All that changed January 2009. At the end of my pregnancy with my fourth child i developed pre-eclampsia. I was induced since it was only a few days before my due date. It appeared that my blood pressure had normalized and I was discharged two days later. The first day home my migraines were back and brutal. I attributed it to the change in hormones. When my daughter was 8 days old I was feeling particularly bad. I took my blood pressure and it was 179/119. I was told to go immediately to the ER. Once there they treated my migraine , my uncontrollable vomiting with nausea meds and my bp with iv bp medicine. The pain medicine and bp medicine should have both brought my bp down. Instead it climbed to 210/135. I was transfered to the hospital I delivered at and admitted. An mri showed white matter changes that the doctor was concerned could have been MS. (That has since been ruled out). My blood pressure has never normalized. I suffer daily moderate to severe migraines and now also suffer widespread pain. I now believe the increase in the migraines are a symptom rather than the diagnosis. I am hoping that posting here will help me work through the stress of this debilitating illness.
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