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Migraine question

AvidVertigoAvidVertigo member
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Hi ladies-

I've been having some issues since Sunday night. Migraine started around 8:30pm after I got off from work. Normally, I would first try to kill it off with 2 tylonol, but knowing how it was starting, decided to completely try and kill it with a tyl 3 (OB prescribed). Woke up around 3:30, still lingering. Knowing I had to go to work, I took 2 reg tyl and went back to bed. Went into work, around 8:30am started to feel onset again, took 2 more reg tyl. By 1pm I was in so much pain from this migraine, I asked if I could go home. I called my OB office, they thought about having me come in for a blood pressure check but then told me to take 2 tyl 3 and take it easy the rest of the night. Well, I woke up this morning feeling great and my lawn needed to be mowed, so I took it upon myself to go ahead and mow the lawn. Well, my lovely migraine decided to come back and now my face is tingling on top of it. Besides those 2 things and a little bit of cramping (which I have been having off and on for 2 weeks now) I feel overall okay.
I was just curious if anyone else had migraines this bad but especially when they were pregnant and how your OB may have dealt with them.

I go in at 3:30 today for a biophysical and to see my OB, so I will defiantly get to talk to her about all of this.
Married 2007
DS - 5/2010
DD - 6-2013
TTC #3 - Cycle #9

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Re: Migraine question

  • kristinrae914kristinrae914 member
    Do you have a history of migraines?  I was on medication for them before getting pregnant, so something like this wouldn't seem out of the ordinary for me.  If you've never had them before it could be worth getting checked out......
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  • AvidVertigoAvidVertigo member

    imagekristinrae914:
    Do you have a history of migraines?  I was on medication for them before getting pregnant, so something like this wouldn't seem out of the ordinary for me.  If you've never had them before it could be worth getting checked out......

     

    Yes, I normally get them about once a month to once every 2 months.  They normally do not last days though and typically I can throw up and they will go away.  For whatever reason during this pregnancy, they have been lasting days, the stronger meds dont' seem to work, and puking won't alleviate it either :(

    Married 2007
    DS - 5/2010
    DD - 6-2013
    TTC #3 - Cycle #9

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  • cwhitloccwhitloc member

     I know with my migraines, they usually are triggered with hormones (i also stay away from scents and try to keep a steady diet and sleep schedule).  I don't get any migraines while i'm pregnant since there isn't that fluctuation up and down of the hormones.  I definitely got one the minute I got home from the hospital with DD.  Must have been from hormones tanking after delivery.  I also started getting them again after I stopped nursing.  

     Anyways, migraine symptoms sometimes change over time and age.  My mom tells me her's used to be like mine where you would throw up and be in a dark room to sleep it off and it was gone.  Now, she gets the aura that could last for days.  A couple years ago, I got what seemed like stroke like symptoms at the onset.  It saw aura in the front but peripheral vision was fine.  (My clue to go home for the day from work!)

     Sounds to me like your migraine may be caused by overuse of tylenol. I forget the word, but it's like backlash or repercussion headaches.  It can happen if you use medicine too often for them and then you just end up getting the headache again and again.  

    Have you had caffeine?  Perhaps a little of that will help.  Good luck with it going away.   Write all your symptoms down and what happened in the few days (including the medicine you took) and take that in with  you to the OB so you don't forget the details. 

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  • AvidVertigoAvidVertigo member
    Thanks ladies.  I know stress can be a trigger point as well and there has been quite a bit of stress at the office lately.  I should be moving out of my office on Friday, so that should help.  The person I am currently sharing with has been very vindictive and mean lately, she will act like my BFF to my face but has recently said some horrible things to my manager and upper management.  My manager decided it was time for me to move because she knew I was unaware of all of this and told me about it.  Yesterday before I left, my office mate was going to go to the GM because we were talking about her in the office before she came in.  We never mentioned her name at all, we were trying to find some staffing for a seminar this weekend and I offered to take it over.  I'm just over her and it.  It's been very uncomfortable since last Friday.
    Married 2007
    DS - 5/2010
    DD - 6-2013
    TTC #3 - Cycle #9

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  • MrsWilson31012MrsWilson31012 member
    I was on medication for them pre pregnancy. They went away early on, and then came back full force mid second tri. Dr put me on Reglan...not sure the spelling...but the anti vomit medication...apparently it's been shown to help with headaches during pregnancy as well. I second trying some caffeine though...I had cut out all caffeine first tri...and dr was partially convinced that was to blame for my migraines.
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