anxiety.... not wanting to walk down hallways or go out to community areas.... use the restroom at the gas station on long trips.... He just behaved like we were making him walk Death row..
Dr. David Grider, Big Pine Key, FL put me on Topamax. Topamax saved my life! It is/was used for treating Epilepsy/seizures. Researcher's found it seemed to block and "cure" Migrains. Perhaps, it cured me. But God in Heaven, please give me back my memory. I appear unintelligent, ignorant and disinterested in what friends have confided in me-e.i., their expectations that I will retain what may trouble or bring them joy.
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