blueseaso

Hi & thanks for taking our questions . It’s much appreciated. I tried zolmitriptan for the first time a few days ago. Within about 50 mins , I got this strange feeling in my head- very unpleasant headache but not my usual one / and have never had this before. I also got a burning sensation in my throat ( drinking a cup of tea that would not normally give me that / on my face ( while in shower- again would not do this & needed to turn the dial way down ) and my head ( drying my hair0 again at normal setting for me & had to turn it down to cool ). My face and neck area may have been a bit red ( uniformly - not a blotchy red / urticarial type reaction). I had no lip or tongue swelling / no shortness of breath. No wheeze / no palpitations etc . The burning sensation lasted a few hours . The headache was the worst I have gotten in about 5 years . My question is - would you consider the burning sensation to be an allergy type reaction or non allergic side effect? Would it mean that I would get this reaction to other triptans ? Should I avoid other triptans altogether ? The Dr advised if one didn’t work in aborting the headache , another triptan could . However, I would not try another one if I was at risk of an allergic reaction and possibly a more severe allergic reaction with next exposure. Many thanks.

Thanks . I had planned on doing that but was curious .

Hi - I have chronic daily migraine. I find that sometimes ( not infrequently ) doing a meditation - even a short one - anything from 1-10 mins , can bring on a headache that had been 2-3 / 10 , to a strong 4-5/ 10 . Same thing with daytime naps - even a short 10 min nap can do the same thing . Other days a nap helps . Can you explain this ? Is it something to do with brain waves which are active during waking are different than during meditation or sleep ? The problem is now that I’m afraid to meditate or sleep during the day in case it worsens my headache . But sometimes I’m just so tired, I need a nap , so I end up with a worse headache like day . . Any solutions welcome . Many thanks

That’s great. Thanks for that . 👍