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Dear AJ,
Thank you for writing back. I am glad we found one another. It sounds like our attacks are somewhat similar. Thank you for writing. It was so weird how this whole thing came about. 2 years ago almost exactly I had my first attack and vomited 3 times. We thought it was food poisoning. Then 3 months later the same thing happened and continued every 3-4 months. At the time I had the Merina IUD. Once the 5 years came close to removing the IUD the attacks came closer together. Since May I have had monthly attacks. Hormones definitely play a role. Since past March I have had all the tests to make sure there wasn't something else wrong. I have so many questions for you. Are your attcks that are accompanied with vomiting painful? Mine are debilitating. How often do your attacks lead to vomiting? How long were you on the amytriptyline? Did you find that when you went off it things were a little better or stabilized? I am hoping to be on it temporarily.

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