I've been prone to migraine auras and 98% of the headaches that follow are nagging low level ones that I don't bother to take anything for. They are a little unpleasant though and can last for a couple of days. The 2% are very rare but are killers...6 hours of hell on earth. Wow. Glad there aren't many of those. They're too few to be concerned about for now.

A few yrs ago I tried Concerta and what with the already existing aura-migraine thing it just made them more frequent. I stopped the Concerta after a week or so.

I found out after that, that I had developed a sensitivity to certain foods in the past 10 yrs or so and the chemical tyramine [found in some foods and a known migraine trigger] was responsible for my headaches. That and high blood pressure combined may have made the Concerta attempt impossible.

My Doc gave me a choice of things to try in the ADD stimulant range. Why I picked Concerta again I don't know. I wasn't going to. But my diet has been adjusted for a long time now and my BP is under control with meds. I'm crossing my fingers. I've had visual things going on a few times today that aren't actual migraine auras but feel like they could be related. Not felt this before...new sensation but familiar somehow. Constant tightness in my head, I wonder how my blood pressure is?

I'm not freaking out or worrying all over creation like it must sound like. Just writing some things down. I'll give this a go as prescribed unless there's some really intolerable thing going on and I have to go back to the Doc.

Crap...I've waited a long time to try this type of med again. Maybe I should have given one of the others a shot first. Why the hell did I say Concerta again?? Oh well...the others will be there if and when this one is ineffective/intolerable etc. I'm a little impatient maybe...haha...it's cool. I'm just a wee bit enthused/mortified by it all after waiting so long with a ton of expectations etc. Let 'er roll...let's see what happens...no worries! Only nagging little doubts...and I'll squash those for now.