Hi everyone!
My cycle was from mid-April to mid-June this year, and while the last attack was a month ago, I still have shadows daily and almost non-stop. My shadows are a pain in the neck that is followed by face swelling on the side of an attack. So, now, I have a swelling that lasts 30 minutes to one hour, then it goes away for 30 mins, then it comes up again, and so on. It’s not that painful, but it annoys me a lot and affects my mood and work.
To address the issue, my doctor initially prescribed me Cymbalta 30mg, which I took for 3 weeks with little to no effect, and the dose was raised to 60 mg this week.
Has anyone faced a similar pattern? What are your thoughts on Cymbalta? And should I even call the cycle over, given the persisting shadows?
To give you some color, I had CH for 15 years but got diagnosed correctly only this year in Turkey. I appreciate my doc a lot, but 1) some of our communication is getting lost in translation, and 2) I got prescribed only 6-8l of oxygen(vs 15 recommended here) and rizatriptan (vs sumatriptan), which may or may not suggest that the doc has outdated info on what works more efficiently.
PS. I am a newbie here, and would like to thank all the contributors! I learned a lot from you guys over the last few days .
Thank you!
Victor
