Botox and Nausea: What Users Say

• Lpa...
• September 6, 2019

For Migraine Prevention "It has been 3 months since my Botox injection for migraines. And I am so sick: dizzy, depressed, insomnia, anxiety, extreme fatigue, head feels like it is going to explode. I always feel like I want to throw up. My blood pressure is 100 over 50. Nothing relieves my pain. The neurologist actually yelled at me when I told her how sick I was. She said no way was it the Botox. Botox makes me nauseous, I can't stand up. I just want it out of my body. Wish I never did this. I'm so scared."

• Lpa...
• Taken for 1 to 2 years
• September 18, 2020

For Migraine Prevention "It has been 15 months since my only Botox injections of 151 units. My headache is 1000 times worse than before the Botox. No meds help. Lost about a foot of my hair. Nauseous, anxiety, insomnia, chest pains, ringing in ears feels like boa constrictors squeezing my arms, hard to swallow. It took my happiness away. Can't even get a botulism poison test. You have to go through the CDC. And if you're not on a ventilator at the ER then no test. The doctors lie to us to line their pockets, and we are thrown to the curb. How do they sleep at night?"

• Tar...
• January 13, 2016

For Migraine Prevention "I've been experiencing migraines since about 12 years old. I've tried every medication and been in and out of hospitals. I'm 46 now and tried Botox. I received my two series and my first was okay, but one month before, I had a migraine for two weeks. Now, just this past week, I was in the emergency room because I was crawling on the floor, my head was hurting so bad, and I was vomiting all night. I was still having around 7-8 headaches in the month. I will not be going for the third shot. I was still on the preventive, taking two different pills for onset. This seems like too much medication. I'm so frustrated with this. I'm just going to settle; this is my way of life :("

• Anx...
• Taken for 1 to 2 years
• December 23, 2012

For Migraine Prevention "Although this has greatly reduced my migraines in frequency and severity, the week after receiving it I go into extreme anxiety and weepiness that is crippling. It makes me nauseous and low. It subsides after about a week."

• Mom...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• August 12, 2018

For Urinary Frequency "I had a Botox injection into my bladder on June 21st, and last year for four days I was fine, and it felt funny not having pee running down my legs. Then, a couple of days later, I broke out really bad with a rash all over my body, and I was very sick, and I went into the emergency room at two different hospitals. I had a hard time breathing, was sick to my stomach, and I could no longer urinate and had to use catheters for two weeks, and I had to be put on one and a half worth of steroid pills and injections. I almost died from not having anyone explain to me more about the dangers. I am not still feeling like I was before the Botox. I had one injection that almost killed me. You will not submit because you don't want other patients to know the truth about what happened to me. But I will make sure that the media will know and inform the public as to what Botox can and will do to some women like me."

• Aj2...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• March 9, 2018

For Migraine Prevention "Absolutely terrible. Has had no effect or positive impact on preventing my chronic migraines. Awful side effects no one warned me about: extreme hair loss (it falls out in clumps), constant nausea, hot flashes, depression & lack of energy... just to name a few. I’m 23 and have never felt worse. Highly recommend a different treatment."

• Cor...
• October 18, 2019

For Migraine Prevention "This is an update from a June review: it's taken 7 months since my first and only round of Botox injections for migraine, that actually caused chronic migraine. Botox changes to my nerves also caused nausea for some of those months, but that's nearly ended as well. I still don't recommend Botox for migraine."

• So ...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• December 5, 2022

For Migraine "This treatment was a nightmare. My neurologist did not warn me of any potential side effects. The Botox injections took 5 minutes and didn’t hurt much. I had a migraine the rest of the day. I developed a bad headache on day 2, and on day 4 I had the worst migraine ever. It didn’t let up for over a week. My neck was too weak to support my head. I was dizzy and nauseous from the cervical instability. I was told this was normal and was shocked my neurologist hadn’t warned me! I was in severe pain and super dizzy/nauseous for two full weeks. And the treatment didn’t help my headaches at all; in fact, it made them worse."

• rkb...
• May 15, 2023

For Migraine Prevention "Botox was my last resort after everything else failed me. A week after my first treatment, I'm having nonstop headaches, shooting pains in my head, my neck and shoulders hurt more than ever, I have no energy, and I had nausea, dizziness, and stomach cramps. I wish I had never gotten this."

• ale...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• December 1, 2021

For Migraine Prevention "My daughter had daily migraines with no relief for 7 months. Finally had the chance to do Botox, all shots were administered, with pain at injection sites. So excited about the opportunity since insurance did not want to cover originally, but headache turned into a horrible 1 1/2 week long migraine, and it never got better, only worse: weak neck could not hold the head up, pain in the neck, given a muscle relaxant, which caused heavy dizziness, fainting. Dry mouth followed, terrible nausea, feeling close to vomiting, insomnia, anxiety, fear of what is going on. When we talked to the neurologist, we were told it is not from the Botox, that no one ever had those reactions. Check with the GP doctor! :) Her face is hot, she has to have a fan on at all times. Tinnitus sounds like a fire drill going on 24/7, chills all over the body, and tremors. At wit's end since no pain medication seems to help, a different kind of head pain since the Botox. Do NOT do Botox unless you have read all information, life & death!"

• CYN...
• Taken for 1 to 2 years
• March 8, 2025

For Migraine Prevention "My advice is don't do it! I have had 3 treatments, and all of them I got headaches daily. The 3rd round has really got me. I have unbelievable headaches, nausea, fatigue, swelling of my head, eyes, and ears. I get irritated easily. I'm usually a happy person. It's been over 2 months, and still having horrible side effects. Hope this gets out of my system soon. Never again!!"

• Not...
• January 30, 2020

For Migraine Prevention "I can’t take it a second time. I tolerated the pain from the Botox shots well. I have a younger look about me, at least from the cheekbones up. I don’t look like I match now. The slight rise in my eyebrows makes everyone ask if I’m mad. That’s not cool that I look kinda mad. It’s been really worrying me, wondering what happened to me until I started reading some of the comments here. I’ve got worsening anxiety and paranoia, feel nauseated, want to cry, and I’m so not myself. I just want to go to sleep and wake up feeling normal again! I’ve only felt the feeling of ice going through my veins from a toxic level of an antidepressant about 20 years ago, in which case a trip to the ER had to take place, and that’s how I found out what that was, but it was also including vomiting and diarrhea. Now I just feel like ice is going through different veins on and off, and I pretty much stay fatigued and nauseous. My headache has come back."

• mel...
• January 21, 2016

For Migraine "I'm on my third set of shots, and I'm experiencing a few problems, and I don't know if these are severe and should I be worried. On my left side, my scalp is a little raw. I have a huge knot behind my ear. I'm getting more knots in my head. I'm nauseated, dizzy, have diarrhea. I can't sleep, I can't brush my hair. My left side hurts. This is the worst headache I have had yet. My neck hurts, my left side is numb, the left side of my face is swollen, my eye is swollen also, only the left side. I get my next round of shots in March, it will be my fourth set of shots. I haven't had side effects like this before. Can anybody help me?"

• FLg...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• July 18, 2018

For Migraine Prevention "Migraines started when I was 11 years old. I'm almost 42 now. I have 22 migraine days, on average, a month. Nausea, vomiting, etc. Had my first round of Botox injections 3 weeks ago...only 1 migraine since. Still waiting to see how it affects me long-term, but so far I'm pleased."