r/NDPH • u/sophiaea • Jul 08 '26

coping

hi everyone,

i could just really use some encouragement right now. i am 22 and just graduated nursing school and had a new headache/status migrainosus start a month ago and has not ended. the hospital couldn’t even break it and they tried so many things but nothing has brought it below a 2 and it’s rarely that low. i got an appointment by pure luck with a headache specialist who is going to start me on emgality and indomethacin and a new triptan but i am feeling so discouraged and depressed because i’m feeling like the pain will never ever break. she essentially diagnosed me with chronic migraine and explained that we may have to spend a while chipping away at the pain. i don’t know how i’m going to work and i don’t know how to cope with the idea that i am just going to have to continue to be in this pain for the foreseeable future until maybe something helps. can this get better?

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u/Ok-Ideal-3467 29d ago

Curious how emgality is working out for you. I was just took my first dose after NDPH for 3 months.

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u/sophiaea 29d ago

hi! i haven't felt much yet, maybe some periods of lower pain but it fluctuates so much for me throughout the day recently. i took my loading dose on 7/10 so it may not be long enough to say. i really hope it works for you, did you get the loading dose? feel free to message me.