Migraines and Cannabis

http://www.drugs.com/imitrex.html

so I saw the nerliogest today she is sending me back to Focus on Function Physical Therapy, PC and pscribe me Imitrex to have less Migraines not to stop them but make them less frequent. and she might want to put me on another medicine for the migraines also. she thinks it all has to do with my back as to why I'm getting these headaches and dizziness from all the stuff I had done as a kid with the rods. anyone ever taken this med before and how did it effect you. I wonder about sometimes on the weekends when my mom is not home I like to smoke before bed she wants me to take this med before I go to bed. just wondering if I skipped a dosage one night to smoke? I guess I take this when I'm having the mirganies. she may want to put me on pamelor too anyone ever taken that one to? I already take meds for depression and anxiety and it seems fine when I smoke pot but then again I don't get blown out high and take my pills I wait awhile

 

My friend takes Imitrex for migraines. I think he takes it as needed. I was on Pamelor a long time ago and liked it. It felt mild and was helpful for depression.

 

I don't know about imitrex but I was just curious if pot helps your migraines at all?

 

sometimes it does but it has to be really stronge pot that just knocked me on my ass and takes away all the pain

 

she wants me to take it more for the mirgaines and not depression I already take meds for depression. I always get really bad side effects from meds so I'm really scared about talking these new meds

 

The physical therapy seems like a good idea.

 

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Imitrex is an SSRI, it works the same as other SSRIs, even if it's not prescribed for depression. I don't see why you'd have to skip a dose to smoke, esp if you're already on other antidepressants. If you do skip, the worst that could happen would be...a migraine. Just don't take ecstacy, that would be a recipe for serotonin syndrome. I don't see the harm in weed.

 

I would never take Ecstasy. Its a new meds I will be starting and I guess I'm scared to smoke pot on something I'm not familiar with. don't know how it will effect me

 

I know some meds. like I take lamictal and if I miss more then 2days I have to start all the way back to 15 mg and I'm on 200 thats why I was asking about skipping a night

 

Well, Ditch The Pot, In My Humble Opinion, It Has Been Obvious From

Day One, That Your Cronic Pot Addiction Is The Cause Of All Your Problems....



Cheers Glen.

 

but how come when I'm not smoking pot I'm still dizzy? I have always had bad migraines even way before I started smoking pot

 

is not an ssri. its a tryptamine. nothing in its structure suggesting its an ssri..

 

It's not like lamictal. Skipping a night won't hurt anything. I've never heard of weed interacting with any medication. I noticed from some of your other posts you seem to have a lot of anxiety about smoking weed. Why don't you just stop? It's not mandatory and if it's causing you this much anxiety it's probably not worth it.

 

I guess I remembered wrong. It's always mentioned with SSRIs and it is an antidepressant so I got it mixed up. SSRIs can also be used to prevent migraines. Also, I found this, which might suggest taking so many antidepressants with the Imitrex might not be too great an idea: http://www.medicinenet.com/sumatriptan/article.htm

It can also make you dizzy.

 

just try it... nothing dangerous will happen. at worst you'll be uncomfortable for a couple of hours and then you'll know not to do it again, but i'm almost certain you'll have no issues.

your problems with pot seem to be related to anxiety, most likely because you smoke in your house and have to hide it from your mother... i know that i would enjoy pot a lot less if i was constantly worried that someone would smell it, or know that i'm high.

 

you are right about that like my dad was saying this last summer camping with him I seemed more relaxed and mellow and didn't have to worry about hiding it or someone smelling it I could be free and I do worry about my mom finding out and I think that's one of the reasons I get so much anxiety and am not able to enjoy it as much like when I'm camping. is these meds like seroquel? when I took that shit I was freaking out I have never felt so messed up and panicked and scared all at once I wanted to kill myself on that med. thats why I'm scared about taking these new meds after been on that other shit scared me to death​

 

eating thc? like brownies? cause I have done that before many times. I had sever Scoliosis as a kid and and 2 operations. the doc said maybe if these meds don't work she would send me to chiropractor