Intuition?

This is kind of a rant, so be warned if you aren't in the mood for that! 

I have had migraines since I was about 16. At one point I had mixed headaches for 23 days out of the month. Fortunately I am getting a lot fewer headaches these days. Last month I had 6 which is pretty good. For the last couple years since graduating college I saw several doctors about the headaches. Same conclusion every time: a lot of migraines. Many tests and preventive medication later, same conclusion. For the past 9 -12 months I have more or less been managing them on my own, and pretty well (compared to what the doctors were doing for me!). I did go to a new doctor to get a refill for Imitrex, the only drug that (mostly) stops the migraines (most of the time). Of course he suggested antidepressants as a preventive. For those who don't know if you get more than 2 migraines a month or something like that, doctors suggest you take a preventive. These can be several classes of antidepressants, seizure medication, heart medication, and on and on. To name a few I have tried antidepressants: amitriptyline, nortriptilyne, cymbalta, effexor, zoloft, trazodone; seizure: depakote, topamax, neurontin; heart medication: verapimil (I have low blood pressure so I didn't get very far with those).

Anyway I have tried a lot; those are most of what I have tried for preventives. And there are more and there will be more. I do not wish to experiment with any of those medications at this time...and probably never. 

I have been adamant about this and sometimes the dr doesn't understand why I won't try those things if I want to have less headaches. Well, because I want to have less headaches some other way...duh!

Today I was reading some medical news for fun as I occasionally do, and came across a very interesting article. It basically says that people who take triptans (I take Imitrex and sometimes others for migraines) might be at risk for serotonin syndrome if they take certain types of antidepressants (and i have taken several of those types). I am pretty sure I don't have serotonin syndrome because the symptoms sound horrible and it is rare, but the point is that I am not the only one who doesn't want to mix that shit! I guess my intuition was right on about not taking any more antidepressants. I'm glad to see it's working.

Thanks for reading my rant!