Reviewer: hk, 25-34 Female on Treatment for 1 to less than 2 years (Patient)

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30 some odd shots every 3 months. I've done probably 6 or 7 rounds by now. At first I thought it was going well. Crazy how when you have head pain all the time you actually notice the days you DONT have the pain. How much we took those for granted before our journey of migraines. Anyway, I think I experience a bit of placebo effect. But I notice that I now get pain in other places I wasn' ... Show Full Comment

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30 some odd shots every 3 months. I've done probably 6 or 7 rounds by now. At first I thought it was going well. Crazy how when you have head pain all the time you actually notice the days you DONT have the pain. How much we took those for granted before our journey of migraines. Anyway, I think I experience a bit of placebo effect. But I notice that I now get pain in other places I wasn't getting before botox for migraines. Like on the sides by the temples where they give you shots. As the medicine goes away, it actually starts to hurt. Which is discouraging. I didn't feel pain there before. The last few weeks before the next round are pretty bad. I think I need to go back around to trying all the drugs again. Seems to be no hope for this for me. Best of luck to anyone giving it a try. Don't forget that people rarely come on here to say 'IT WORKED' people who are sad or upset are first to come review so just give it a try. It's not too painful you'll be fine.
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Reviewer: Dennis, 55-64 on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)

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I went from 15 days per month migraines to every day for 3 months after getting 1 'round of Botox injections. My neurologist then gave up on me. My PDP prescribed elavil which helped some.

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I went from 15 days per month migraines to every day for 3 months after getting 1 'round of Botox injections. My neurologist then gave up on me. My PDP prescribed elavil which helped some.
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Reviewer: Patty l, 45-54 on Treatment for 6 months to less than 1 year (Patient)

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I have now had my second round of botox treatment, the first time, I had the worst migraine headaches ever for 2weeks following. But then I had 6 weeks of migraine bliss, not one. I can't remember when in the last 35years I have gone even 5 days without. So I consider that a success. Although I now am having the terrible migraines again after my second treatment a week ago, I hope it goes away ... Show Full Comment

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I have now had my second round of botox treatment, the first time, I had the worst migraine headaches ever for 2weeks following. But then I had 6 weeks of migraine bliss, not one. I can't remember when in the last 35years I have gone even 5 days without. So I consider that a success. Although I now am having the terrible migraines again after my second treatment a week ago, I hope it goes away soon and I can have the same results
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Reviewer: KP , 55-64 on Treatment for 6 months to less than 1 year (Patient)

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I am coming up on the one year mark for treatment of my migraines of which I am a long time sufferer. 9-18 headache days a month. At first I thought that I was seeing some relief, although when I had a headache it seemed harder to treat and lasted 2-3 days. I am convinced now after tracking after my most recent injections that I am having the same number of headaches and some are harder to treat. ... Show Full Comment

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I am coming up on the one year mark for treatment of my migraines of which I am a long time sufferer. 9-18 headache days a month. At first I thought that I was seeing some relief, although when I had a headache it seemed harder to treat and lasted 2-3 days. I am convinced now after tracking after my most recent injections that I am having the same number of headaches and some are harder to treat. I also have increased nausea and light headedness. I have constant neck and shoulder pain now. I have always dealt with tension in the neck and shoulders, but it is more pain and constant. My forehead feels dead and my eyebrows are drooping some. If the results were headache free days, I would deal with these inconveniences, but I am going to discontinue treatment and start over. So disappointed.
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Reviewer: Lanikai, 25-34 Female on Treatment for 1 to less than 2 years (Patient)

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The Botox not only was highly ineffective for me, but also left me with horrible neck and shoulder pain. My first Botox was over a year ago, a week after that I woke up with a frozen neck and shoulders pain. I was waiting for the 3 months mark for a relief, but it never came. It seems that the muscles that were injected became paralyzed and other ones started overcompensating, and thus became very ... Show Full Comment

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The Botox not only was highly ineffective for me, but also left me with horrible neck and shoulder pain. My first Botox was over a year ago, a week after that I woke up with a frozen neck and shoulders pain. I was waiting for the 3 months mark for a relief, but it never came. It seems that the muscles that were injected became paralyzed and other ones started overcompensating, and thus became very tight and painful. Neck MRI came normal. 4 months ago I was talked again into the Botox and the neck pain and stiffness got only worse. On top of that I am having this horrid nerve-like pain on the left side of my head. Besides, the Botox never helped with my migraines. So please be careful, cause you may end up worse than before.. What did help me is nortryptyline. The last couple months no more migraines - but still a horrid muscle pain. I feel like I just traded up a new pain for onther, the one that is there all the time :(
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