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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -2. My headaches have just about completely prevented me from working (I’m a stockbroker). Has anyone had any luck collecting disability benefits. I’m afraid to explore that route for I might get fired If they think I can’t do my job, which I can’t. Here, I can’t help you. I don’t know anything about disability. I appreciate any help anyone can give. Michael Live Long and Prosper J. Michael Phillips http://www.eskimo.com/~wizkidm/
Michael, I too am persuing SS disability. I thought about it for years withoug doing anything about it. If I had done something about it then I might not be in the process now. I have not gotten a response yet but I understand that it sometimes takes being turned down several times and having to ask for a review or appeal. If you do get fired or even if you don’t and think that you are 100% disabled (you can’t be able to do any kind of work or you won’t be able to get it) you can email me anytime and I will help any that I can (when I am well enough to read and write that is) I will post new developments to the group. Ellen — EllenP Headache Free Is My Fantasy
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1. How does the stadol ns compare to percoset in strength and effectiveness. Would one be more or less able to do routine tasks after a dose? How long does it last?
Michael, All I can tell you is how Stadol has treated me so far. As other people recommended ( thank you all very much ) I have two strengths of Stadol. I kept an old empty bottle and have *cut* some Stadol in half with saline solution. When I first feel a headache coming on, if I think its going to be a mild one, I use a shot of the *cut* solution. If this amount works, I feel Zero as far as side effects. Sometimes I need a second shot, and feel a little woozy. Sometimes my clusters require overkill with the full strength variety, three sprays. That will end my activities for the evening. I’ve been able to go on with work after two sprays, but wouldn’t want to drive or walk a tightrope. Bob
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I don’t agree. Migraines in themselves can impair your functioning. And lots of times the pain relievers have little affect. I’ve even read about one person who tried to drive home after getting a migraine and crossed the center-line head on into another car killing a family.
I would be the first to agree that migraines can make it difficult to function. They have certainly messed up my life. However, I am familiar with this case, too, and I believe the driver was trying to use the migraines as an excuse. He had also been drinking that day, quite heavily. The last thing a true migraine sufferer needs is some drunk trying to use headaches as a cover for irresponsible behavior. It makes credibility that much more difficult for those truly in pain. Just my opinion, of course. Planet
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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – 2. My headaches have just about completely prevented me from working (I’m a stockbroker). Has anyone had any luck collecting disability benefits. I’m afraid to explore that route for I might get fired If they think I can’t do my job, which I can’t. Here, I can’t help you. I don’t know anything about disability. I appreciate any help anyone can give. I too am persuing SS disability. I thought about it for years withoug doing anything about it. If I had done something about it then I might not be in the process now. I have not gotten a response yet but I understand that it sometimes takes being turned down several times and having to ask for a review or appeal. If you do get fired or even if you don’t and think that you are 100% disabled (you can’t be able to do any kind of work or you won’t be able to get it) you can email me anytime and I will help any that I can (when I am well enough to read and write that is) I will post new developments to the group. Ellen With antiemetics and strong controlled release pain relievers you should be able to work. Unless your headaches are due to a traumatic injury that impairs your functioning. John Draeger
I don’t agree. Migraines in themselves can impair your functioning. And lots of times the pain relievers have little affect. I’ve even read about one person who tried to drive home after getting a migraine and crossed the center-line head on into another car killing a family.
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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – 2. My headaches have just about completely prevented me from working (I’m a stockbroker). Has anyone had any luck collecting disability benefits. I’m afraid to explore that route for I might get fired If they think I can’t do my job, which I can’t. Here, I can’t help you. I don’t know anything about disability. I appreciate any help anyone can give. I too am persuing SS disability. I thought about it for years withoug doing anything about it. If I had done something about it then I might not be in the process now. I have not gotten a response yet but I understand that it sometimes takes being turned down several times and having to ask for a review or appeal. If you do get fired or even if you don’t and think that you are 100% disabled (you can’t be able to do any kind of work or you won’t be able to get it) you can email me anytime and I will help any that I can (when I am well enough to read and write that is) I will post new developments to the group. Ellen
With antiemetics and strong controlled release pain relievers you should be able to work. Unless your headaches are due to a traumatic injury that impairs your functioning. John Draeger –
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***snip*** 1. How does the stadol ns compare to percoset in strength and effectiveness. Would one be more or less able to do routine tasks after a dose? How long does it last?
MUCH stronger (approx 10x), MUCH faster acting (approx 10 times), and lasts about 2 hours. YOu would be less able to do routine tasks on Stadol NS, because it is a pretty potent narcotic. you should NOT operate heavy machinery or a car. 2. My headaches have just about completely prevented me from working (I’m a stockbroker). Has anyone had any luck collecting disability benefits. I’m afraid to explore that route for I might get fired If they think I can’t do my job, which I can’t.
Here, I can’t help you. I don’t know anything about disability. I appreciate any help anyone can give. Michael
Live Long and Prosper J. Michael Phillips http://www.eskimo.com/~wizkidm/
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Hi I have two questions for everyone out there. First some backround. I suffer from massive headaches several times per week sometimes lasting up to 5 days each. These seem to have begun last March following brain surgery (removal of an acoustic neuroma). I have tried almost every medication available ultram, imitrix, vicodan, tylenol #4, tegratol, etc. etc. The only thing that seems to work a bit are large doses of percoset. Needless to say my doc isn’t too comfortable about scripting me enough to take care of my Ha’s so I generally suffer when I run out until the month is up. My questions are these: 1. How does the stadol ns compare to percoset in strength and effectiveness. Would one be more or less able to do routine tasks after a dose? How long does it last? 2. My headaches have just about completely prevented me from working (I’m a stockbroker). Has anyone had any luck collecting disability benefits. I’m afraid to explore that route for I might get fired If they think I can’t do my job, which I can’t. I appreciate any help anyone can give. Michael
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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – 2. My headaches have just about completely prevented me from working (I’m a stockbroker). Has anyone had any luck collecting disability benefits. I’m afraid to explore that route for I might get fired If they think I can’t do my job, which I can’t. Here, I can’t help you. I don’t know anything about disability. I appreciate any help anyone can give. I too am persuing SS disability. I thought about it for years withoug doing anything about it. If I had done something about it then I might not be in the process now. I have not gotten a response yet but I understand that it sometimes takes being turned down several times and having to ask for a review or appeal. If you do get fired or even if you don’t and think that you are 100% disabled (you can’t be able to do any kind of work or you won’t be able to get it) you can email me anytime and I will help any that I can (when I am well enough to read and write that is) I will post new developments to the group. Ellen With antiemetics and strong controlled release pain relievers you should be able to work. Unless your headaches are due to a traumatic injury that impairs your functioning. John Draeger I don’t agree. Migraines in themselves can impair your functioning. And lots of times the pain relievers have little affect. I’ve even read about one person who tried to drive home after getting a migraine and crossed the center-line head on into another car killing a family.
I can attest to that. I was pulled over driving clocked at 132mph driving on the shoulder of the road during a crushing headache. I had know idea I was even in a car. I’ve had a few instances like this. I now fear driving. Luckily I got a handicap tag so others know to look out if they see me 
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Who is John Graeger? Do you get migraines. I mean a migraine. I’m sorry but I was forced to apply under Federal Govenment Disability because I was missing at least 1 day a week due to a migriane. The normal time to process the application should have taken 6 months. After OPM received my package it took them "1 week to appoved the disablity". When I get a migraine (every 3-7 days) and I take up to 4 tabs of butalbital, 5 tabs of midrin, lodocaine NS, imitrex injection and a sleeping pill. All of these drugs for 1 little migraine that "I should be able to work while on?" Needless to say while taking these meds I am to sleep in a dark room without lights and noise per my doctor and me(no choice). Usually I am in bed for 6 hours and then I’m so drug up I can drive a car or take care of my children. Please tell me how I’m suppose to hold down a job when I’m not sure when I’ll get sick and when I am I can’t function for a few days after the migraine. I too am processing for SS disability. Chris
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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Newsgroups: alt.support.headaches.migraine ***snip*** 1. How does the stadol ns compare to percoset in strength and effectiveness. Would one be more or less able to do routine tasks after a dose? How long does it last? MUCH stronger (approx 10x), MUCH faster acting (approx 10 times), and lasts about 2 hours. YOu would be less able to do routine tasks on Stadol NS, because it is a pretty potent narcotic. you should NOT operate heavy machinery or a car. 2. My headaches have just about completely prevented me from working (I’m a stockbroker). Has anyone had any luck collecting disability benefits. I’m afraid to explore that route for I might get fired If they think I can’t do my job, which I can’t. Here, I can’t help you. I don’t know anything about disability. I appreciate any help anyone can give. Michael Live Long and Prosper J. Michael Phillips http://www.eskimo.com/~wizkidm/
I am currently oout on State Temporary Disabilty. The money is lousy, the max is $336 a week (less than a third my nroml salary) but hey, I’ll take it and use thistime to get to thr root cause. What sState to you live in? I’m in CA where you call a number and the pspers ssre sent to you sn you fill outyou part nd you doc fills out his partn and then you wait and see if you’re eligible. there’s usualy a one week waiting period that you don;t get osid for snd your benefits run out sfter a year or so. If you’re still disblked, you can apply for federsl SSI, but you should fomthat long before your State benefit runs out. Feel free to email me privateky if you have any questions, It’s very likely that you will he to be examined by a State Doctor after you’vr brrn on disability for s month.’ hope thid hepls sorry for the typos, I’m hlf blind with a headahce right now. Li Li Xian Ming
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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – 2. My headaches have just about completely prevented me from working (I’m a stockbroker). Has anyone had any luck collecting disability benefits. I’m afraid to explore that route for I might get fired If they think I can’t do my job, which I can’t. Here, I can’t help you. I don’t know anything about disability. I appreciate any help anyone can give. I too am persuing SS disability. I thought about it for years withoug doing anything about it. If I had done something about it then I might not be in the process now. I have not gotten a response yet but I understand that it sometimes takes being turned down several times and having to ask for a review or appeal. If you do get fired or even if you don’t and think that you are 100% disabled (you can’t be able to do any kind of work or you won’t be able to get it) you can email me anytime and I will help any that I can (when I am well enough to read and write that is) I will post new developments to the group. Ellen With antiemetics and strong controlled release pain relievers you should be able to work. Unless your headaches are due to a traumatic injury that impairs your functioning. John Draeger I don’t agree. Migraines in themselves can impair your functioning. And lots of times the pain relievers have little affect. I’ve even read about one person who tried to drive home after getting a migraine and crossed the center-line head on into another car killing a family.
In any event getting to work for me is 1/4 of the battle due to the driving problems. Mike
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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – 2. My headaches have just about completely prevented me from working (I’m a stockbroker). Has anyone had any luck collecting disability benefits. I’m afraid to explore that route for I might get fired If they think I can’t do my job, which I can’t. Here, I can’t help you. I don’t know anything about disability. I appreciate any help anyone can give. I too am persuing SS disability. I thought about it for years withoug doing anything about it. If I had done something about it then I might not be in the process now. I have not gotten a response yet but I understand that it sometimes takes being turned down several times and having to ask for a review or appeal. If you do get fired or even if you don’t and think that you are 100% disabled (you can’t be able to do any kind of work or you won’t be able to get it) you can email me anytime and I will help any that I can (when I am well enough to read and write that is) I will post new developments to the group. Ellen With antiemetics and strong controlled release pain relievers you should be able to work. Unless your headaches are due to a traumatic injury that impairs your functioning. John Draeger –
Well I’m not sure if brain surgery qualifies as a traumatic injury , but that is when the pain started. I’ve been taking the percoset to try and control the pain but lately the headaches seem to be breaking out in a terrible way. I fear moving on to something stronger and just building up a tolerance to that also, but that seem like the next step. Since I don’t have headaches all the time just about 4-7/week my doc didn’t seem to think that a controlled release pain med would work as well as something shorter acting. All I know I can’t seem to do much more than lay in bed or watch TV. Unfortunatly, I don’t know anyone who will pay me for that. What is the next step up from percoset? I know about Stadol NS and I think I will give it a try. Is there anything else anyone has tried to catch a headache in the beginning from a narcotic standpoint. (That’s all that seems to work for me.) One last thing, sorry for being so long, I’ve read on this NG that Stadol NS causes sleeplessness. My problem is that if I don’t get enough sleep my headaches get much worse and I have to be awake that much longer to deal with the pain!! I have been taking Dalmane to help with the sleep problem, but again that seems not to be working too well any more… Sorry so long… Mike
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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – 2. My headaches have just about completely prevented me from working (I’m a stockbroker). Has anyone had any luck collecting disability benefits. I’m afraid to explore that route for I might get fired If they think I can’t do my job, which I can’t. Here, I can’t help you. I don’t know anything about disability. I appreciate any help anyone can give. I too am persuing SS disability. I thought about it for years withoug doing anything about it. If I had done something about it then I might not be in the process now. I have not gotten a response yet but I understand that it sometimes takes being turned down several times and having to ask for a review or appeal. If you do get fired or even if you don’t and think that you are 100% disabled (you can’t be able to do any kind of work or you won’t be able to get it) you can email me anytime and I will help any that I can (when I am well enough to read and write that is) I will post new developments to the group. Ellen With antiemetics and strong controlled release pain relievers you should be able to work. Unless your headaches are due to a traumatic injury that impairs your functioning. John Draeger I don’t agree. Migraines in themselves can impair your functioning. And lots of times the pain relievers have little affect. I’ve even read about one person who tried to drive home after getting a migraine and crossed the center-line head on into another car killing a family.
I didn’t mean to imply that a person should be able to function perfectly, just do something constructive. Have you ever tried a heavy dose of morphine on your headaches? People with serious chronic pain use it or something close to it, NOT that crap with butalbital or codeine–those drugs just don’t relieve serious pain, even at the highest doses. –
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: With antiemetics and strong controlled release pain relievers you should : be able to work. Unless your headaches are due to a traumatic injury that : impairs your functioning. Oh, really? What do you prescribe for the photophobia? or for the confused thinking? or for the various other miscellaneous wierd symptoms of migraine many of us get? Have you ever had a migraine? It’s hard to believe you’ve ever had a bad one, based on these statements of yours. In case you haven’t noticed, I’m feeling pretty angry at the dismissive tone of your comments. Priscilla : –
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2. My headaches have just about completely prevented me from working (I’m a stockbroker). Has anyone had any luck collecting disability benefits. I’m afraid to explore that route for I might get fired If they think I can’t do my job, which I can’t. I appreciate any help anyone can give. Michael
Michael, I pursued SSDI, applied once when I was laid off from a job as a chemical engineer that I had had for 16 years. I got another job, a less-demanding job at the state that I can handle, and was of course turned down for SSDI. My lawyer told me that everyone gets turned down the first time, though. If you have access to the Fidonet echo CHRONIC_PAIN, which I monitor, the people there could advise you on getting SSDI and other forms of disability, since most of them are on it. Something else to consider is the Americans with Disabilities Act. This provides some job protection for anyone with a health problem. It states that an employer must provide "reasonable accomodation" for any employee having a health problem. This is fairly extensive, and would include, for instance, installing a wheelchair ramp for someone. If rest periods, etc., a different schedule, etc. would help you, then you are entitled to this. (Of course, there’s a size limit on companies that must comply with the ADA. I think it started out at 25 employees and will go, perhaps has already, to 15.) I would strongly advise you to talk to a knowledgeable lawyer about this. Even if you don’t mention the ADA to your employer, you’ll know where you stand, and that’s a tremendous help in dealing with your employer. If I were doing it over again, consulting a lawyer is one thing I would do. Of course, you can surf the Web for info on the ADA. Another thing to consider: could you ask your employer for a less-demanding job, even as a clerk, that you could handle? It would mean less salary/money, but you could preserve benefits like med. insurance. The ADA would probably back you up here as well in your negotations with your employer. I hope these thoughts help you. Yours, Dennis
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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – 2. My headaches have just about completely prevented me from working (I’m a stockbroker). Has anyone had any luck collecting disability benefits. I’m afraid to explore that route for I might get fired If they think I can’t do my job, which I can’t. Here, I can’t help you. I don’t know anything about disability. I appreciate any help anyone can give. I too am persuing SS disability. I thought about it for years withoug doing anything about it. If I had done something about it then I might not be in the process now. I have not gotten a response yet but I understand that it sometimes takes being turned down several times and having to ask for a review or appeal. If you do get fired or even if you don’t and think that you are 100% disabled (you can’t be able to do any kind of work or you won’t be able to get it) you can email me anytime and I will help any that I can (when I am well enough to read and write that is) I will post new developments to the group. Ellen With antiemetics and strong controlled release pain relievers you should be able to work. Unless your headaches are due to a traumatic injury that impairs your functioning. John Draeger I don’t agree. Migraines in themselves can impair your functioning. And lots of times the pain relievers have little affect. I’ve even read about one person who tried to drive home after getting a migraine and crossed the center-line head on into another car killing a family.
I believe it should be illegal to drive while having a migraine. I drive far worse when I have a migraine than I do if I’ve already medicated it. Of course, if they make this illegal, I might as well sell my car. Susan, not Jerry
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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – 2. My headaches have just about completely prevented me from working (I’m a stockbroker). Has anyone had any luck collecting disability benefits. I’m afraid to explore that route for I might get fired If they think I can’t do my job, which I can’t. Here, I can’t help you. I don’t know anything about disability. I appreciate any help anyone can give. I too am persuing SS disability. I thought about it for years withoug doing anything about it. If I had done something about it then I might not be in the process now. I have not gotten a response yet but I understand that it sometimes takes being turned down several times and having to ask for a review or appeal. If you do get fired or even if you don’t and think that you are 100% disabled (you can’t be able to do any kind of work or you won’t be able to get it) you can email me anytime and I will help any that I can (when I am well enough to read and write that is) I will post new developments to the group. Ellen With antiemetics and strong controlled release pain relievers you should be able to work. Unless your headaches are due to a traumatic injury that impairs your functioning. John Draeger
John, Although I understand where you are coming from, I don’t think that you understand MY situation. How dare you say that I can work!!!!! That is like telling everyone on this group to take their meds and get up and go to work. If I was able, I would surely be working and spending time with my grandchildren and going to the beach, and a million other things that I would love to do if it weren’t for the pain. I have had these ha for almost 40 yrs now and only the last 5 have I not been able to work. I worked since I was 15 yrs old. I have tried every preventative out there and many many combinations. If there was something that could be done, don’t you think that I would do it. I now survive my migraines with almost everyday icepick ha’s with the antiemetics and the strongest pain reliever that my doc will give me for the times when I can’t stand it any more. I also have oxygen and use it nearly every day at least once. Maybe your headaches aren’t debilitating but mine are!!!!!!! I am hurt and disappointed that you would criticize me. I have waited through 5 yrs of not being able to work and hoping to get better so that I could support myself instead of being so dependent on others. I was encouraged years ago to apply for disability by my then doctor but I wouldn’t until finally now I get up the courage and do I get support. Oh No!! I get abuse. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text —
– EllenP Headache Free Is My Fantasy
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I believe it should be illegal to drive while having a migraine. I drive far worse when I have a migraine than I do if I’ve already medicated it. Of course, if they make this illegal, I might as well sell my car.
Same here. Actually I think my state has ways of working this type of thing into their Driving While Impaired law, but fortunately this is also one of the few states where a doctor is not required to inform the DMV of a patient who has frequent loss of consciousness or seizures.
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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – 2. My headaches have just about completely prevented me from working (I’m a stockbroker). Has anyone had any luck collecting disability benefits. I’m afraid to explore that route for I might get fired If they think I can’t do my job, which I can’t. Here, I can’t help you. I don’t know anything about disability. I appreciate any help anyone can give. I too am persuing SS disability. I thought about it for years withoug doing anything about it. If I had done something about it then I might not be in the process now. I have not gotten a response yet but I understand that it sometimes takes being turned down several times and having to ask for a review or appeal. If you do get fired or even if you don’t and think that you are 100% disabled (you can’t be able to do any kind of work or you won’t be able to get it) you can email me anytime and I will help any that I can (when I am well enough to read and write that is) I will post new developments to the group. Ellen With antiemetics and strong controlled release pain relievers you should be able to work. Unless your headaches are due to a traumatic injury that impairs your functioning. John Draeger – Well I’m not sure if brain surgery qualifies as a traumatic injury , but that is when the pain started. I’ve been taking the percoset to try and control the pain but lately the headaches seem to be breaking out in a terrible way. I fear moving on to something stronger and just building up a tolerance to that also, but that seem like the next step.
Jesus! I don’t know–no, I can’t believe that your doctor would give you that crap your taking! Percoset is a mild to moderate opiate receptor agonist; it will not do the job on serious pain. If it works, fine; if it doesn’t you shouldn’t feel some sort of guilt for wanting something to relieve your pain. You should try the strong agonists, those that work for severe pain. I’m getting tired of this. It’s the biggest crime of the century! People need to get what they need to control their pain and get on with their lives. With headaches after brain surgery you should be able to get immediate release morphine if nothing else works. If you can’t, you should consider getting another doctor. A very small percentage of people get addicted to opioids–those that have a predisposition–a psychological disorder; the rest get physical dependency, which is not a big deal. There’s a simple formula for titrating off opioids safely–like quitting many of the headache preventatives. Get the facts people! –
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With antiemetics and strong controlled release pain relievers you should be able to work. Unless your headaches are due to a traumatic injury that impairs your functioning.
[... snip ...] Although I understand where you are coming from, I don’t think that you understand MY situation.
To address John’s point, there is a very good chance that there is a combination of medications that will work for you. Obviously, your doctor hasn’t found that combination. I suspect the nature of the pain reliever and the type of work you do may limit your ability to work. When I worked as a tech. rep in the construction industry, I used to go into work when taking Fiorinal. No problem. But I stayed out of the warehouse and didn’t go near the forklift! If I suffered from daily migraine, the med. would have limited my ability to perform the full functions of my employment. To address Ellen’s point, waiting for the doctor to find that combination can sometimes take years. I’m not sure how SS works in the US, but in Canada, if you are disabled for over four months you are eligible for benefits. If you choose not to apply for them, the months or years that you are unable to work are defined as a "non-contributory time period." That means when you eventually do retire and file for your OAP, the time that you were unable to work is included in the overall calculation of your benefits. If, however, you receive SS for your disabled time period, that length of time is *not* included in your calculation for benefits. jen
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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – With antiemetics and strong controlled release pain relievers you should be able to work. Unless your headaches are due to a traumatic injury that impairs your functioning. John Draeger I don’t agree. Migraines in themselves can impair your functioning. And lots of times the pain relievers have little affect. I’ve even read about one person who tried to drive home after getting a migraine and crossed the center-line head on into another car killing a family.
Not surprising. I suffer from Basilar Artery Migraine which quite often has left me unconscious. Due to this I have been under my neurologist’s orders not to drive since last March after he did allow me to go back to work following 3 months on disability. I do still drive since I have no other way to get to work, but I have always been able (so far) to feel loss of consciousness coming and pull off the road. I was however surprised and frightened recently by a friend who said they followed me several miles to my house recently after I left work during a migraine and she said I was weaving all over the road. This I was unaware of, though I did have an extreme migraine that evening. I have had a couple of instances of leaving work with a migraine and waking up later in my driveway not remembering at all the drive home or going to sleep. http://www.mindspring.com/~tkemp
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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Who is John Graeger? Do you get migraines. I mean a migraine. I’m sorry but I was forced to apply under Federal Govenment Disability because I was missing at least 1 day a week due to a migriane. The normal time to process the application should have taken 6 months. After OPM received my package it took them "1 week to appoved the disablity". When I get a migraine (every 3-7 days) and I take up to 4 tabs of butalbital, 5 tabs of midrin, lodocaine NS, imitrex injection and a sleeping pill. All of these drugs for 1 little migraine that "I should be able to work while on?" Needless to say while taking these meds I am to sleep in a dark room without lights and noise per my doctor and me(no choice). Usually I am in bed for 6 hours and then I’m so drug up I can drive a car or take care of my children. Please tell me how I’m suppose to hold down a job when I’m not sure when I’ll get sick and when I am I can’t function for a few days after the migraine. I too am processing for SS disability.
You could at least spell my name right. I have chronic *daily* migraines and I can only get relief with morphine–so far. I’m using fentanyl patches now, but I still have to get the dosage right. I took 100 mg of meperidine and 5 Midrin on top of the fentanyl will I was at work yesterday. Oh, I also had a TENS unit on the highest setting–yea, I walk around with wires hanging off the back of my neck. I’ve tried all of that stuff you take with little relief, with the exception of Stadol (I skipped that and went for the something that would last a little longer). I work to save people’s lives; specifically those who have cancer. Try something with some powert to it before you go bashing people. –
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: With antiemetics and strong controlled release pain relievers you should : be able to work. Unless your headaches are due to a traumatic injury that : impairs your functioning. Oh, really? What do you prescribe for the photophobia? or for the confused thinking? or for the various other miscellaneous wierd symptoms of migraine many of us get? Have you ever had a migraine? It’s hard to believe you’ve ever had a bad one, based on these statements of yours. In case you haven’t noticed, I’m feeling pretty angry at the dismissive tone of your comments.
I have chronic *daily* migraines. I deal with a lot of weird symptoms and still manage to get to work. Up until now the only thing that has relieved the pain is morphine and I need antiemetic *every* day just to be able to eat. I have to get surgery for a hernia I’ve been living with for a half a year because two doctors f__cked up! I know pain; all I was saying was that without secondary problems, migraines can be beaten with strong opioid agonists, drugs like Imitrex, and antinausea drugs. Yea, I make mistakes sometimes because of my headaches (and I suffer many times at work, not taking the medicine I need because I can’t make mistakes there or someone could die) but don’t tell me it can’t be done. Where sunglasses at work. Would you be willing to go to work with wires hanging off your neck; well I am. I’m getting tired of all the whining. We should be trying to educate each other and get educated so we can beat our headaches and get on with our lives. I don’t want to spend all my nights typing messages to a newsgroup, do you? Maybe you do; maybe that’s the difference. Forgive for not realizing that sooner. Also, the returns are put in so my software will post the message. It doesn’t work if my message is shorter than the message to which I am replying. I don’t have the money right now to get it, but I’m not doing it to spite people like you apparently are.
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: I have chronic *daily* migraines. I deal with a lot of weird symptoms and : still manage to get to work. Up until now the only thing that has : relieved the pain is morphine and I need antiemetic *every* day just to be : able to eat. I have to get surgery for a hernia I’ve been living with for : a half a year because two doctors f__cked up! I know pain; all I was : saying was that without secondary problems, migraines can be beaten with : strong opioid agonists, drugs like Imitrex, and antinausea drugs. Yea, I : make mistakes sometimes because of my headaches (and I suffer many times : at work, not taking the medicine I need because I can’t make mistakes : there or someone could die) but don’t tell me it can’t be done. Where : sunglasses at work. Would you be willing to go to work with wires hanging : off your neck; well I am. I’m getting tired of all the whining. I understand that you have to go to extraordinary measures in order to do the ordinary things in life, due to your illness, but this is a support group, which makes it a place for venting (that stuff you call "whining") as well as for exchanging helpful information. As to wearing sunglasses to work, why should I? I’ve got sick time, so when I’m sick I use it. I understand that you are sick every day, but I was under the impression that that is what disability is for. It’s not your place to judge people negatively because they are not willing to martyr themselves. Life’s too short to spend all my energy on getting a job done. If you want to, that’s your choice, but it may not be how others choose. : We : should be trying to educate each other and get educated so we can beat our : headaches and get on with our lives. I don’t want to spend all my nights : typing messages to a newsgroup, do you? Maybe you do; maybe that’s the : difference. Forgive for not realizing that sooner. Oh, please. : Also, the returns are put in so my software will post the message. It : doesn’t work if my message is shorter than the message to which I am : replying. I don’t have the money right now to get it, but I’m not doing : it to spite people like you apparently are. Excuse me? What the hell are you talking about? Priscilla
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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – : I have chronic *daily* migraines. I deal with a lot of weird symptoms and : still manage to get to work. Up until now the only thing that has : relieved the pain is morphine and I need antiemetic *every* day just to be : able to eat. I have to get surgery for a hernia I’ve been living with for : a half a year because two doctors f__cked up! I know pain; all I was : saying was that without secondary problems, migraines can be beaten with : strong opioid agonists, drugs like Imitrex, and antinausea drugs. Yea, I : make mistakes sometimes because of my headaches (and I suffer many times : at work, not taking the medicine I need because I can’t make mistakes : there or someone could die) but don’t tell me it can’t be done. Where : sunglasses at work. Would you be willing to go to work with wires hanging : off your neck; well I am. I’m getting tired of all the whining. I understand that you have to go to extraordinary measures in order to do the ordinary things in life, due to your illness, but this is a support group, which makes it a place for venting (that stuff you call "whining") as well as for exchanging helpful information. As to wearing sunglasses to work, why should I? I’ve got sick time, so when I’m sick I use it. I understand that you are sick every day, but I was under the impression that that is what disability is for. It’s not your place to judge people negatively because they are not willing to martyr themselves. Life’s too short to spend all my energy on getting a job done. If you want to, that’s your choice, but it may not be how others choose. : We : should be trying to educate each other and get educated so we can beat our : headaches and get on with our lives. I don’t want to spend all my nights : typing messages to a newsgroup, do you? Maybe you do; maybe that’s the : difference. Forgive for not realizing that sooner. Oh, please. : Also, the returns are put in so my software will post the message. It : doesn’t work if my message is shorter than the message to which I am : replying. I don’t have the money right now to get it, but I’m not doing : it to spite people like you apparently are. Excuse me? What the hell are you talking about? Priscilla
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