Posted by Donna Louise on June 22, 2006, at 15:17:20
In reply to migraines, caffeine » Donna Louise, posted by zeugma on June 22, 2006, at 13:02:25
> I drink coffee and take provigil (modafinil). I have to cut my coffee to half decaf or I get to shaky and irritable. Provigil does not do that to me at all, I have been taking it for 4 years, anywhere from 200-400mg daily in two divided doses. I have not tried to discontinue it as it elevates my mood and makes me more inclined to be social,>>>
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> I don't know if my lack of sociality is a consequence of Provigil, or a consequence of my life circumstances, or perhaps both. I do know with a fairly high rate of confidence that Provigil is less socially motivating than other stims, but this is probably due to the differential effects of Provigil as a stim (it helps ADHD much, much more than somnolence and fatigue).
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> but I know if I try to quit caffeine I get the migraine from the lowest pit of hell.>>
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> are your migraines caffeine-withdrawal-induced? I seem to get a kind of migraine associated with my sleep disorder (not an unusual association) and I usually take a Vivarin (200 mg caffeine) to keep me awake (as sleep at inappropriate times is responsible for the migraines) and to relieve the migraine itself. Sorry for writing so much..
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>My goodness, please don't apologize for this tiny little post. I will feel really guilty for the long winded ones I send sometimes...I am glad to answer the questions. I will probably be long-winded about it too because it is confusing to me.
When I was 9 years old I would get terrible migraines every Sunday where I would try to bang my head into the wall and such. My dad would have to hold me down. They would last all day and then around 6pm I would puke and that would be that. That was the same time I was having school phobia. (In retrospect, it wasn't called that at the time). My mother thought it was hormonal I was getting my period at 9 years old!
That is what my caffeine withdrawal headaches are like. I can't lie down they hurt so much, I have to pace the room with a blanket I throw on and off as chills and hot flashes alternate. Finally I puke and then I sleep for a few hours and it is over.
I have always gotten regular headaches that I could fix with aspirin or ibuprofen and then a few years ago those meds stopped working. I would get an awful pain in a neck muscle first and I knew a headache was on the way that could last 3 days. Not the intensity of the old migraines, but still..and sick feeling all over. Nothing worked until I tried a triptan, which are only supposed to work for migraines and that worked like a charm. So, it is a new variation on a very old complaint. I don't have a sleep disorder that I know of except for sleeping too much when depressed. I have always needed around 9 hours though in order to feel my best. I am not one that can get by on a few hours sleep for very long.
Oh, and I can't associate a trigger for the new migraines unless it is just more anxiety than usual.
Now, let me apologize for the long post!!!
donna
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