my brother and his family
I just can’t put into words what has been happening to me. I don’t know how long it will stay, but I appreciate every good day I get. I have not taken a migraine reversal medication in 15 days. It is mind blowing to me. I get to wake up everyday feeling great and lay my head on my pillow @ night feeling great. I have not gotten this long of a stretch since 6 0r 7 years ago I think.
Right now the Depakote I am taking is working to stop my menstrual cycle which will impact my debilitating menstrual migraines. I was due on the 23rd to start and no signs of it yet. This is why my neurologist and I thought I would try taking it again, because in the past it stopped my period, but at that point I wasn’t otherwise stable w/ my Bipolar Disorder and needed my period to be stable. I have Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder or PMDD. It’s a more severe form of PMS. So in the past, my moods were not stable and the affect that the Depakote had on my hormones really aggrivated my PMDD, so I had to stop taking it.
This time around, my moods are really stable on Namenda, Prozac and Seroquel. So we bravely thought we would try the Depakote and see what happened. I went through many weeks and months adjusting to the heavy sedation of Depakote but have now found a great dosage that I can function on. Also, I had just a mild level of pain everyday, and although I had received Botox before, we thought to give it a try again and see if it would take the final edge off. I think it did!!!!!!!!!!
I’m not certain how many more days I will get like this, if it’s here to stay or if things will go back to the way they were. All I know right now, is that I feel blessed and greatful and thankful for feeling as good as I do now. It’s not something I take for granted.
WOOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! Praying that it’s here to stay!!