Triptans, Am I alone in this?

I take one and more often than not within a few hours the pain does back off, but then...today its 4 hours....
The pain moves to the other side.....It is bizarre and I know they seem to effect us all differently.
BUT am I the only one that get this please?
I don't understand how they can do this....
P
Snow 5" deep, is the the end of the season change exacerbation???

Pen,

1. You are not alone with the M "switching sides." It happens to me often.
2. If the snow is 5" already, you are also dealing with barometric pressure issues. We're due for snow tomorrow & I can feel it in my head already.

Rachel

Mine used to switch sides. In fact, I knew it wasn't over until it crossed over to the other side and then just took over my whole head. It doesn't do that now that I can usually abort them before they move. They are now almost always on my right side.

Mine used to always be on the right side, when they were episodic. Now that they've progressed to being chronic, they jump all over the place and the pain is constant--just changing in the intensity. Seldom below a 5 out of 10.

Becky

Pen,

It sounds like you're saying that after taking a triptan, a few hours afterwards it comes back but on the opposite side of your head. Am I understanding you correctly? If so, no, that does not happen to me. 99% of the time when I take a triptan, the migraine completely goes away and stays away for at least 24 hours. Usually, once I take a triptan, I don't get a migraine again for several days or even as long as a few weeks.

Chris

Yes Chris, you got it. they never take it away, they just help, and often, but not always, they push to the other side.
It has to return to the right side to go away and even then I might only get one day or maybe two before its back.
this has been since September, I have no idea why, but it is beating me...

Rachel328 wrote:Pen,

1. You are not alone with the M "switching sides." It happens to me often.
2. If the snow is 5" already, you are also dealing with barometric pressure issues. We're due for snow tomorrow & I can feel it in my head already.

Rachel

I dont know much about barometric stuff, but my head has been lousy since October.....
They told me when winter came properly it should improve, and now we have snow....
So more Triptans..

Anyone explain this please? Is there a good or a bad?
One more likely to be a migraine trigger.....
Excuse ignorance, but really dont follow how this effects us.
ant see there is anything we can do either...