As some of you know i am suffering from an illness called Gastric Dysmotility. I am on medication for this illness but it really does not work.... but i persevere.
I am also on a medication called Sumatriptan which is for the severe migraines i suffer due to my stomach problem. I have decided to stop taking this medication and just try and put up with the (often 3 days) migraine pain for the following close description of (what happens to me) i found online...

"The GP took my blood pressure and prescribed Sumatriptan. On arriving home I had breakfast and took one. Nothing prepared me for what was to follow. I collapsed and was able to do very little. Severe breathing difficulties (hyperventilating), excruciating dizziness and amplified nausea, profuse sweating, dry mouth, a total lack of appetite and a feeling of complete lethargy followed for the next three days... and still the migraine did not shift!"

This is what happened to me on 3 occasions with the doctor saying that it would get better the more i took it. It has been very scary. I felt as though i was having an out of body experience and it scared the living hell out of me.
Anyone else had this drug? What was your experience?

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yes i had that, imitrex

now i take maxalt as i sometimes get migraines for 12 days at a time
it does work better than daily preventative things i have tried and better than imitrex which i quickly built up a tolerance to

idk if it is something you can take or not but it is worth looking into

i didn't have those experiences though w. the imitrex like you did
in fact the one i take now can make me very out of it and/or drowsy sometimes affecting my ability to drive so i do think the one you had is actually less likely to cause side effects i remember taking it at work and though it was some time ago i dont think it made me as tired as this one does

have you tried daily preventive meds at all?
maybe they would be a better idea

but really
i was going to say that maybe you were taking too much of a dose of it
i am not a fan of docs who say take more take more when you tell them you are having awful side effects and no positive results
i had a pysch dr do that to me once
i walked out of his office and found another doc

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Due to their strength i was prescribed only one tablet. Due to the side effects i was told to cut it down to just half a tablet but the effects were just the same.
I will definitely ask the doctor about Imitrex. I need something to get rid of these migraines when they start. Normal painkillers do not work and i have tried alternative, natural therapies and they do not have any effect either. I have also upped my water intake.
The effects are terrible. I really would not recommend anyone to take this medication.

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ASH! i was prescribed these as some kind of miracle migraine cure. I GET MIGRAINES REALLY BADLY TOO, so i thought, ok, now when i feel one coming on i take one of these and it doesn't happen


BUT

the first time i tried one I THOUGHT MY HEAD WAS GOING TO EXPLODE. seriously, it felt like all the blood vessels were swelling up and they were going to explode. the back of my throat and the top of my nose felt like they'd had acid dripped into them, like really burning. this lasted HOURS. i had to lie down. the only way i could deal with feeling this bad was to take sleeping pills and sleep through it.

IT DIDN'T STOP THE MIGRAINE EITHER

i tried it again next time (to be sure it was those things doing it) and it happened again. horrible fucking tablets.

i go back to the old 3 soluble asprins and a travel sickness tablet trick when i can feel one coming on. it doesn't always work, but it's better than sumatriptan. they're fucking hideous.

my pain doc at the hospital who i see about migraines said that after menopause you'll find that your migraines will cease. there's some encouraging news, eh.

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OMG! Bring it on!
I took one of the tablets last night and everything you said happened. I was up until 5am this morning with this bitch of a migraine and even then it took me a good while to drop off to sleep. It's persisted all day and even though i've used extra strength paracetamol and cool compresses it refuses to budge. I'm surprised i haven't ripped the face off my lad today!
Did you ever tell your doctor aout the effects?

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