I have chronic migraines, which rather became chronic because of the Firbromyalgia and co-triggers (such as severe photophobia).  Apparently this also makes my migraines more difficult to treat, as a result I have had some extreme problems finding a preventative for the migraines.  I am now trying a combo of Lyrica and Cymbalta... both of which help with nerve pain and FMS pain but not so much with the migraines.

So my doctor is putting me on a 21 day drug program composed of a calcium channel blocker and a tranquilizer to break me free of my migraine cycle.  Because the FMS is really triggering the migraines, such that I can't even tell if new medications are doing anything at all... the migraines are almost daily.  Hopefully this will work... I am on day ten and so far not so much.

This is a huge deal because the chronic migraines cause me to miss a great deal of work, and make me work while having them as well (which really just makes a migraine dang hard to treat anyway)... whereas FMS does not cause me to miss work (just makes it a sucky sometimes, expecially a flare of IBS-D).  My boss is getting very snarky and in fact demanded I come in when I tried to call in sick with a migraine, I did and was extremely upset... the pain and the feeling I could do nothing about it caused my facade to crack and I could not stop crying.  The boss then left (nice of her) and told the assistent manager Not to Let me Leave (which frankly is illigal) so I called HR and left.  I also made an appointment with my neurologist, who then put me on this short leave, which is rather ironic.  That'l show her to be so snarky!