Mary:

I have been on Depakote, but unfortunately I had a bad reaction
(stupor and clinical depression) so I have put it on my never take
again list. I wish this weren't the case, because if I could
tolerate it I could take care of the epilepsy, migraines, and bipolar
all with the same drug instead of being on the coctail I'm on now.

Mark

--- In migraineswithepilepsy@yahoogroups.com, denverbroncoselway
<no_reply@y...> wrote:
> Mark
>
> have you tried depakote 500mg that works as a preventive medation
> that might help you Mary
>
> --- In migraineswithepilepsy@yahoogroups.com, Karin Schacht
> <karinschacht@e...> wrote:
> > hi mark~
> >
> >
> > Are you able to take or tolerate an additional med like an
> > anti-depressant? I wonder if something like one of the tricyclics
> would
> > help with some of your other migraine symptoms.
> > Although a higher dose of remeon made my siezure problems worse,
> the
> > remeron in general helped with many of the other migraine
symptoms
> you
> > mentioned- nausea, sensitivity,etc.. Can you do an adjunct
> > anti-convulsant? Have you tried Neurontin yet? I would like to go
> back
> > on that because i had a lot less migraines on it than now,even
> though i
> > was on a fairly low dose. I was taken off that to go on topomax
> (didn't
> > tolerate) then lamictal (recently started and sure enough I have
a
> > headache:o() - these for the seizure activity.
> >
> > I found my migraines also started when I got my first complex
> partial,
> > at age 13. My mothers side of her family has migraines.
> >
> > Right now I im in a medication limbo-land, trying to get off
> remeron
> > for other reasons but trying to find another good subsitute and a
> > tolerable anti-convulsant. I notice my migraine problems
worsening
> (or
> > really going back to the way they used to be) as I get lower and
> lower
> > on my remeron dosage.
> >
> > Two things I have found helpful somewhat (as a preventative but
> I've
> > read of some using these to abort a migraine) is
> magnesium..chelated
> > magnesium in a pill form, and WaterOz (an aqueous magnesium
product
> > that you can order online), which has been pretty good..up until
i
> > started this lamictal :0(.
> >
> > I hope you can work with your drs to come up with something that
> will
> > stop your frequent migraines... out of all the meds i've tried,
the
> > neurontin and the remeron have helped me the most...
> >
> > best of luck in finding something helpful!!
> >
> > karin
> > > Hi.  My name is Mark and I'm new in this group.  I have complex
> > > partial seizures which are pretty well controlled on Dilantin. 
I
> > > also get viscious migraines which are starting to be controlled
by
> > > Cardizem.  At this point I still get a migraine almost every
day
> but
> > > they are only moderate, through I still get the nausea,
weakness,
> > > numbness, sensetivity to light, sound, and smells, and extra
left-
> > > sided weakness in full force.  It's only been within the last 3
> > > months that I've had migraines so many days in a row (sometimes
a
> > > single one lasts for 4 days), so life is pretty bizarre right
> now. 
> > > When the pain gets to be too much I take Amerge once or twice,
> but it
> > > really dosen't help that much, only about half as much as I
would
> > > like.
> > >
> > > I'm interested in possible links between migraines and
epilepsy. 
> > > I've had both since I was a little kid (5 or 6) and my
neurologist
> > > believes that my epilepsy is the result of small areas of brain
> > > damage caused by the vasoconstrictive stage of untreated
> migraines. 
> > > He's apparently seen a number of these kinds of cases. 
Migraines
> > > definitely run in my family.  I can remember my grandmother
> holding
> > > her head and having to go to her room many times.  Some of my
> aunts
> > > and uncles and my mother get them. (This is all on my mother's
> side
> > > of the family.) I even remeber my great grandmother acting like
I
> do
> > > when I get them, so who's to say she didn't get them too?
> > >
> > > Well, it's nice to be here.  I am very interested to find out
> about
> > > the experiences of other people with these two disorders and
how
> the
> > > disorders might interact in their lives.
> > >
> > > Mark
> > >
> > >
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> > >
> > >
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