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Propranolol

Tokash

Tokash

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Anybody take this med? I am starting to come back to life after a 2 week stint of migraines that varied from painful to vertigo like. My bariatric doctor convinced me to try migraine meds again- I habnt been on Amy since surgery Sept. 2020. They seem to be helping but on the flip side I think they are causing constipation. I havnt had this issue post surgery and it only started happening after the medication
 
Propranolol is commonly used for treating high blood pressure, sometimes for migraines too. But, I would definitely keep an eye on your blood pressure for a while until you know if doesn't effect you. I haven't taken that but I was on a different migraine med that gave me stomach problems. (I can't remember the name of it) I cycled between constipation and diarrhea. Once I stopped the meds it stopped even though the neurologist was adamant that it wasn't the meds. Now I am on something new, but only as needed. (Also can't remember the name of it) It makes me extremely irritable and fatigue but works and I don't have to take it too much so I deal with it. And so does everyone around me..haha
 
Tokash said:
It's a low dose but yes I am on 2 different low pressure meds with frequently low average blood pressure. I have to go in every 6 months for over all check. I have been on this med before with little luck but I'm willing to try again
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I hope you get relief! Migraines are horrible! I have had to pull over and sit on the side of the road waiting for someone to come get me and my car.
 
I was prescribed this years before my surgery, but I couldn’t stay on it because it turned me into a lazy lump. Just couldn’t do anything. But since my migraines were hormone related, which they didn’t know at the time, it wouldn’t have helped anyways.
 
3momchaos said:
I was prescribed this years before my surgery, but I couldn’t stay on it because it turned me into a lazy lump. Just couldn’t do anything. But since my migraines were hormone related, which they didn’t know at the time, it wouldn’t have helped anyways.
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Pretty sure it's not tied to hormones at all. Have a few ideas what. I met with a functional nutritionist today but not sure how I feel about it. She wants to switch up my vitamins which makes me uncomfortable but she has some other good ideas. I am meeting in a few weeks to meet with a functional medicine doc to look in to pros and cons of medical Marijuana and do have a back up of a referral to a neurologist but I really hate taking more meds then needed. However I'm pretty desperate at this point as I was not anywhere near fu crooning in this last episode and it was very obvious after the fact
 
Tokash said:
Well I made it 8 days migrain free...and day 2 of the new round of migraines
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You have my sympathy, or should I say empathy. I have gotten migraines as long as I can remember. For a while I took Topomax as a preventative, but it made my thinking fuzzy. Now I take sumatriptan (Imitrex) as needed.

I hope you recover from this latest migraine soon, and feel better fast!
 
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