Migraine

Now that we're caught up with how we got here, I figured I'd talk about my migraines.

I first started getting migraines around 2005.  I really didn't know anything about migraines.  But I had never been in this kind of pain.  I had a really stressful job at the time, and I was dealing with some anxiety as well.  I finally got insurance through my job, so I went to the dr.  He diagnosed it as migraines.  From there, I got either an MRI or CAT scan, I don't remember which one.  The scans came back clear, so he started me on some "preventive medicine" and gave me a prescription for a rescue medicine. I also started tracking my migraines.  At this point I was in pain all the time.  That was driving my anxiety up.

Between 2005 and now I've taken so many different preventive medicines that I don't even remember what all they were.  This is also when I found out that I can't tolerate imitrex (which is one of the biggest rescue meds.)

I've tried going to the chiropractor.  I've done acupuncture.  I've had my eyes checked so many times.

I can remember one day I had an extra bad migraine.  I stapled a blanket in front of the bedroom window and threw a clock off the wall.

I've lost jobs because I called in sick too much.  But there were days when I couldn't even fathom trying to drive to work.

Finally in 2013 I was able to try botox.  It hurts so bad.  But it worked so good for me.  It was a total game changer for me.  I had 2 sessions, and then I lost my job and insurance.

Currently nothing is really helping.  I am in some kind of pain every single day.  It's so frustrating to live in pain and have no idea how to fix it.

I'm scheduled on 12/20 for my first round of botox with a new dr.  I hope it works as well as it did before because I really need some relief from this.

Thanks for reading!