Hi, I am 68 ys old and have migraines since young. I worked with toxic chemicals and at 33 had to leave labs. Partial amnesia, migraines, sleep problems. Depression.
I received several medicines, but many had side effects. I stayed with clonazepam (I know benzodiazepines are, as many drugs, dangerous, but I can sleep at least 5-6 hours when I take it) My migraines became more frequent with time, although sometimes I had kind of clusters in the past.
I have vasovagal, neurovegetative/autonomic s. conditions. Many times have low blood pressure. In the morning, I feel worse than when I go to sleep.
Since some time (maybe partially due to zika and chikungunya, I have cervical pain almost everyday. Many times it precedes migraine.
I am almost always tired. Clonazepam, I am sure, has been not helping my cognitive troubles. I do not want to take narcotics.
I have read about action of the peptide CGRP, and maybe I have elevated blood concentr. because I still have hot flushes and my heart is not quite OK. I understand still the medicines to block CGRP receptors or its release by trigeminal system are not available and in the past two of them were discarded due to dangers to liver.
Thank you for reading