Hi I am a new poster but I have been reading this board for awhile under Lung Cancer since my husband was diag with it last year. he has had the surgery and chemo and we hope all will be ok. I have been taking Fiorcet for over 20 years. My old doctor in another state understood what I was going through with my migraines and would always give me 120 pills a month with 5 refills. We moved to another state and I have had a new doctor for a year who also gives me the fiorcet but I know he does not want to.I have to see him once a month just to get a script. Last month I told him I wanted to stop. I just didn't want to have the stress of getting the pills every month. I have cut down to 1 a day and I have not had any trouble doing it. I thought everything would be ok until I found a post on this board posted in Jan about seizers. Since I have not had any problems getting down to 1 a day will I still have seizers. Yesterday I was not afraid but after reading that post now I am. I also take neurontin for rsd and innopran xl for a rapid heart rate. I wish that fiorcet didn't have such a bad rep.It really helps me and I cannot take any of the new migraine meds due to my rapid heart rate.I dread having migraines and no meds except tylenol but I see no other option.

Hi BDEAN
Thank you for the info on Belladonna. I looked it up and I will call my Doc to see what he has to say.I just came back from seeing him and asked him for several more fioricet and asked him about the seizures and he said he has helped people get off of fioricet and even if you take four or five a day it is safe to stop. I did know that the neurontin helps seizures as well as pain including migraines as does innopran xl (indreal) which I also take for a rapid heart rate. He did tell me to take an extra innopran when I stop the fioricet. He also gave me a script for 60 fioricet just incase. I do feel so much better without fioricet my mood is so much better and I haven't had a rebond headach for several days. I started this quest to stop when I saw his partner a few months back (he was ill) and SHE was the one who made me feel like an addict. She told me that their was better drugs out there and I was stuck in the 80's with fioricet. I do not like woman doctors. I cannot take those other drugs and was told this by my old family doc. The warnings on the newer drug to me are worse then a migraine. to me death is not an option. Thank you again for answering my post and btw I will not be taking all the fioricet that the doc gave me I will take 5 more. 1 a day for 5 days.