Sunday, July 19, 2009

People Experiencing Migraine Headaches in Sarasota

I had a very interesting conversation with a friend today about the migraine headaches that I started having in the beginning of July in Sarasota Florida. I was explaining to her about how I had visited a walk-in clinic and after several attempts to treat me for a sinus infection the doctor ordered a CT scan. The results returned negative for a sinus infection and the doctor insisted that I was experiencing cluster headaches or migraines.

My friend patiently listened to me telling her that I had been given Maxalt, Imitrex, Darvoset, and some other type of medication to help take the pain away at night and to help me sleep. Incidentally, the Maxalt and Imitrex both cost around $18 a pill.

I don’t haver medical insurance and have been struggling in this economy to stay busy with steady work so, the doctor was kind enough to give me several samples to try. They worked great, but when they ran out he did not have anymore to give. For a couple of weeks sice I've suffered through a few sleepless nights.

Once I finished the story she told me that a man that she worked with had been experiencing major headaches in the past two weeks as well. I began to wonder if the migraines were related to something in the Sarasota Florida climate during the summer time blooming season.

These migraine attaches are inconsistent. Sometimes I can go three nights without having any pain and all of a sudden; I’m climbing the walls gasping for relief. I also take hot showers and let the water stream over my head. This seems to bring temporary relief from the throbbing pain.Mind you, it is only temporary relief not perminant.

It's funny, I can tell exacltey when one is beginning and when it starts go go away I can tell in an instant.

The intense attaches happen mostly at nighttime. Once I am in bed and have fallen asleep, I awaken sometimes only an hour later with a pounding headache that is moving through, my head like a freight train. It hurts tremendously. They always happen on the same side of my head, just over my left eye. The horrible feeling shoots through the left nostril and works its way all the way down the side of my neck. If I touch my head, the intensity only gets worse. Sometimes the tears stream only out of the left eye, it hurts! Inside of my left nostril it feels like dry burning pain.

I’ve been in Sarasota most of my life. These migraine headaches started about twenty years ago. At that time the doctor treated me for a sinus infection with pain killers, antibiotics and nose spray. After having the headaches once to twice annually, my physician ordered a CT scan and it was determined that I was having migraine headaches. He had been treating me for cronic cinusitus for several years.

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