Just on for a second. Howdy all.
Answer to question... didn't use to be affected by heat but it's been over a year since I did a whole lot in extreme heat. Up until a few months ago I was on preventive meds so that probably helped. The big one I just had the day was only about 93F, which isn't very hot for me, but it was oppressively humid and getting ready to storm later on that night. Weather changes can be a trigger for many migraine sufferers but when I was on preventive meds I didn't have issues. There are several other factors that contributed. I've just started low dose estrogen (my migraines stopped after menopause and hormones are closely tied to migraine onsets), I drank way, way, way much Sat night and way, way, way too many Bloody Marys Sun afternoon, using a mix instead of V8. And all the sugar, in drinks, Sat night. Affects of neck facet block starting to wear off pretty abruptly so need to get that taken care of. A re-injury to neck started my migraines back up, triggerd from neck instead of odors like before, and that's when the migraine vertigo started. So it was a combination of things. It's not unusual for one to last days but low grade. That's when I take small bits of Imetrix a couple of times a day, very small doses of valium, like 2.5 mg, every few hour, and up caffene and aspirin so I can function somewhat.
I do have to look forward to the facet nerve laser surgery as that may stop them almost entirely. I shouldn't have waited so long to get it done so I've brought this on myself. I have no choice for bone density other than estrogen as I can't take the class of drugs, normally given, as it can be quite destructive to dental bone and keep one from having even minor dental work in some cases. (This permanent affect is just, in past few years, been studied widely.) Braces impossible using, or past use of, any of the drugs in Fosomx/Actenel group.
Golly, I've used my allotted time.
Love and hugs all, Feisty Alice
We've missed you!
