Posted by Vincent_QC on August 20, 2012, at 16:04:48
In reply to Re: Somatoform disorder...im alone here to have it? » Vincent_QC, posted by phidippus on August 20, 2012, at 11:41:21
> Have you tried Treximet for the headaches? How about Keppra?
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> EricTreximet and the tryptan are a no no for me, almost die from Imitrex and another one who melt under tongue..huumm zomig or something like that. Heart related side effects mainly arrytmia and chest pain.
Keppra, try it 3 years ago without having improve, had some moods changes and agitation from it...
Also, im med sensitive now so dont think being able to cope with another anti seizure med...
I see a neurologist but have to wait until the end of october.
The only one med who help is an old nsaid call indomethacin (indocin) but cant use it now cause its lowering too much the blood pressure and cant stay
up and have to go in bed if i take it and I dont want to stay in bed all day long...already have no life, I want at least to be able to take my shower and sit on the couch and watch tv.Im looking more into a preventive med outside the normally AD, seizure med or painkiller...
Maybe I ask for too much?
Also asking for help to find tests to be done before I see the neurologist. I already have a CD with images of my brain without contrast dye, who is normal but from 3 years ago so kinda old... Maybe some blood tests? I had some blood test recently and everything is fine, no anemia, no inflammation (protein c reactive test)...maybe another ct scan of the brain with a contrast agent??? Have to ask it to my Doc and go to a private clinic to have the test done faster and have my result before I see the neurologist.
Maybe my eyes are not ok? Not sure since my Optometrist look at them back in january and she said they are ok and no vision problem.
My pain is most of the time higher behind both eyes and upper both ears and in the forehead. Its bilateral kind of pain so both side but worse on the left side. Also I wake up with headache so cant be tension headache all the time and no nausea or vomiting but have throbing pain when I strain or just walk about 80% of the time. Also being around too much peoples or exposed to a stressful event like just be in a car lead to higher pain. Everything who ask for mental alertness like read a book, watch a movie, talk with friends, doing minimal cognitives activities like playing cards games lead to worse pain...cant point out what kind of pain I have...and dont know what to do to live with it. In the past I had those headache only when I was out of the house so far away from my savety zone but now I have it at home. I try so many things, change my diet, cut all sugars, eat mostly vegetables and a little bit of protein and some fruits only, avoid raffined products, add magnesium who worse my condition, add potassium with no results or change, add calcium but worse the constipation, add B2 vitamin with no change... the only one thing I dont stop is smoking cigarette but again I was at the hospital for a whole month after my 2 surgeries for the intestinal obstructions last october and dont smoke for the whole month and had that horrible headache but mostly in the evening...perhaps its was because most of the peoples wwho come to visit me comes in the evening so I was more under stress?
Well living with chronic pain and not being able to live a normal life or being free of pain for 2 minutes in a row is not easy... I understand that its maybe related all to the high anxiety but really dont know how I will be able to accept it and livd like that all the time, well until I see the neurologist at least...im so tired of all those symptoms...I dont even have full blow panic attacks now but have a lot of chronic symptoms and pain and also chronic high anxiety like im having a panic who last all day long...I dont even know what kind of anxiety I have, only know that I have somatoform disorder with high anxiety.
Anyway thanks for your help Eric -;)
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