4 years ago
I just wanted to write a review of my experience u...
I just wanted to write a review of my experience up to now with Dr. Green chiropractic and the headache clinic. I recently found this clinic when doing a google search after suffering from an increase of frequency of migraines and was forced to call into work again. My work had already threatened to write me up for leaving early 4 times in a month due to my migraines. I thought I had them under control, but once again I was losing my control over them.
Let me just give a short back story on my migraines. I have been suffering from them since I was about 10 years old, sixth grade, I believe. I am almost 45 now, a long time to suffer. I remember the doctor prescribing midrin back them. Midrin would basically knock me out, not always ridding me of all of the pain, but made it manageable for sure. As time went on, my severity of pain and frequency of occurrences would increase. I would be in bed for days in the dark. I would suffer at work and school. Any strong scents, bright lights, loud sharp noises, movements or basically anything I did during a migraine would just make it that much unbearable.
By the time I was in my 20 s and had 2 children, i would be taking excedrin migraine multiple times a day. I knew if I woke up with an echo of a migraine, I had to nip in the bud before it grew. Nothing besides excedrin migraine would work. I finally saw my doctor about them again. They would try the sprays, the pills you take at the first sign of an onset. They would all work the first few times and were all very expensive. I can t tell you how many days were ruined in my life from these horrible migraines. Most employers do not understand either, they think it is just a headache. I would always try to explain, the nausea caused from the pounding in your head that feels like your brain is trying to escape. How once you start vomiting that it is all over then, because then you become dehydrated and that aggravates your head even more. You end up crying in a fetal position before finally relenting to go to the doctor or emergency room for shots which help but never seem to really fix all the pain. The echo still remains and your body is exhausting from being tensed up for so long.
Doctors would occasionally try things to solve the problem causing it. Tried hormones, blood pressure medication and different diets, none of those helped. I never wanted narcotics because I always feared addiction and I knew like the migraine pills they would not work forever.
The last time I was hospitalized they put benadryl in my iv, I took note and started taking benadryl before bed and that seemed to be my savior, until January when they came back to haunt me again. Which brings me to the day i finally googled thinking there has got to be a better way.
On my first appointment I felt quite hopeful. The office is a very calm welcoming place. Everyone is so nice, i just can t say enough good things about everyone. Dr Green asked questions, he did a physical exam of my neck and spine, took x-rays. He made me realize just how many moments I have missed out on due to the severe pain. I had this aha moment, during the exam when he pressed on 2 different places on the base of my neck. Oh boy, that is exactly where and how they start. This was neck pain that traveled across the top of my head to my eyebrows. I knew right there and then, I was going to be saved.
I am currently about a week and a half away from the completion of my treatment. I found out I have a forward posture neck alignment. The way my neck was aligned and how bound up my spine was caused all the stress and tension to carry in my neck causing my migraines. I have decreased use of excedrin migraine. I have had much less migraines happening. When I do start having them, I just do my at home exercises with my yoga brick and I can get it under control. I feel great, the first week of treatment I notice my increase of energy and I could even breathe better. I slept more soundly as well. My only regret is not doing this sooner.