Here we go again!!

I've been on a little drug holiday from my preventive medications for almost a month and a half now. I should have known better. What I once thought was my worst time with migraines, the time that lead me to preventives, has now been surpassed.

Out of the last 39 days, I have had a Migraine or a Tension-Type headache all but 5 days. I've also had Tension headaches that triggered Migraine for me. It has not been an easy time!

Now yesterday, I did something I never thought I would do again. I ended up in Medication Overuse Headache. I was not thinking after two days of TTH and Midrin and yesterday I pulled out the Vicodin, which also contains acetaminophen - and BLAMO! MOH city!

The good thing is, it was not as bad as my MOH after my shoulder dislocation, which ironically was this same time last year.

I would be really grateful for some sort of a break here, so if you are listening up there, any time you want to put the Migraine Monster back in it's cage and away from my head, would be greatly appreciated!!!

This has me bringing up some things to mull around.....Is My Doctor Right for Me? I feel as if sometimes I hit a wall with my neurologist. My feeling is that, he likes that I am informed, but doesn't like that sometimes I am more informed than he is. I seem to be again struggling with the "do I stay"? or "do I go" scenario which is all to familiar to a lot of us migraineurs. It puts me in a hard position because I am a gal that likes to be an active part in my health care team.

Don't get me wrong, my neurologist is a great guy, but I tend to think he does not have that many Migraine patients, and those he does, he can appease with Topamax. Well I don't want to be on Topamax anymore.....or ever again!!!!

So we will see what happens. I go back to my neurologist on the 19th, after a nice weekend at the beach with my friends. I hope my next preventive serves me well. I can only hope at this point.

The honest to god truth....what I put in my body everyday.

So I thought it would be good to let my readers know exactly what I take everyday, for those maybe not as familiar with Migraine Disease. Yes, at age 30 I have over 5 scripts and take a total of I think 10 pills a day. Here we go:

A.M.
Topamax - 25mgs
Multi Vitamin
Magnesium - 650 mgs
Calcium - 1000 mgs

P.M.
Topamax - 50mgs
Amitriptyline - 20 mgs
Melatonin - 5mgs
Jolessa - one every night

And on an as needed basis:
Frova -2.5 mgs, allowed up to 3 pills per day if needed - but not more then 3 times a week or may lead to Medication Overuse Headache
Skelaxin - 600 mgs - as needed up to 4 a day for Tension Type Headaches
Tigan - 400mgs as needed for nausea
Vicodin - 500mgs (I split them in half) as needed for Rescue

Yep, so I think that's about it, and that's not to mention the vitamin C that I take to help my TTH's go away faster.....

So although you may think by looking at me "You don't look sick" - remember to not judge a book by it's cover. I sometimes feel like a slave to the drugs that I take. If I don't take them, I get very sick. If I take to many of them, I can get very sick. It's quite the balancing act us migraneurs play.

So this was just a little peak into my world. I don't think I've actually ever broken it down before. Wow!