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Migranes+peri= depression? Help me!!

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Shelly0069
Shelly0069

Hi all some help/advice please is someone on the same tablets as me?. I suffer from bad migranes. Anyway I have been on Sumertripion for ages, and then put on Propanolol just after Christmas due to my migranes getting worse. They actually helped But for only abit and came back with a continuation from my last 2periods. I have just come back formd

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  • Shelly0069
    Shelly0069

    Posted

    My iPad froze on me. What I want to know is I'm already on Propanolol and Sumpertription. Today I wasut on sertraline for the first 4 days half a tablet then to increase thereafter. The doctor was a horrid man and very Obnoxious . I told him about my mood swings and migranes and that I'm peri! How do I know I'm peri he kept asking I sat and explained all the systems I'm having, about my migranes how frequent they are my mood swings going round and bl...dy round I was in circles!. He then simply wrote a perscription out handed it to me said take these they may make you feel sick the first week but please stick with them! they are Sertraline. Are they a depresent? I'm to take half a tablet for the first 4days then to increase thereafter. Any advice ? Help? I'm taking 80mg of pranolol a day and Sumertription when a migrane attack starts, now to take these tablet's. Anyone please. Xx
    • joanne46801
      joanne46801 Shelly0069

      Posted

      Hi Michelle sorry you are having such a bad time .

      Sertraline is an antidepressant and you may experience some side effects for s couple of weeks but these usually subside . Are you taking propanalol for anxiety? Hopefully the sertraline may help with this . I hope you feel better soon .

    • Shelly0069
      Shelly0069 joanne46801

      Posted

      Hey Joanne NO I'm taking Propanolol for migranes, which because are very frequent at the moment Because of my mood swings that doctor  has put me on theses. Tablets!. Along with my mood swings! What side effects r u talking about? What am I to expect? Many thanks 
  • joanne46801
    joanne46801 Shelly0069

    Posted

    Hi michelle

    Some people experience nausea or dry mouth but they go after couple of weeks . The migraines must be awful for you .Do you see a specialist for your migraines? Maybe that's something to think about if it's just your g.p treating them.

    best of luck

     

    • Shelly0069
      Shelly0069 joanne46801

      Posted

      To be honest it's only since I have started the big P (Peri) that my symptoms have become worse. I started to become peri back in Novemeber 2014 we sold our home and moved into a new build. I should of been jumping with happiness. But I wasn't I couldn't understand why I was feeling like I was? It wasn't till  I came across this site January this year that I realised what /and why I was going through!. I just couldn't understand!. Now it all clicks in. Beng then put on Pronanolol in jan as I had 1 week of solid migranes I was migrane free for a few months but there ugly head reared again Due to my mood swings, when they kicked in I suffered with a migrane. I'm probably likely to suffer now for years, the doctors are horrible I have seen 3 now and not one was nice. I may change surgery. Do I have to get a referral from a GP to see a specialist?. Cheers Joanne.
    • joanne46801
      joanne46801 Shelly0069

      Posted

      Yes you would need a referral from g.p you have nothing to lose . Good luck
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