An update on my post from Sunday…
Good – My blood work came back showing marginally low Vitamin D, which a OTC Vit D supplement with 1,000 iu’s per day should correct. Easy peasy!
Better – Since I seem to get more migraines during the winter than during the summer, we’re going to beef up my preventives by adding Baclofen, a muscle relaxer. Last March, I got stuck in a 3-week-long mega-migraine cycle that couldn’t be broken. No fun. The plan is to prevent a reoccurrence this year. My neuro gave me her top 3 recommended meds and I chose to try Baclofen first. (Have I mentioned that I ♥ my neuro? And her PA? And their awesome nurse?)
Best – My MRI showed no signs of MS!! Whoohoo, non-existent bullet dodged! They did pick up sinusitis, but that’s old news by now. Needless to say, I’m thrilled that they didn’t find anything serious.
Aspiring Alverna 
YAY!! All around good news and what a huge relief!
Wow, Alverna! I’m tremendously glad your MRI turned out okay!
I’m also very interested in the Baclofen – my pain specialist put me on 10mg 3x a day years ago, but I usually only take 1 tablet at night. I hadn’t heard you can use it for migraine prevention, though, so am going to try to work back to the 3 a day again. It makes me sleepy & I’m already tired enough, but a new med I’m on has made my migraines really ramp up. And I couldn’t handle the pamelor.
Thanks for the tip!
Thanks guys – I’m so so so happy to have that worry lifted!
Ash – They told me that the Baclofen would knock me out at first. And it has. But, she also said that the body acclimates to it quite a bit, so after a few months of 10mg at bedtime, I can bump it up (if needed) to 10 mg twice a day and it shouldn’t make me too drowsy to function well. We’ll see. Good luck!
Good luck to you, as well!
Migraines suck, plain & simple.
I’m glad you have a good neurologist – mine is really… not terribly helpful, to put it tactfully. I have to really push her to do anything. Thankfully my PCP is the BEST!