“I’d be so anxious about whether the pain was coming, that I’d almost manifest it. It is a vicious cycle”

Whitney Cummings

This quote is from an article in https://www.brainandlife.org/ She writes about living with migraines throughout her life. I changed a few words to reflect what I’m dealing with. The quote struck me because it’s exactly what I do. I could never have expressed that the way she does.

I have been back on Oxcarbazepine 150 mg. since July. When I start getting the pain in my jaw, I immediately take 2 pills. I can make it through most days but I do take at night, because of the fear. This is what I wanted to talk to Dr. Oh about.

I take one Trospium in the morning along with two Baclofen; At 9 am I take 1 Ampyra; at 11 am 1 generic Ritalin; shortly after Effexor; 2 pm, 2 more Baclofen and one more at 7:30 pm. At 9 pm another Ampyra; before bed I take 1 Tizanadine and now 2 Oxcarbazepine. That’s a lot of pills.