Bad Downturn

On the 27,28,29th of November I had a bad downturn. After weeks of dental problems, then a cold that got centered in my ears I had the anxiety and depression that is usual in this kinda attack. It seems that this attack lasts about 72 hours.
Perhaps better diet, more exercise, and more sessions with the massage pillow will help slow the frequency of the attacks.
I have constant floaters now. Have for months.

Up on medication

I have started on paxil again . One half of one tablet again. Don't even remember the strength. I believe that would be 15mg.

The Reason for the Migraines

Spoke to a pharmacist last night and found out that migraines are caused by a lack of serotonin. So I need an adjustment to the device or go back up on the medications. This is only logical. I will contact  Dr. Riveria, and if necessary, Cyberonics to see what we can do to get relief from the headaches and a small amount of depression.
Another thing that is causing the stress is the amount of illnesses that I have had.
First the teeth and then the water in the ears thing. Since July I have had issues of the teeth and then the infection in the ears.
The teeth are healed, but I will go back to the dentist in Jan. to have the crown put on the tooth. The tooth that I am speaking of is the second one since July. It is drawn out do to healing time and money. I will need perhaps two more teeth fixed in the coming year. (It ended up being my entire set of teeth, upper and lower were filed down and capped with porcelain crown.-editor)
Doctor Rudiman, my gastro person, has seen blood work that he is concerned about and wants me in to take a CT of the liver. The liver enzymes again.We will work on this in Jan. (The antidepressants were constantly causing the liver enzymes to fluctuate.-editor)

Another antibiotic That I am Allergic To

I can't use Levofloxacin, an oral antibiotic because it it chemically similar to Cipro. Both of these antibiotics cause depression in me.

Caffine Aborts the Effect of Magnesium

Yep, that excess of caffeine in my diet is deleting the magnesium in the bloodstream that I have been taking to stop the migraine. And the caffeine causes the breasts to be estrogen sensitive and sore. So we are going to delete the caffeine slowly. For fear of caffeine headache. (But the caffeine was in diet coke, and in the end I gave that up completely, the aspartame was causing depression. Aspartame and MSG are similar in chemical make up. We all know that if you have a sensitivity to one, you are sensitive to the other. I am sensitive to MSG also. Causes what I call brain "Zooming". Just weirdness-editor)

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Magnesium Works!

The Tricor that was given to me for high cholesterol gave me intense migraines. I had ordered a book, a health book from Bottomline Books and in there it suggested to take magnesium. I stopped the Tricor and began to take the magnesium and slowly over a period of a week lessened the headaches. I will continue to take the mag every 2-3 hours at 500 mg and see what happens. Hopefully all symptoms will go. I have increased eating spinach and other greens as well. It has also sharpened my mind. I am down to only the Cymbalta and the Provigil now. I have not had to adjust the VNS since July.

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Off of Paxil (Paraoxatine)

Today I have stopped the last of the Paxil. I will see what it does to me. I have also been on Tricor for the past Month. I stopped the Tricor on the 30th of Oct. I was having incredible Migraines. It is connected to headaches. I am supplementing with 500mg of magnesium 3 or 4 times a day. It has helped. But I have had a constant migraine since about the end of the first week of Oct. Intense.

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