What is it like to have a status migraine episode?
I need to know what it's really like to go through a status migraine episode. I've read about medical definitions and medical descriptions, but it's not the same as personal experiences. Thanks everyone.
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1. Status Migrainosus is simply having a migraine that won't go away. So if you have migraines and they don't go away for more than 3 days and they are severe and debilitating, then that would be status migrainosus. Those types of headaches should not be treated with narcotics and is usually treated by a neurologist. IV DHE is the best medication to stop an attack but usually requires inpatient admission and treatment may last for 3 days.I don't know if you have migraines, but they will have pounding or throbbing pain behind or around the eyes or just on the side of your head, sensitivity to light and sounds, nausea, vomiting, and be worse with movement to the point you can't go about doing your daily activities.
2. i have never heard that term used(but that doesn't mean anything)
I suffer from migraines and maybe suffer from one that won't go away once or twice a year.
Usually no matter what you do or take it won't go away, you feel like it is going away and then you try to get on with your life and it comes back worse.
I have found that they occur for me anyway, when I have been extremly busy and stressed and haven't been getting enough sleep. They sleep I do get isn't restful. Usually I end up going to the ER because all the meds I have aren't working or I have taken the max amount.
It is VERY miserable, because sometimes the pain isn't as bad, but just the constant pain, and the "hung-over" feeling is all the time. I can't focus, my vision gets blurry and sometimes I have dizzy spells.
Some of the meds my dr suggested I take to prevent episodes like this, topamax and propananol, have side effects that I can not tolerate, so I can't take.
I hope this info is what you are looking for.
