What I have been told by a psychiatrist (and don’t completely agree with) is that unless you’re trying to get medication to treat symptoms, it doesn’t matter which one you have / get diagnosed with. The non-medication treatments are the same for both.
I’m sorry I don’t have a more helpful answer. Sometimes things are more connected than we’d like, and we can’t always separate them.
I’ve recently started taking medication to reduce the frequency of my migraines. I’m still not sure if it’s done anything for the migraines, but it’s had the side effect of making my ADHD symptoms more manageable. I really wasn’t expecting that.
While that’s true for over the counter migraine meds which are usually just an NSAID or Tylenol with caffeine, I suspect OP is referring to the preventative RX medication you take every single day and takes a long time (months, irrc) to see if it has any improvement. Which is why it’s interesting that it helps! I wonder if that’s a known benefit.
Also OP hope it helps with your migraines too! They are horrific. And if you’re able and need a rescue/acute med when you do have please talk to doctor about if triptans would work for you. Not recommended for people with Aura headaches or on SSRIs but they work great if you can take them.
What I have been told by a psychiatrist (and don’t completely agree with) is that unless you’re trying to get medication to treat symptoms, it doesn’t matter which one you have / get diagnosed with. The non-medication treatments are the same for both.
I’m sorry I don’t have a more helpful answer. Sometimes things are more connected than we’d like, and we can’t always separate them.
I’ve recently started taking medication to reduce the frequency of my migraines. I’m still not sure if it’s done anything for the migraines, but it’s had the side effect of making my ADHD symptoms more manageable. I really wasn’t expecting that.
Your migrane medication tends to have stimulants to increase it’s efficacy (usually caffeine), I guess it’s enough for ADHD symptom management
While that’s true for over the counter migraine meds which are usually just an NSAID or Tylenol with caffeine, I suspect OP is referring to the preventative RX medication you take every single day and takes a long time (months, irrc) to see if it has any improvement. Which is why it’s interesting that it helps! I wonder if that’s a known benefit.
Also OP hope it helps with your migraines too! They are horrific. And if you’re able and need a rescue/acute med when you do have please talk to doctor about if triptans would work for you. Not recommended for people with Aura headaches or on SSRIs but they work great if you can take them.