...that doesn't leave you utterly wiped out and good for nothing?!
I've suffered chronic migraine for 20 years, but it's manageable with prophylactic propranolol, and more recently I finally scored sumatriptan plus metaclopramide for when one takes hold. Why they couldn't have offered me that years ago I don't know.
The sumatriptan is good for clearing the pain within an hour or two, but the side effects have been worsening lately - the constricted sensation in my throat and painful swallowing, the numbness in my face and the bleary, drowsy, unable-to-think-straight effect wasn't conducive to getting on with my work (WFH full time at present).
I asked for Rizatriptan as an alternative, and tried it for the first time yesterday when I abruptly developed a cracker out of nearly nowhere (went from a mild pain that might have faded away on its own, to a crashing migraine in a matter of minutes).
Again it was good for the pain, I laid down and listened to some music and it cleared it within 45 minutes (brilliant!) - but found I then couldn't wake up properly, speak coherently or even stand and walk very well. I kept trying but had to go back to bed, plus it plunged me into a very dark mood. After 3 hours I managed to stagger downstairs but I felt "out of it" for another hour or so.
Sadly the pain is back today (hasn't floored me yet, maybe it'll fade) and I have 3 giant reports to write.
Are there any alternatives to triptans? I know I can ask my GP but I seem to be contacting them a lot lately, and sometimes the collective knowledge and experience of MN is better...gives me a solution to approach them with!