I have records going back 8 or 9 years since I've been seeing my primary doctor (actually had migraines since I was 15, but didn't become chronic until I was 21, which is when I started seeing her). I saw my neurologist last year, and he said the last course of action was Botox, which is expensive as hell, so that's one thing I couldn't try. Before that though, I was seeing him every 3 months for some 3 or 4 years.

I follow my doctors orders, and see her every 2 months, only missing 2-3 appointments in the 8 or 9 years I've been seeing her. Been to physical therapy, saw a psychiatrist, had tons of X-rays, CT scans, 3 MRI's, pretty much every blood test available, you name it I've had it done, and we're still no closer to finding what's causing my migraines to be chronic, and so severe.

The meds I'm on make it hard to do work as well. I have to take Vicodin for when nothing else eases them. Most of the time though Gabapentin and Tramadol manages the pain and pretty much all of those medications make me drowsy. I'm also on blood pressure medicine Propranolol. We're still trying whatever we can when I see her, even off-label stuff in the chance that it'd work. They're not rebound headaches, which we've seen as the frequency of migraines were still the same when I quit taking those stronger meds.

I wouldn't wish these migraines on anyone. If only the disability people could see the 2-3 day stretches where I'm laying in bed almost in tears (and this is coming from a 29 year old man) on my worst days where the migraines are hard to manage.

Thanks for your response. I know lots of people complain about 'migraines' and it makes those of us who do suffer look bad. You know the type "Oh, I got a migraine today", and they're pretty much their usual self. They might have a bad headache, but those don't compare to migraines at all.