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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Diabetes / February 2006new here & a question
New to the group: Female, 59 yrs old; type 2 diabetes controlled w/diet and exercise, 4yrs in March; last A1c 5.2. Last Sunday I was struck w/a shooting pain headache around 3:am that lasted for two days. Dr gave me darvocet for a bit and now wants me to take an antiseizure med called Lyrica for the neuro pain. My question to the group is; has anyone else on the group taking an antiseizure med for pain? How does it affect your sugar, and has it helped your pain? I still have at least a #5 headache going on, but not as bad as last Sunday. Thank You - Molly Molly, are you prone to these headaches. Has the doctor suggested you have an mri or a cat scan. what is the cause of these headaches. I do not know about anti seizure meds for pain, I just know that having these types of headaches doesnt seem normal to me. I hope you are okay. Loretta -- In tribute to the United States of America and the State of Israel, two bastions of strength in a world filled with strife and terrorism. I don't have many headaches, maybe a little one now and then, but nothing like this. I did have 2 migraines about 20 years ago (they were memorable !) and covered my whole head, not just half. I posted here in a.s.d. because the info on the med, said it was used for pain of diabetes neuropathy, and pain from shingles. So far the dr and I haven't had a good chance to talk, as the fog from the pain made me a "case". No mri or cat scan mentioned. I hope to see him next week and have some good questions for him by then. -Molly > Molly, are you prone to these headaches. Has the doctor suggested you > have an mri or a cat scan. what is the cause of these headaches. I do [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > of Israel, two bastions of strength in a world filled with strife and > terrorism. > New to the group: Female, 59 yrs old; type 2 diabetes controlled w/diet > and [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Thank You - Molly Lyrica (Pregabalin) is prescribed for nerve pain due to diabetic neuropathy and postherpetic neuralgia and for helping control seizures in epilepsy. I have never heard of prescribing it for headaches. You should ask your doctor about it. Sarah Type1 >New to the group: Female, 59 yrs old; type 2 diabetes controlled w/diet and >exercise, 4yrs in March; last A1c 5.2. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > >Thank You - Molly Hi Molly, Have you been examined for a possible nerve impingement in your neck? You see, some of the cranial nerves (including those that serve the head and face) actually emanate from the neck... A person can experience horrible pains and even paralysis, simply because of nerve impingements in the neck.... Just a thought. Please keep us posted. Thanks, Will, T2 > New to the group: Female, 59 yrs old; type 2 diabetes controlled w/diet and > exercise, 4yrs in March; last A1c 5.2. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Thank You - Molly Was this a family doctor or a specialist? Did you ask the doctor why he was diagnosing a sudden extremely painful headache as neuropathy? That sounds very unlike anything I've read about neuropathy and I've been researching it because I have another weird neuropathic thing going on. Can you see a specialist? Some of these seizure meds have a very spotty history. Neuron tin, for example, has been implicated in suicide. Prescribing very powerful drugs on the basis of a guess seems like maybe not such a great idea. --Jenny http://www.phlaunt.com/diabetes Diabetes Info http://www.alt-support-diabetes.org/newlydiagnosed.htm Get Your Blood Sugar Under Control I don't think she's saying that the doc thinks it's neuropathy (from a diabetes standpoint). >> New to the group: Female, 59 yrs old; type 2 diabetes controlled >> w/diet and [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] > http://www.alt-support-diabetes.org/newlydiagnosed.htm Get Your Blood > Sugar Under Control > I don't think she's saying that the doc thinks it's neuropathy (from a > diabetes standpoint). Well, then it is even more inexplicable why he'd be prescribing an anti-seizure medication for a sudden onset headache of long duration. That not first line treatment for migraine by any means. --Jenny http://www.phlaunt.com/diabetes Diabetes Info http://www.alt-support-diabetes.org/newlydiagnosed.htm Get Your Blood Sugar Under Control >> I don't think she's saying that the doc thinks it's neuropathy (from a >> diabetes standpoint). [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > That not first line treatment for migraine by any means. And migraine isn't the only explanation for persistant &/or sudden headaches. I think even a busy doctor would (should?) find a few minutes to actually *see* the patient just to be sure it isn't something really serious. bj > >> I don't think she's saying that the doc thinks it's neuropathy (from a > >> diabetes standpoint). [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > I think even a busy doctor would (should?) find a few minutes to actually > *see* the patient just to be sure it isn't something really serious. This is interesting to me. A few weeks ago a friend's husband woke to a fierce headache, extremely red face and vomiting. He was taken to the doctor who sent him immediately to the hospital with a suspected aneurysm. His BP was sky high, they did CT scan and MRI and found nothing but he had a follow up with a neurologist a few days later (the doctor got him an early appt because they felt it was an emergency). Meanwhile he is taking two kinds of BP med, BP is back to normal, nothing has been found other than he is "pre-diabetic". The point to the story is that a) the doctors felt it was very serious and acted upon it immediately and b) the doctor took the steps to ensure an early appt with the neuro. I am rather surprised the OP's doctor didn't intervene to get the neuro appt. It is done every day. Left to the patient it can take months, no matter how important and urgent you feel it is. > New to the group: Female, 59 yrs old; type 2 diabetes controlled w/diet and > exercise, 4yrs in March; last A1c 5.2. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Thank You - Molly Molly, sudden, severe head pain lasting two days needs a diagnostic workup, perhaps by a neurologist. Susan Absolutely right, Susan. This needs to be looked at by a neurologist ASAP--it could be very serious. Molly, did your MD do any tests on you? > x-no-archive: yes > [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > Susan No tests so far, getting into see the dr. is almost impossible right now for some reason. But I do trust him he has helped me before and set up apts. to other drs for other problems (depression & diabetes etc). So far after taking this med for a day it has cured my insomnia... LOL... my headache is down to about a 3 now. I am going to try and get an apt. this week and like I said, have some good questions for him. IF I can stay awake long enough to ask them. Thank you for your support and pointing out that I should be seen by a neuro. - Molly > Absolutely right, Susan. This needs to be looked at by a neurologist > ASAP--it could be very serious. Molly, did your MD do any tests on you? [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] >> >> Susan > New to the group: Female, 59 yrs old; type 2 diabetes controlled w/diet and > exercise, 4yrs in March; last A1c 5.2. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > does it affect your sugar, and has it helped your pain? I still have at > least a #5 headache going on, but not as bad as last Sunday. Welcome to the group! They tried me on Neurontin for pain and it nearly killed me. All sorts of horrible side effects. Then end of it came when I felt compelled to hurl myself from the upstairs window. Luckily it also made me so dizzy and dysfunctional that I couldn't get out of bed. The med didn't affect my BG at all. But pain can raise BG.  SignatureSee my webpage: http://mysite.verizon.net/juliebove/index.htm After three days on the med.. and trying to get over the dizzyness, my BG is up a few points this morning. But my head pain is almost gone. What a relief. - Molly > Welcome to the group! They tried me on Neurontin for pain and it nearly > killed me. All sorts of horrible side effects. Then end of it came when [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > med > didn't affect my BG at all. But pain can raise BG. >After three days on the med.. and trying to get over the dizzyness, my BG is >up a few points this morning. But my head pain is almost gone. What a >relief. > - Molly you should still get checked out. it could be caused by something totally unrelated to diabetes. Such as an injury. The meds may be masking the symptoms. Just be certain of the diagnosis. SignatureMâck©® Deltec CoZmore Pumper Type 1 since 1975 http://www.alt-support-diabetes.org http://www.diabetic-talk.org http://www.insulin-pumpers.org "To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public." ...Theodore Roosevelt (o ô) --ooO-(_)-Ooo-------------------- "I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve." ....Bilbo Baggins Jesus never hated anyone. >New to the group: Female, 59 yrs old; type 2 diabetes controlled w/diet and >exercise, 4yrs in March; last A1c 5.2. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > >Thank You - Molly I take them for neuropathy along with evening primrose oil with quite a bit of success. Helps as a preventive for the chronic migraines I get as well. When I do get the migraines, Zomig works best to knock them right out if I catch them before I start vomiting. Zomig is a great med for knocking out migraines and cluster headaches within minutes of taking the med. and it is not a Narcotic. Ask your doc about it. Did you and the doc actually rule out other potential causes? pinched nerve, slipped disc, neck injuries? SignatureMâck©® Deltec CoZmore Pumper Type 1 since 1975 http://www.alt-support-diabetes.org http://www.diabetic-talk.org http://www.insulin-pumpers.org "To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public." ...Theodore Roosevelt (o ô) --ooO-(_)-Ooo-------------------- "I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve." ....Bilbo Baggins Jesus never hated anyone. He didn't have time to look me ALL over. I see him pretty regular, so he knows most parts of me.. LOL... I am seeing him on Wednesday of this week and talk over meds again (now that I make more verbal sense). I got in last week on a cancellation from someone else and I just wanted to see him for a massive shooting pain headache and ear ache... thinking it was sinus infection. I am sure since then, he has been making plans for me this week as in tests and blood donations to the vampire that works there etc. Meanwhile, my head pain is almost gone, except if I touch that particular part of my head then the skin burns and my hair hurts. Thanks for all the suggestions I will let you know how the apt works out. - Molly >>New to the group: Female, 59 yrs old; type 2 diabetes controlled w/diet >>and [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > Did you and the doc actually rule out other potential causes? pinched > nerve, slipped disc, neck injuries? |
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