I am 22 years old and I began having migraines in the third grade when I was 8 years old.
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My mother and grandmother had migraines throughout their teen years, but were lucky enough to "grow out of them." My grandmother doesn't seem to understand why I haven't grown out of them, too, and I find that very frustrating.
I know this isn't just a phase.
My migraines became more severe in the past 3 years. I began waking up with a migraine every morning. The pain was predominantly on the right side of my head with intense pain in my ear as well as the back of my eye. Sometimes the migraines were so severe that I would lose my vision completely. Nausea generally accompanied my pain, but not usually any vomiting. I've been to the emergency room, sleep specialists, a dietician, internal medicine doctors, and three different neurologists in the past 14 years, yet no one could help me. One of the neurologists I saw actually treated me as if I was a burden and she had no interest in looking for a possible cure.
My pain eventually got so bad that I was forced to take a medical leave of absence during my second year of college.
I called in sick to work many times and that made me paranoid about my job security and I stressed about how much of a burden I was to my employer. Luckily I was a qualified candidate for Family Medical Leave of Absence (FMLA) time and was granted an extra four sick days a month without any negative consequences. This program was a savior!
Finally, this past November I saw a new neurologist at a different healthcare facility.
In the first visit she took me off the Topamax that I'd been taking for 3 years, which was completely useless and put me on 2 doses of amitryptyline nightly, Maxalt and naproxen for abortive treatment, and Imitrex injections for the severe migraines. With this combination of medications I have been doing wonderfully.
Instead of having a migraine daily, I generally have about six per month. With the Maxalt, naproxen, and Imitrex, I am easily able to get rid of those migraines when they sneak up on me during the day or in the morning. My new neurologist helped more in a one-hour consultation than all of the doctors I've seen over the past 14 years combined.
I was able to return to school this past January and am excited to be almost finished with my Medical Administration degree.
However, roughly a month later, my body started to catch up with the medication and the migraines were returning. They started to become more severe and mroe frequent than they were in the last few years.
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