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Jaime Kimber

posted 07/04/2008, comment (1)

To my dearest assailant, the migraine

My only enemy, in fact. They have no name, no friends, no family, no morals, no empathy. Just me. I'm all they've needed for almost two years, and I'm all they'll ever need. That is why I am writing to them.Here I stand youngOn this hectic, heedless globePlucked from millionsTo serve as a vesselIn your shining, spectral robeHere I stand lostMy... Read more Chevron

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posted 07/03/2008, comments (0)

effexor-depression

Saw a new neuro last week and he decreased my Effexor from 150 mg per day to 75 mg per day. Pretty much the next day I noticed I was on edge-very teary. Within 2 days I was crying over an email from my boss. Then a couple of days later, I was so teary-got an email from my boss denying my request to change my start time for work... Read more Chevron

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Jane

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posted 07/03/2008, comments (4)

Two steps forward, one step back...

I have been making steady progress over the past 18 months in having fewer migraine attacks. I have survived the menstrual migraines to menopause and am now taking bio-identical hormones. I'm gradually figuring out (and avoiding!) the food/chemical triggers and using the neti pot for environmental triggers. I've been... Read more Chevron

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computer geek and love to do oil paintings and play piano. But really love to play with my grandkids!!!!

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posted 07/02/2008, comments (0)

Sigh.... They're Back!

I don't know what triggered them. Maybe it was going without Cymbalta for two days (I ran out). But my ice pick headaches came back! This time instead of attacking me in the temple, they stabbed me more in the right part of the back of my head!!! I took Imitrex and such hoping it'd make them go away permanently but didn't... Read more Chevron

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posted 07/02/2008, comments (0)

Secretary of Health Applauds 50 Years of the American Headache Society

Secretary of Health Michael O. Leavitt Recognizes the Burden of Migraine Disease & those NGO's Who Fight It Boston, MA; June 27th, Updated June 30th, 2008- In Boston today during the opening remarks of the largest gathering of neurologists in the nation, The President of American Headache Society Fred D. Sheftell M.D., F.A.C.P.... Read more Chevron

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