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Can't Find My Trigger

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By janicecooper

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Hi, I am a 47-year-old female who has had migraines for 25 years.

I used to get only 3 or 4 attacks a year with about 1 or 2 sending me to the ER because they wouldn't respond to my prescription medication but now they are happening 6-8 a month. I can't find my trigger. I thought it was sugar, but that's not it. They happen at different times, and sometimes I wake up with them.

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Just recently, they started causing extreme (lay in the bed for days) fatigue that would last for days afterward. My vision is always affected with them, and sometimes nausea. I get so frustrated because people think it's an excuse to call in from work or something.

I am an RN and a martial artist, so I can take some pain, but these lately are just over the top.

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