I saw my Neuro Doc last Friday. I had been having a ton of muscle tension in my scalp and temples. I was doing some reading and considering botox injections. I also wondered about a muscle relaxer and if there was something better for anxiety other than Clonazepam, that just made me really sleepy. I am on Elavil, which is an antidepressant. It is the only one considered useful in pain management.
After talking with my doc, that I really like, he decided to up the Elavil by 5mgs and add Flexeril. The Clonazepam wasn't really helping so it was dropped. My massage therapist had brought the scalp issue to my attention at our last session. I'm glad because it has really made me aware of how much I do not relax in that area. I've been massaging it a lot lately myself and started the muscle relaxers. I have noticed improvement. According to my neuro, the flat muscle of the scalp flexes in all directions and squeezes the head, triggering the migraine. My head feels a little sore but I think that is from the muscles finally releasing.
I have hopes with this and will continue with the treatment at least until my next visit at the end of April. I have had two people tell me that muscle relaxers do the trick for them and are currently migraine free. I hope that is the result for me. I doctor does do botox injections. He said that insurance will cover it if you are at about 15 migraines a month. I'm just under that, so it could be a future option.
Unfortunately muscle relaxers don't seem to do the trick for me.
ReplyDeleteI have had Botox several times...while it doesn't stop my vascular migraines, it does ease some tension. Not to mention the lovely side effects of smooth, wrinkle free skin. I'm a big fan!
do you take Verapamil? It has helped me with some of the vascular ones. I definitely don't get as sick as I used to. It has cute down on the nausea a lot!
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