I'm 25 years old and have been living with migraines for nearly my entire life. I've had them as far as I can remember, which is about 4 years old. Fortunately, as a child I got migraines only occassionally, and like most migraine sufferers I quickly learned to cope with chronic/daily headaches, which were not nearly as bad as the migraines.
About 2-3 years ago I noticed my migraines worsening and eventually found my way to a neurologist who specializes in migraines. To my relief, he was quickly able to diagnose and treat the cause of my chronic headaches--occipital neuralgia. I now take lyrica, which works great. The pain caused by the occipital neuralgia, also, seemed to increase the frequency of my migraines, but it is clearly not the only cause. I am now on an antidepressant and I have tried a variety of antiseizure medications, which help prevent migraines, but have terrible side effects that I just can't live with.
I don't know which is worse, not being able to get out of bed because of the migraine symptoms or feeling either too tired or out-of-my mind to do anything because of the medications. Recently, I was in a position where I was out of work for a few months, and I found myself feeling well more days than not and was able to enjoy my life. Now that I'm back working, albeit less than before, I am finding myself back in a situation where I feel too sick most days to do my job properly and many times can't even make it to work. When I do feel well, I end up making up for lost work days and missing out on spending time with my fiance.
Ideally, I think it would be best for me to work from home part-time, but we cannot afford for me not to bring home a sizeable paycheck because we have all kinds of bills, especially with upcoming wedding and new house. I cannot think of a winning solution so that I can feel well more often and be able to both spend time with my fiance and work.
Does anyone have any advice?!
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