Migraines

I am wondering if anyone has developed migraines due to the drastic amount of weight loss. On January 17th I had an occular migraine (originating at eyes). I had never had a headache in my life like this. My husband had me rushed to the hospital and the doctors treated me as if I were having a stroke. I had a CT - was fine and then they tried to do a spinal tap to see if I had some sort of infection. The doctors had a very hard time tapping me because of all of the weight I have lost and the skin would set the needle off in the other direction. They poked me about 13 times (no exageration) finally they decided to do a tap under x-ray. FYI if you ever need a spinal tap ask for it to be done this way!!! I have been on complete bed rest with excruciating headaches for the last 2 weeks due to spinal fluid leakage from all of the pokes. I do not wish this upon anyone!!!! Well after seeing MANY doctors my neurologist believes that I may have developed migraines because of the drastic change in weight. I had my surgery on 2/6/06 (260lbs) and currently weigh 135 today. I am wondering if anyone else has developed these. I still believe that this was the best decision I made in my life. Lori

Wow Lori, so sorry to hear about this. I hope you are feeling better soon. I haven't had any problems (thank goodness)...and I rarely have a headache. Take care of yourself and keep us updated. *hugs* Elisa

That sucks! I know first hand how debilitating they can be. I had migraines before surgery pretty regularly, I was on Immitrex and even had Darvocet occasionally for pain. I think I have had one migraine since surgery and it was really early on, I remember not being able to take Immitrex because I couldn't cru**** so my doc gave me Midrin - which I am actually still using because it works well for tension headaches, too. I don't know if this is comforting, but after I had them a few times, I could see and feel the signs of one coming on. The main thing would be that I would get a 'halo' [ocular disturbance] over my left eye, I also feel physically weird, hard to explain. But if I medicate when I get these 'warnings' then I don't get a full blown migraine. So I think that has a lot to do with why I haven't had them more often. Anyway, for me, at least, my migraines are definitely manageable with meds. I hope you find something that works for you!