Wise Guy Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 Can migraines be secondary to the pills for PTSD? The VA gave me these pills for anxiety to treat the PTSD. Now I’m awaiting my rating for PTSD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 AllTheWay Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 Great advice. Also like someone had stated to me from hadit in the past. Don't just look as secondary to PTDS. Are your service connected for TBI? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Content Curator/HadIt.com Elder Vync Posted April 7, 2020 Content Curator/HadIt.com Elder Share Posted April 7, 2020 On 4/4/2020 at 8:31 AM, AllTheWay said: Just make sure that you do some research. Have evidence to back up your claim. I have recently submitted a claim for migraines secondary to PTSD and other serviced connected disabilities and from side effects from medications for serviced connected disabilities. Had a C&P exam with LHI, of course a nurse practitioner, he stated that PTSD does not cause migraines. DENIED. As long as you have an IMO/IME stating that migraines are caused by your SC PTSD and medications for PTSD, you should be good to go. If not, you will be fighting a battle as to what I am doing as of today. In most cases, this should be sufficient. However, in doing research veterans need to pay attention to the statistics. Many drug fact sheets will break down side effects as common, uncommon/less common, rare, and even contraindicated. For rare side or contraindicated effects, be prepared for the VA to challenge the non-VA IMO/IME. The VA likes to use the statistics against the veteran. In my case, the VA gave me migraine meds for years and I had a heart attack shortly after taking the medication. The drug insert contained some strikingly scary language, but the VA C&P doc said it was statistically rare and felt other risk factors were the cause. My non-VA neuro doc examined the C&P results, my VA medical records, and came to a different conclusion. Some medications require the doctor to state in writing that they have discussed risk factors with the patient, but the VA never did this. The doctor felt the the statistically small risk of occurrence failed to account for the known presence of other risk factors, which when combined together amplified the risk significantly. GBArmy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Kuwaitin08 Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 Keep in mind the following: If a medication is claimed as causing a secondary condition, you must remember that a simple change in medication can end your benefits (with the exceptions being severe harm via heart attack or stroke or such). Remember how the VA works... I agree with the other folks on here who say to pile on the evidence proving your claim being medication, PTSD or whatever... Just my opinion... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Can migraines be secondary to the pills for PTSD? The VA gave me these pills for anxiety to treat the PTSD. Now I’m awaiting my rating for PTSD.
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Kuwaitin08
Look up the medication side effects. More importantly, migraines are definitely secondary to PTSD and typically easier to prove. Anxiety and stress absolutely cause migraines. I would absolutely recom
ShrekTheTank
Look up the medication and see if that is a side effect. When did you serve? asking because Headaches are presumptive for gulf war vets
Wise Guy
I served from Oct 2010 to Nov 2018. The medication they gave me for the anxiety does have the side effect of headaches
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