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Leo Fuhr wrote: > > Hans said in part: > > -BTW:If someone had migraines before PD, did the migraines get less > frequent --------- > > and less severe, as PD progressed?? Did the use of certain meds for PD > cause > > a worsening of the migraines again?? > > > > Hans. > > In my case, I have not had a migraine since 1995 and I was diagnosed > w/Parkinson's in Nov. 1997 and strted on SinemetCR at that time. I still > do get headaches, but now they are mostly centered in the lower base of my > skull and coexist with the stiff neck/shoulders. No over or between the > eyes migraine with the "wavy lines" visual effects of earlier migraines. > The present headaches are more often related to overuse of my eyes like > with the computer, close work or appear at the end of dose times of my > sinemetCR. > > Jeanette ------------------------------------------------------------------------- In my case, it was the parlodel that did it - made the migraines much worse. When I went off it, the migraines became less intense. Then started a maintenance dose of propanalol, and hardly ever had a migraine again. Until just recently. Now i take Imitrex. But I think that age and hormones have something to do with it, too. Hilary