[migraine] this week in migraines
Nov. 11th, 2021 10:54 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kaberettIt occurred to me, this afternoon, as I was grousing about my Ongoing Situation, that I could -- at least in principle -- phone The Migraine Trust's helpline for further calibration on how assertively I should be hassling my GP etc.
I am currently six or so hours into what is very likely to be a 36-or-so-hours-maximum of respite from migraine, so that's a job for tomorrow morning.
In the meantime, I am... increasingly unconvinced by the propanolol (and for that matter the frovatriptan, which I grudgingly tried again at the suggestion of the neurologist, who thought It Might Work Better Alongside A Beta-Blocker). It continues to make no discernible difference to the migraines, and also it... is absolutely unambiguously exacerbating my Raynaud's! Please find attached a picture of my foot, taken in a room with an air temperature of 22°C. It is not a colour that my foot is supposed to be, and also capillary refill was taking, like, 10-15 seconds. I am at one third of the maximum dose of propanolol! I do not think I want to increase my dosage of this drug any further.
(I am very tired.)
I am currently six or so hours into what is very likely to be a 36-or-so-hours-maximum of respite from migraine, so that's a job for tomorrow morning.
In the meantime, I am... increasingly unconvinced by the propanolol (and for that matter the frovatriptan, which I grudgingly tried again at the suggestion of the neurologist, who thought It Might Work Better Alongside A Beta-Blocker). It continues to make no discernible difference to the migraines, and also it... is absolutely unambiguously exacerbating my Raynaud's! Please find attached a picture of my foot, taken in a room with an air temperature of 22°C. It is not a colour that my foot is supposed to be, and also capillary refill was taking, like, 10-15 seconds. I am at one third of the maximum dose of propanolol! I do not think I want to increase my dosage of this drug any further.
(I am very tired.)
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Date: 2021-11-12 07:00 am (UTC)Ouch, yeah
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Date: 2021-11-12 08:13 am (UTC)…I’m sure it helps for *someone*, but…
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Date: 2021-11-12 10:47 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2021-11-12 11:40 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2021-11-12 12:39 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2021-11-14 01:57 am (UTC)I... was very much under the impression that propranolol is specifically contraindicated for people with Raynaud's, actually, so now that you mention having Raynaud's I am... surprised that they gave it to you at all, given the risks there. 👀
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Date: 2021-11-14 07:17 pm (UTC)ISTR it was propanolol that basically stopped my mother's weekly migraines dead when she finally got it prescribed, but it's clearly not one that works for Kaberetts.