Chronic Migraines
Hello, I had a few questions to those who suffer from migraines. I had migraines when I was 6 or 7, had them for a few years and then they just went away. Back in 2008 I started to have them again. I have been to 3 neurologists (first one had no new input, just refilled my prescriptions that I got at a med check, the second had a horrible horrible nurse who wouldn't call back unless you threatened to call the nursing board and this was after 3 days of waiting, and the last didn't even try. He finally said "I can't help you, find someone else"), I have been to the chiropractor, a family doctor and a headache specialist. I have been on over 20 different medications in the last 7 years, as well as Botox, had 2 MRI's and a sleep study and saw a chiropractor until I couldn't afford it anymore (It was running around 400/month). The only medication that ever worked was Darvocet. I was never addicted, never had heart palpatations, it never made me sick and it got rid of my migraine in about 15 minutes. I am 33 now, had to cut down to part time at work, am in very real danger of losing my job, attempting to go to school and I have been denied disability, even though I can have migraines in upwards of 7 days a week (it varies week to week, even day to day). I really do not know what to do. I have tried oils, cutting different things out of my diet, changing the lightbulbs in my house to be softer and in a blue-tinged light (it's supposed to help). I am not sure what else to do. I am about 8,000.00 in credit card debt because of the reduced hours at work and I still have bills to pay (medical and repairs for 16 year old car). My family doesn't know I am in such debt, I can't tell them. My mom has told me to just "suck it up" and "deal with it". I also can't ask them for anything as my dad died of pancreatic cancer this past December and my sister is pretty much the golden child, she can do no wrong.
Oh wow, sorry this is so long. If anyone has any suggestions, I am open to anything at this point. I will eat dirt if you tell me it will cure any illness. Currently for migraines I am taking just plain old Excedrin Migraine, as any sort of prescription has run out/not worked, and putting ice on my head/neck and just sleeping it off. Thank you guys so much and I'm sorry that I wrote way too much. Thank you.