3 weeks of heaven

I had 3 weeks of high energy and no migraines. I took a trip to the East Coast and visited family and friends and had a blast. I pretended that I never heard of the word migraine. Came back home and was doing okay for 3 days, then my husband spilled some xylene in the kitchen. The whole house reeked and I came down with a really bad one and I've had a low level headache ever since. That was over a week ago.
Right now I'm in the process of doubling the topamax from 50 mgs to 100 mgs. I'm currently taking 75 mg. The doctors think that when I get to a 100 I'm going to see a big improvement, I hope so. I wish I could be as optimistic as they are.

Oh, no, xylene! it's really stinky!

Perhaps some undetectable to our noses particles still hang in the air, and that's what triggers your daily HA.
I am sure upping your Topamax will take care of that.

How about going back to the East Coast :]
seem like the right place for your M. and no xylene stink! :]

Risa

I wish I could go back to the East Coast. The weather in New Mexico is awful, extremely dry with high fire danger.

So happy you had a migraine vacation. I almost always go m free during mine too! I guess we should take them more often.

Not sure where in New Mexico you are. I hope the smoke from the Arizona wildfires are not effecting you. I understand many areas are getting a lot of smoke and particulate matter that is very bad for asthmatics and others. Could cause problems for migrainuers as well.

We did have some smoke blowing in from the fires, even though I live in the southwest corner of NM, far from the big Arizona fires.

Why is it that I don't get migraines on vacation? I've thought about this. It might be an adrenalin release. Lack of stress? Lack of boredom? I wish it was available in a pill form. I usually get a big one when I get back, like a "crash".
If I could go on more vacations, say one week out of the month, would I then start getting migraines when the vacations became routine?

Same here lentils. Usually I do very well on vacation. In my case I wonder if it's because I'm not around the fluorescent lights and computers screens that surround my at work and office situations.

We don't usually go anywhere, but even a week at home and I'll usually be migraine free as long as we don't have any storm fronts.

Oh the smell of that must have been horrible! How long did the odor linger?

I didn't smell it after a day. I don't know if I got used to the smell or it disappeared. It triggered a migraine episode and I feel primed for more migraines.