My sister has done it for quite some time. She's says the added benefit of no wrinkles is a nice side effect. It really helps her a lot.

I also get Botox for wrinkles around my eyes and 'the elevens' and have no side effects at all except that it seems to have reduced my migraines somewhat. A nice benefit. They have become less frequent and less intense when I do start to get one.

My step daughter has injections for her severe migraines with very good results.

GF had it done and it seems to help as she's continued with the treatment, though she's decided against as many shots as they had given her originally. And she looks much younger now! :)

I meant to ask, what side effects have you been told about and by whom? Did you discuss this with the doctor or his nurse at the clinic where you are planning to get the injections? Are there potential side effects if you are on certain medications? I can't recall about that, but it's been a while since I started doing the injections and don't have any pre-existing conditions or take any medications other than vitamins and supplements.

Good Morning Outside! What I've read about for side effects is mostly about an extremely stiff neck....so much so where you can't look down and that it lasts for weeks. I love to read and garden so I think that might cause an issue there in addition to just my everyday life. I am off for the summer so that's a benefit right now. I also have heard about it causing drooping or puffy eyelids. I have a busy couple months coming up with my youngest heading off to college and I just don't want anything to interfere. I tolerate my migraines .... And have for years....I don't want to add anything to them that I will regret... Even if it might make me look a bit younger:). I have talked with my doctor about my hesitation but she feels with my frequency of headaches I have nothing to lose. I had a very brave moment last week when I saw her and made an appointment for Botox for August 1 but now I'm not so sure. I do take a preventative daily which has cut down on the severity on the headaches, but I seem to have a headache almost daily. I also take vitamins and supplements to help with them, but they still remain. I have an appointment today to try a nerve block so we will see.....

This is unwanted advice but I have to ask whether you're putting stress on your neck muscles. DD also suffers from this and finds this makes a difference; also, using a computer at a level that is too high can cause you to lift your shoulders a small bit, causing a pain in your neck that goes straight to your head. I mention because you say you have headaches every day and I hope the botox works out for you.

I still get migraines, I always have. They are less frequent since I got a hysterectomy and stopped drinking caffeine. I don't know if the Botox has helped at all with the headaches.

Sjerin- Thanks for the advice...wish it was as easy as adjusting my neck muscles:). I'd be going for those luscious massages more often! My migraines are hereditary ... My Mom, Uncle, grandmother, and sometimes my Sister get them. Mine are directly related to changes in the barometric pressure. I should be a weather forecaster....I probably would be more accurate:)

Sabbath....I did have a hyst at 29 ....I think that did help with the severity of mine....I used to have to be locked up in a dark, silent room with a cold pack on my head for hours, if not days. Strong, strong, coffee used to help my headaches, but my doc wanted me to cut back so I did, but I've noticed no difference in frequency.

I have to sit in a dark room with no interruptions as well. I had one Saturday night and it was rough, thankfully I didn't vomit. I hate when I vomit because it's as though the pounding pain pounds harder after I vomit. Then I just lay on the bathroom floor just holding my head while I am in awful pain. I hate migraines. I get them about 6-8 times a year, maybe more. It's truly awful, I am sorry that you have to deal with them.

Oh Sabbath...I feel for you.....I haven't had one of those in a very long time....not since I started my daily preventative Topamax....I will never give that up!!

I can understand how you feel. I have dysphonia and the only treatment is to inject botox in to the voice box in my neck. I made the appt. but then cancelled it. Since then I found a way to cure myself and can speak again. I will say my bil gets botox for headaches and he's doing very well on it. Been on it for five years.

Thank you everyone for sharing their ideas and comments....it really has given me thoughts to think about......as an update .....I was scheduled for a nerve block today so I spoke to my doctor about my fears. She was terrific. She explained why the specific things that I am afraid of might happen ...and I know she's telling me the exact reason because I researched it. She also told me that she is an "approved" doctor by the manufacturer of Botox ... Allergan....told me specific sites to look at....but she told me she understands my fears and it's totally up to me.....she will honor whatever I want.....she just wants me to feel better❤️ So today I had a bupivacaine nerve block ....injections into my forehead only, since she didn't want to overwhelm me, and because that is where my pain mostly always is, behind my eyes. There were little stabs, no big deal, and then some stinging with the anesthetic being injected.....not a big deal either compared with a migraine....in my opinion. My head already feels lighter!! It's amazing what it feels like to NOT have a headache....I don't think I know the feeling:). Each person responds differently to these nerve blocks regarding how long they last but I am thinking positively:).

I've had migraines since I was 12. I thought once I no longer got a period the migraines would cease. Nope. No luck. I take one sumatriptan (100mg) tablet, along with one or two aleve. In less than 20 minutes the throbbing has stopped. No doctor has ever suggested botox to me. As long as a single tablet can control the pain, there's no reason to go to such extremes. I do forget who recommended taking the naproxum sodium (aleve) along with the sumatriptan, but it has been a dream combination. Before I submitted to botox, I'd try medication.

While I know everyone is different, GF has had migraines for years so the docs had her on vasoconstrictors for many years. She ended up having a heart attack. Fortunately it was a mild one and she's fine now, but no more vasoconstrictors for her. They think that's what caused it since she's always been physically active, has maintained her weight, and has no family history of heart disease, and she was only 60 at the time.

Annie - that sure is a scary side effect ...trying to help one problem and causing what could have been a deadly one. I do take a tryptan medication to stop a migraine...that is definitely something I am going to ask my doctor about at my next appointment. Thank you.

Clearwater - I definitely tried sumatriptan..as well as every over the counter product available! One I especially like is Goody's Headache Powder...although it feels like an illegal drug the way some of its packaged:). I have probably tried most of the medications available for migraines...My husband used to even give me shots of DHE and Toradol in my butt! His skill was better than the doctor...he made believe he was playing darts:). So..right now I am on a preventative medication morning and night, as well as vitamins to supplement it...so Botox is definitely not my first choice. The nerve block I received yesterday still has me headache free...I slept like a baby last night....so maybe I found my answer instead of Botox. I am thinking positively!

AJ, thanks for the explanation of some expected side effects. I know several people who have taken Botox injections, including my DD (for wrinkles around the eyes), and no one I know has experienced those or any other side effects. Yes, there is a little 'paralysis' if you will in the eyebrow area afterward for a few days if you've had injections between the eyebrows. What that means is that you can't really raise your eyebrows or squint as much as previously. It goes away.

I too have been taking Topomax for a few years, but have cut back to almost half of what I started taking. I also have a prescription for Relpax to take as needed if a bad migraine starts. Sometimes I can take only a half of one of those now and it knocks it out. My miracle drug. Mine are also highly related to barometric pressure. And I garden and read a lot too. I have one of these and it has saved me (my neck especially) and other body parts after running or just general neck and back soreness.

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Then there's meditation which seems to shorten the impact of migraines.

Outside.....thanks for the link. I ordered two...one for me and one for my daughter to take to college. I think she will love that!

Annie....I tried biofeedback and flunked out....not sure how I'd do with meditation:). Interesting article though.....

If you're on Facebook, you might join a group called move against migraine.

Sylvia... I just joined it yesterday....thank you for mentioning it.

AJ I think you will love the Addaday roller. You can use as much pressure as you want and those balls really get to the knots. I take mine on road trips and use it when my neck gets knotted if I sleep wrong.