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[kaberett]

I was Suspicious earlier this week when a migraine appeared and then disappeared again before I'd even really started spotting, let alone Had A Period -- it is not unheard of for me to have oestrogen drop in two steps with a couple of days' grace in between, and that hasn't actually happened yet this year but...

... yep, I am currently on my second migraine of the week.

Dubious upside: I was due to write in to the GP on Monday to say how I was getting on with propanolol and soluble aspirin. Answer: for a sample size of n = 2 (where prior to Thursday I had been expecting n = 1!), soluble aspirin is functionally equivalent to having a migraine completely unmedicated. I am not a fan.

(But hey, I now unambiguously have chronic migraine! CAN I PLEASE BE REFERRED TO A COMPETENT NEUROLOGIST AND PRESCRIBED BOTOX ALREADY. PLEASE.)

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[lunabee34]

This may be deeply unhelpful and so ignore, but I have had great luck with topamax (after the initial two week period of getting used to it when it made me very concerningly stupid; now I am just my nornal level of stupid LOL). I was getting things together for my impending rheumatologist appointment and realized I haven't had a migraine since August. I started it in July.

I hope you can find a doc to give you the meds you want; it is so frustrating.

[kaberett]

It is on the list of things to try, yes, but GP has not yet even admitted to its existence let alone prescribed it, so. (:

[lunabee34]

Well, shit. :( I am so sorry.

I wish I could take every single doctor and make them spend some time being worried and scared for their own health and the health of someone they care about so that they could grow some empathy.

Topomax has worked like a dream for me. That adjustment period was upsetting, but now I feel so much better. And here at least it's very cheap. IDK what cost would be like for you.