Imitrex

I've had migraine headaches since I was little. I'm still not sure why, it's just a fact of life.

I went to the doctor yesterday and I brought my little buddy with me. I wanted to know if there was something I could take for the migraine while breast feeding.

Here is a full account of our conversation:

"I'm looking for something I can take for migraines that's safe while I'm breast feeding."

"Hmmm I don't know, why don't I go look on the internet to see if there's anything I can prescribe."

"You know, before you do that, this may sound stupid, but I have a bump on my head that has gotten bigger recently, would you mind taking a look?"

"Um, well, it feels like a cyst."

"Oh okay, well as long as it's not a tumor or something"

"Well, I can't say for sure that it's not, but I don't think it is, we can remove it if it starts bothering you."

"You mean, shave a tiny circle on top of my head and lance it off....assuming it's not a tumor?"

"Yah, so if you start to notice that you're brushing your hair and it hurts, we'll just take it off."

"Okay..."

"Now, let me go check on medicines that we can give you. Have you tried beta blockers?"

"Yes."

"Fiorocet?"

"Yes."

"Imitrex"

"Yes."

"None of them worked?"

"No."

"Okay, be right back."

By now my little buddy is wide awake and not screaming, but definitely fussing in a loud way. I try to feed her a bottle but she knows that it's bullshiz and the real thing is close by, so she takes 3 gulps and spits it all back on me.
After 15 minutes of sitting there bouncing the baby with a bad headache, I start getting agitated. I'm sweating through my shirt and red in the face when she comes back into the room.

"You know, maybe I'll do a quick exam."

"Hold out your arms."

"Can I put my baby down first?"

"Yes."

"Okay, my arms are out."

"Touch your nose with your right hand, touch your nose with your left hand. Squeeze my thumbs. Okay, now take a deep breath. "

She's got her stethoscope on my back and I can feel the sweat dripping all over the place...baby is really screaming now.

"Alright, nothing wrong with you, it seems like you're just getting migraines."

UGH.

"So I'm going to write you a prescription for Imitrex, have you tried Imitrex?"

"Yes."

"And it didn't work?"

"No."

"Okay, well, try it again and call the pediatrician because I couldn't tell on the web site if it was okay to take when breastfeeding."

"Okay....."

"Are you sleeping much?"

I look at my daughter in the car seat who is in the throws of what her dad and I lovingly call "The Red Rage"

"Nope."

"Okay, well, try to get more sleep too."

"Anything else?"

"Nope."

"Alright, call me if the Imitrex doesn't work and we'll set up another appointment."

Side Note: The Imitrex didn't work.