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Chronic Migraines...32 Years and still ticking

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By laney

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I had my first migraine when I was 18. It was the only one I remember having aura, and it put me in the ER.

I didn't have another migraine for a few years so thought it was a fluke.

Then, BAM...pounding, head pulsing, feeling like someone was squeezing my head in a vise and poking my eyes with an ice pick 15-20 days a month. I've tried every med out there, was in a Botox study at Mayo clinic years ago, it worked (and I looked good too! ha) but work dropped Mayo, so no more Botox.

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Now I'm on 200 mg Topamax, 10 mg amitriptyline daily and Imitrex 100 mg when migraine hits. Nothing works anymore and I have to work for insurance. I get through them the best I can...good times

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