I’ve tried several of those drugs, and others I can’t use because of the narcotic base. Anything in the pheno- family will just make my eyelids heavy and do nothing for the pain, or make it worse.
I’ve tried Midrin and Cafergot and they had no effect. I used Fiorinal and and Fioricet. I learned the hard way that I can’t take anything with codeine, whether it’s natural or man-made. I’m not willing to take anti depressants that cause weight gain and I won’t take high blood pressure meds because of the side effects.
I take benedry every night before I go to bed, but it does nothing for the headache.
As much as possible, I stay away from prescription drugs these days. With CFIDS, a regular dose of any medication, for whatever purpose, could be an overdose for me, or it could have no effect whatsoever. I’m just not willing to be a guinea pig for the pharma-giants. It’s far too hard to find a working combination that doesn’t have side effects that either mimic the CFIDS symtoms, or makes them worse.
But I really appreciate your research. It means a lot to me that you would go to the trouble for me. *HUG!*
Have to leave for lunch meeting.
I can see why you’ve settled for your daily migraines. You can get accustomed to pain and almost make it insignificant. I’ve had plenty of kidney stones to prove that to me. No one is pain free, anyway.
BBL.