A couple of years ago when I was having equilibrium problems I went to an ENT Dr. After all kinds of bizarre tests they said I had inner ear damage due to my migraines. They suggested trying preventive meds, which really run the gamut. A lot of them are antidepressants, such as Effexor, which I gave a try or antipsychotic, antiseizure, betablockers and many more. During my very long depression I have been on multitudes of antidepressents, antipsychotics and yes, even antiseizures. They never did a thing for my depression and I refuse to take them anymore, I’m tired of the side effects and them not helping anyway. So I’ve been relying on Maxalt, a migraine med that really works for me. The trouble is 6 of them were costing me $42 and I was getting at least two migraines a week. I have been puzzled why I get them so often now when I didn’t in my younger years.
When I was in my 20′s I started having heart palpitations that were very scary. I was diagnosed with Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome and put on a betablocker. I took it daily for years and it worked like a charm. The only issue being that it made my already low blood pressure even lower. The last few years I hadn’t been having the arrhythmias so I gradually had quit taking it. Recently I’ve been having problems with them again so I started back on my Tenormin, a betablocker. Wow, guess what? My migraines have really decreased in quantity!
Another nice plus is after telling my dr how I used to get 16 Maxalts with my prescription, she apparently wrote it for more. So the last one I got 12. My cost? $42! I feel like I’ve been getting totally ripped off for years. Of the 12 I bought a couple of weeks ago I have only used one. What a difference it makes to your life to not suffer days long headaches. I don’t even care that my last doctor visit it took 4 tries to find my bloodpressure and it was a whopping 54/40. 
I’m really glad you’ve found something to cut down on the migraines. With that low bp, your heart may be able to keep you going to 150! I wish I could give you some of my bp.
Yeah the blood pressure is crazy but doesn’t effect me much. Having relief from those nasty headaches sure is nice
I’m glad you were able to find something that helps with the migraines.
Trying to find the right meds to help with depression — that’s like trying to find a needle in a haystack and if you do find something that works it will likely quit working after 6 months and will usually bring along other wonderful side effects — like weight gain. THAT really helps the depression.
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Yeah, I’ve given up on the whole depression med thing. Migraine relief is a…relief though! lol
I will tell you the root of my migraine. Spam.
Meds are good. Why not use any means to experiment with our brains chemistry that shows promise to a better life. I am all for experimenting on ourselves. Pass it down dude…
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lol, I’ve done my share of experimenting, most of it legally and that kind isn’t nearly as much fun as the other
Hi Siloh
Never suffered from migraine but my sister has and a friend of mine has them regularly.
I’ll email them a link to this article.
Glad your migraines have reduced in frequency.
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Hi Keith, I hope it helps. I’m a bit surprised with how many preventatives there are that I wasn’t offered more choice. Of course I’ll take some of the blame in that I was unwilling to to give anymore psychiatric meds a try. Thankfully it appears I don’t have to!