Please enable it to take advantage of the complete set of features! “This is the worse medication that I have ever taken, by afternoon I have a migraine, it is not extended release. I also do an injection on a monthly basis for my awful migraines that I exercise on a daily basis, botox and nothing has helped me. BUT it has created a new problem . “I've had migraines since I was 12 and I'm now 63. It was been nothing short of amazing for me. Epub 2015 Nov 25.CNS Neurosci Ther. For all you on Verapamil very happy that is awful drug works for you.” It's possible he is frustrated and it's coming out as agitation because he's not in control of what is going on. Now in my 50's they are back.....Hormones????
Daily I would go through complete paralysis of my right side, lasting ten-sixty minutes with lingering effects for approximately another hour. This might still seem like a lot, but to me this is bliss compared to how I spent most of my teenage years. I am 23 now and was in a car accident several months ago started having vertigo, dizzy spells before a migraine, and almost everyday is a headache day. Topamax worked but terrible side effects as well. Has anybody had experience with the agitation piece. Forum Home | Forum Rules | Moderators | Active Topics | Help | Log In. I was hospitalized for 5 days of IV DHE along with indomethen and verapamil. I used to be very "active" with a "go go" personality and my job had me up very early, going at a rapid pace all day and sometimes until 8:00 or later at night, and I'm a female. The only thing I have found to help is largactil via IV for 48 hours - cuts through the migraine cycle and lasts for quite a period of time. practitioners put me on Verapamil in the fall of '16 to help prevent migraines & to lower my blood pressure...very few side effects if any & it has made a major difference in my life these last 2 1/2 years...I'm grateful.” Currently on 360 mg. which is a very high dose. The combination of the two maybe the answer.” To me this is a wonder drug.” I feel that the Migraine coupled with sleep deprevation were the culprits on these issues. I was on Verapamil at one point for migraines and it just wasn't effective for me. Kerry – I also found a few posts in the “Migraine Stories” forum which mention hemiplegic migraine.
So switched to verapamil, where the positive impact on the migraines is a bit less pronounced, but I am practically free of side effects.
2005 Jul;116(1-2):109-18. doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2005.03.029.Allgulander C, Nutt D, Detke M, Erickson J, Spann M, Walker D, Ball S, Russell J.J Psychopharmacol. I tried everything I could think of to end that, and nothing worked. Topomax just made my head feel funny. Verapamil was my miracle drug, not sure how much longer I could've gone on as I was.” I still had almost daily headaches until about 3 weeks on the verapamil. Select one or more newsletters to continue.
Verapamil was a last resort my neurologist put me on after trying everything else, nobody expected it to work. The only thing that controls it is 240mg ER of verapamil. .
Keine Migräne während der jetzigen Periode. Unfortunately, verapamil does NOT prevent my migraines. Some other treatments like Relpax caused amnesia. So sorry that your son, and you are going through this.
I had not finished menopause when I was taking the med, and it didn't impact me. I take 40mg 3x a day along with Migrelief supplements and its helped me more than anything else!
It may also be used as a migraine prevention medication, although it has not been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for that purpose. Joined : Aug 2010. I still have migraines at least 3 to 4 times a week and have to take Excedrin Migraine to get rid of them.” I definitely recommend this! I've been on 240mg for 20+ years and I thinking of trying to reduce my dosage,” None of them worked, or caused such side effects that I had to come off of them. You must log in or register to reply here. Migraine prophylaxis used for headache prevention is also frequently effective treatment for the vestibular symptoms. I am 47 now.