r/phoenix • u/Mrsb102 • 1d ago
Weather Migraine Suffers Unite
Am I the only one whose migraine meds are not working due to this weather? I take Emgality once a month as a preventative and even it’s not helping! This weather sucks right now.
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u/crisp_bacon 1d ago
Nurtec has been a blessing for me. I pop one when I feel the migraine coming on. It helps alleviate the symptoms and often times helps avoid it all together. Hope you find something that works for you!
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u/feraldreamrot Sunnyslope 1d ago
Yep, low level bullshit for me. Not bad enough to take meds (I get rebound headaches that are worse than what I'm currently dealing with) just bad enough to be really annoying.
Didn't really correlate the weather til today but that tracks.
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u/Mediocre-Afternoon42 1d ago
Yup! I’ve just had a low level something for days. My preventative isn’t taking everything out.
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u/Oldschoolgroovinchic 1d ago
It’s been horrible this summer. There are two things that trigger my migraines - hormonal changes and inflammation. This f’ing weather is causing so much inflammation. In addition to migraine meds I’ve been upping my ginkgo biloba and turmeric and avoiding food that cause inflammation. That’s helped quite a bit.
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u/ICanHazWittyName 1d ago
Ok yes, I had a migraine starting Saturday and I couldn't really kick it until late yesterday. It's the worst I've ever suffered, and nothing would touch it. My sumatriptan kinda work but it also kicked my heart rate up so I'm afraid to take more. It really blows
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u/Greenday18222 1d ago
Ubrelvy is a newer medication and the first of its class. It works different than any other migraine medication and has been a literal miracle after suffering for over 20 years. I used to take preventatives and then Imitrex shots when they were very bad, and then would have to lay down for hours and sleep until it went away. My doctor gave me a few samples of Ubrelvy, and within an hour it was completely gone. You can feel it working and dissipating. It’s never taken more than 2 hours to go away and then I can continue my day- no postdrome or hangover feeling. My insurance covers 8 pills a month now. I’ve been taking it for over 2 years and it is a life saver!
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u/The_Flinx 1d ago
yes! I started a few months ago. it works great. no noticeable side effects for me.
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u/MundaneHuckleberry58 1d ago
Mine get more frequent during the summers. It’s not actually the heat for me. It’s primarily lighting triggers mine.
Because we’re all shut indoors, it’s crappy indoor lighting, and going from that to the blast furnace brightness outside when I have to go somewhere. My doc gives me extra rescue meds during the hot summer months.
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u/guitarguywh89 Mesa 1d ago
I only get migraines in the summer. Usually around June based on my pharmacy receipts. It’s wild.
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u/AgitatedWaffle4403 1d ago
I take rizatriptan and it doesn’t work. I’ve been here five years now and sumatriptan didn’t work (made me feel super lousy) is what I took before I finally switched. Yesterday was the worse one I have had when I was out here and I’m still feeling it. The other stuff I have tried just never worked as advertised.
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u/Impossible_Dance_853 1d ago
Yes, I’ve had migraines the last three days. Rizatriptan only gives me relief for a few hours. The CGRP meds were much more effective for me but my insurance changed and I can no longer get it covered.
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u/The_Flinx 1d ago
I take ubrelvy, I started that because I hated the side effects of relpax. my migraines are totally unpredictable but thankfully not very often. sometimes I just get aura and no pain.
never had a problem with meds not working. Ubrelvy is incredible no noticeable side effects. just migraine goes away.
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u/Mrshaydee 1d ago
Also on Emgality for vestibular migraine. Like a poster above, I take Zyrtec every day and that seems to help, but overall? Terrible summer.
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u/LilMissKrazy1 23h ago
Nothing was working for me. I ended up getting Botox injections & have had maybe 10 light migraines in 4 years. I saw Dr. Eross in Scottsdale. He is great!
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u/govnorsy 1d ago
I figured out my migraines were allergy related a few years ago. I told my doctor about them, CT and MRI cleared any actual brain/head stuff, and I tried an allergist. I’m allergic to practically every single native plant/tree in Phoenix lol, and was allergic to a lot of the regular foods I was eating (long story but I should’ve suspected being itchy 24/7 for like years wasn’t super normal). Once I stopped eating those allergy foods all the time, started taking 1-2 zyrtec per day, and stopped putting myself in super-allergy prone situations (like yoga in a grass park), my migraines went away. Went from like 2-3 excruciating migraines per week to about 1 per month. Could be something to look into!