Having headaches again!

If you have sleep apnea, which can pretty well be validated with a test, it is very very treatable with a CPAP (breathing machine). Also some Docs recommend surgery to correct apnea.
Gone untreated, depending of the severity of the apnea, it can lead to heart attack, stroke as I was threatened. It also can be severe enough, that you might find yourself dozing of when driving, or eating, or making knives....
I quit driving for almost 6 months, hardly made any knives, hardly could make any logical decisions

T.K.C, fantastic that a change in meds helped you!!
SHS, if you are serious in your comment about sleep apnea, see your Doc, get referred to a specialist, get tested, and if you have apnea, get help, it is very possible to treat apnea, and you feel the positive results even the first day after you have a good night's sleep.
OH, and also if you take something like ambien at night, be sure to take it with you to the test...they won't dispense it to you but you can take any of your prescriptions.
Putting soapbox away now....
 
T.K.C. said:
The Verapamil IS working!! I am headache free!! I feel like I have a new lease on life. I am so happy that I could cry!! There are no words that describe how I feel! THANK YOU all for your support and prayers!! I feel even more blessed. I can not thank you all enough!! God bless each and every one of you!! And big hugs to each and every one of you!!
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Best news I have had in a while!
 
Whew! I'm grateful TKC found something that seems to work.

Fingers remain crossed, however!
 
T.K.C. said:
fdd19: If you think you are being funny you are NOT even close to being funny.
:mad:
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sorry dude they say laughters a great medicine.... sounded like you needed cheering up ..you know laugh at your own condition to make it less stressful sorry you took it the wrong way..
 
Glad to hear you're doing better TKC. Use your machine if they get you one, I couldn't stand mine, and packed the weight back on. Use it, and take the weight off now.
 
S,
We are SO glad that the new meds are working! We will keep you in our thoughts and in our prayers that it continues to work.

Keep us posted...
Rick and Coleen
 
Just wondering if you have been tested for elevated eye-pressure? Haven't read the entire thread so...

I was diagnosed with glaucoma recently, a heavy blow as my sight is threatened, but it explains the bouts of terrible headaches I had experienced.Hope all is well.
 
Yes, I have been tested for elevated ey pressure. They don't think that I have psuedo-tumor cerebri. No glasucome either!! I saw a Neuro-Opthamologist also.

Willgoy, I will keep you in my prayers!!
 
TKC, it seems you are headed to a whole lot better future....SUPER!!!!!!!
Silenthunterstudio,
If your problem is not accepting the CPAP machine, Damn, Damn, Damn!!!!!
then please, please, please....get with your Doc....get some help to sleep with the machine.....please!!!!!!!!!
If your Doc will prescribe something like Ambien CR to help you sleep with the CPAP, take it...if that doesn't work (I am not a Doc.) Drink too much alcohol...take the sleeping aid,,,use the CPAP machine, darnit....it will help so much that if you will use it one night, the next a.m., you will want to use it the next night........
Please, you and I don't even know each other, but please, talk to your Doc and get what it takes to go to sleep.....and don't discuss with your Doc, a couple of serious "beverages" befor bed helped me.....Docs won't approve.....
SO!
IF it works, Do It!
 
T.K.C. said:
The Verapamil IS working!! I am headache free!! I feel like I have a new lease on life. I am so happy that I could cry!! There are no words that describe how I feel! THANK YOU all for your support and prayers!! I feel even more blessed. I can not thank you all enough!! God bless each and every one of you!! And big hugs to each and every one of you!!
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Wonderful news.

I have had headaches all my life. At one point they made it hard to function. For the last ten years I have probably had three or four every week, but they are nowhere near as bad as they once were.

I'm glad that you have found something that works.
 
Suz,
I hope you don't mind me call'n you Suz, but whooha! I'm very glad to here that you are feel'n better..:thumbup:

T.A.Davison
 
I am happy to report that the headache etc. are STILL ALL GONE!!! I am completely headache free. Wahoooooo!! I am so grateful for Verapamil.
 
That is REALLY COOL! I am so happy for you. I hope that this will allow you to get the sleep that you need and you can get on with enjoying life! Steven
 
Thank you Steven!! Yes, I AM gettin' on with my life, and it is GREAT!! Yes, getting some decent sleep is heavenly.
 
T.K.C. said:
Thank you Steven!! Yes, I AM gettin' on with my life, and it is GREAT!! Yes, getting some decent sleep is heavenly.
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Hey! Congratulations on being headache free. I can't even imagine the pain you have been in and how it has affected your life. I am so very happy for you.

Judy
 
TKC, without reading all the things others have posted on these several pages, I feel sure somebody has already suggested you see a good chiropractor. I'm talking about the kind that "manipulates" your spinal column, including your neck. If you don't know about this it might sound a little scary, but it's not scary or painful if you pick out a good practitioner.

I've only seen two of them. The first one used some kind of little "activator" that sounded about like a staple gun being applied to my back in several places. Despite claims to the contrary, IT DIDN'T DO SQUAT.

Much later I tried another chiropractor, one who uses an entirely different approach. He did me a world of good! After my very first visit I was walking and feeling much better. I saw him maybe 8 or 10 times over a few weeks time, and then we both agreed that I was in good shape. I've remained that way for several years, though I'm considering going back in for a tune up.
 
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