Tuesday 24 March 2009

Migraines

I went to see my Augenartzt (eye doctor) yesterday. He measured the pressure in my eyes, which was a bit on the high side. By the time he used his 'Gameboy' as he called it, to perform a calculation once he had plugged in eye pressure plus corneal thickness, all was well. Pressures normal, visual field great, optic nerve wonderful.

All this means that he is happy for me to have beta blockers - in fact, turns out that some drops to treat glaucoma have beta blockers in them.

So I left a message for THAT neurologist and picked up a prescription today. I don't trust her but will make do until I find one I can actually trust. So no more pizotifen for me tonight, and I start the new medication tomorrow. It isn't propranolol, which gives really, really bad nightmares. I *think* it may be atenolol, but of course it has a different name. I am hoping this will have less of an effect on the dreaming - wonder if this is why I am to take it in the morning....?

I feel a little bit excited. It would be great to have more migraine control with no weight gain, but only time will tell.

2 comments:

  1. Glad you don't have any unusual pressures! Yay!

    As to why they may have you taking it during the day ... it could be so that you'll be aware of the drop in blood pressure, caused by beta blockers?

    Glad you're getting it straightened out, though!

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  2. Sali India!
    Kann dir leider keine Mail schicken ... Möchtest du am Freitag mitkommen? Zu Rita an den Spinntreff?
    Melde dich bitte bei mir!

    Liebe Grüsse - ZiZi

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