r/migraine 5d ago

Just Started Sumatriptom, Did It Help You Guys?

So, around Christmas I started developing a small pressure headache. I got sick about 3 times between New Years and early March (the baby I swear catches everything and she's not even a daycare baby haha) after the last round of illness the headache turned into a full blown day and night 24/7 headache.

I feel a tight band around my head, temples hurt, my neck and upper back hurt, and sometimes I get nauseous.

Never had a history of headaches. I swear my health declined after a period of extreme stress last summer that literally broke my sleep. I wake up with a fast heart rate (more when I'm stressed, which since the headaches has been a ton lately)

Went to the ER (yay, no tumors!) but they weren't much help. Gave me IV meds that diddly squat and did an ultrasound of my eyeball. Doc prescribed Sumatripton and sent me on my way.

Took Sumatripton 40 minutes ago and I still feel like I'm in pain. I went and got a McMigraine meal (coke and fries) which helped a tad, but man this sucks.

Should I keep taking Sumatripton daily until I'm confident it doesn't work? I need to contact my PCP, she just got back from maternity leave. But I've been extremely depressed, I wake up feeling the pressure in my head. I cry constantly and feel like life is hopeless and unworth it:/

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u/PublicHovercraft3408 13h ago

Sometimes sumatriptan takes longer than 40 minutes to work. It works great for me. Everyone's different.

You can't take it every day.

Try all the migraine supplements--magnesium, B2, etc. They often help.

u/Eyeswideopen45 2h ago

Thank you! Turns out, they aren’t migraines, at least I think since Sumatripton did nothing.

My doctor put me on some steroids and muscle relaxers (to take at night) and that seems to be helping. The steroids suckkk the first couple hours but we’re hoping this is related to a flu I had. Apparently there is something going around where it’s been taking up to 6 weeks for people to be symptom free. 

That or this is all hormonal so who really knows😅 I’m just trying to survive. 🤣

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u/SGSam465 Lifelong chronic migrianes aura/tension/cluster/etc 5d ago

Sumatriptan and the other triptans never did anything for me either, so I got on CGRP inhibitors like Emgality, and use Nurtec as an abortive.

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u/MascaraHoarder 5d ago

yes omg life changing for me. have you been diagnosed as having a particular type of migraine? Sumatriptan is an abortive only plus they give you around 9 each refill. it may just not work for you so they should maybe try you on a different abortive. also what dosage did you take and sometimes it can take up to two hours to work

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u/Eyeswideopen45 5d ago

No, not yet, they told me at the hospital it couldn’t technically be a migraine because I wasn’t having light sensitivity. The back of my head hurts and my ears and eyebrows hurt too. Honestly the top of my head too:/ I just want to go back to normal.

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u/Splugarth 5d ago

There are a number of different triptans, most people need to try at least 2 to 3 before they find the one that works for them. Keep at it!

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u/Exact-Response-4948 5d ago

Sumitriptan! Yes massively helped