Chronic migraine

CazB, I get a lot migraines, too. I'm not sure if they count as chronic, but they respond to Zomig. I get different types, this week I had a migraine with aura, which started in a shop - not very helpful!

I'm in my 60's too. I had my first one when I was 11yo and I am still waiting to grow out of them, like the doctor said I would.

I had chronic migraine from my early teens and it was extremely debilitating. During the menopause I barely had a day or two to recover before the next one would hit me and I was unable to function properly. For years I had resisted a prophylactic, but finally I did agree to take one and after some trial and error I find that Pizotifen works for me. i do still get visual disturbances, but NO pain. It feels like a miracle and if I could turn the clock back I would have had it years ago.

Sorrry about the Gobbledegook. Should read: I have to take it early in the evening or I am groggy the next day.

I aalso suffer from chronic migraine, my first attack at 16. I am now on a very low dose off amytripaline . It does seem to help though uibhave to take it early evening, I am groggy the next day. As I don’t like taking medication, I stopped it for a couple of weeks and the migraines came back so I am on it again now.

Thanks for your comments. I have tried lots of things, including altering my diet, but nothing seems to make much difference. I don't often have migraine attacks as such, just days of bad headaches which I control with Imigran. I have good and bad months. I have always been a headache sufferer, but it became a real problem around the menopause. I'm now 69, and the hope is that they will gradually become less.

I stopped having chocolate in the morning or coffee at any time of day. Suspect that aspartame can also cause migraine.

I had migraine for years, the only thing that worked for me was Migril (ergotamine), not sure if it's still being made (glad to say mine was hormone-related and very rare post-menopause).

My daughter is a sufferer, she is taking beta blockers which help. It is such a debilitating problem, and she has days of severe pain and sickness where she can’t see properly to drive or function to any great extent.

theres a new injection for migraine available from GP's .My grandson who is almost 15 has been speaking to his GP about it.It apparently has fantastic results

Have you already tried changing your diet?