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migraines - how do you deal with them?
i've been rapidly gaining weight lately even though i changed my eating habits (for the better) and i'm more active. i was baffled and horrified that this nightmare could start again. then i was reading an article(you can't read the whole thing online :P) at work about migraines and the argument about what starts (nerves vs. blood vessels) them in scientific american mind and i found a snippet that made my heart jump into my throat about how beta blockers (what i take for my migraines) cause excessive weight gain and some patients have to stop taking them because they gain so much weight that it triggers diabetes.
diabetes is in my family. and for some reason if i can get fat i will, even on the small amount of food i eat each day. i guess my metabolism likes to drive like a little old asian lady.
so the doc told me there was no risk of weight gain with this med. i've already gained 5-6 lbs. you can see where this is going - fuck this med, i'd rather have migraines than diabetes. and i sure as shit don't want to get fat again.
so any pointers on how to take care of migraines?
i've been rapidly gaining weight lately even though i changed my eating habits (for the better) and i'm more active. i was baffled and horrified that this nightmare could start again. then i was reading an article(you can't read the whole thing online :P) at work about migraines and the argument about what starts (nerves vs. blood vessels) them in scientific american mind and i found a snippet that made my heart jump into my throat about how beta blockers (what i take for my migraines) cause excessive weight gain and some patients have to stop taking them because they gain so much weight that it triggers diabetes.
diabetes is in my family. and for some reason if i can get fat i will, even on the small amount of food i eat each day. i guess my metabolism likes to drive like a little old asian lady.
so the doc told me there was no risk of weight gain with this med. i've already gained 5-6 lbs. you can see where this is going - fuck this med, i'd rather have migraines than diabetes. and i sure as shit don't want to get fat again.
so any pointers on how to take care of migraines?
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Doctors donate their time and they offer reduced prescriptions. My main doc I love (and my rhematologist and ob are nice too). Anything hospital related I had to go to Metro. You fill out paperwork once and are set for a year. They are right in Lakewood too-North Coast Health Ministries. They are in a white building with big pillars on Detroit Rd (almost across from the Rite Aid a bit east of where Mr. Hero is in a plaza).
Let me know if you need more info-but they are truly a lifesaver :)
My doctor is out this way-but he is more into natural therapies and not a pill pusher. Just let me know if I can help.