hi my name is angie,and i have suffered migraines since ive been 16,now 57,ive never found relieve from a migraine unless i get a shot at the hospital,and its nubaine,or demerol,i am taking topiramate 100mg it does not help a full blown migraine,our doctors here in virginia are afraid to describe something for a patient that would help would be a type 2 drug becouse there are so many of them are using dr,to get pills and dont need them,and when they do the doc, looses her or his license to practice,so it makes it hard on us that really need the help,even at the hospital its not easy to get the right drug for the migraine,but i do get my shot becouse i refuse all others and make them take out my folder,it takes a bit more time but its worth it for me,it is a hospital after all,im origanilly from germany and there my doc,usually gave me cafergot,it helped for a good while,till they got stronger,now here in the usa,its a lot harder to get help for a cluster migraine and my doc.knows that is what it is,she took a mri,just to find out,and it is in the familie,so there ya go,like so many other things one inherits from the mother or father,thanks right!!!not that i blame my parents gosh no how could they know,my son had them just as bad if not worse than i he used to hit his head against the wall crying,but would not go to a doctor,,,im a bit excuse me but my son passed away 2 years ago this month he had a massive heart attack and passed instantly,its still hard for me to realize he is gone,he was my first born,he was 38,and full of live,walked to and from work every day,xuse me,this is about migraines,i could never get him to go to a doc,well i went to a specialist and was very disapointet in him,he had me bend over and walk back and forth then told me oh yes i can tell u have a migraine,i ask him well how do u know just by what i just did i did not tell him that i had one while i was there,he offered me a nasal spray with morphine,i declined,becouse of his way of diagnosing my dellipdating migraine i was very angry at that man calling himself a neuraligist,,i did not trust him at all,and told my doctor ,thats when she told me about the mri i was all for that thats the way we found out i had the cluster on my right side of the brain unfortunantly no one is able to do surgery on anything like that,so i take the TOPIRAMAT every day 2 times and hope for the best,i did get online and got a lot of info,from ur site about medication that i will show her,wheter she will give me any of it will be another story,lol,like i said the docs around here are afraid to give out good druggs that would actually help people that need it and would not abuse it espaccialy me with the hystory of clurter migraines i have,i can not stay on my computer for long it also gives me migraines and the meds i have do not work,so thats all i have to say on that,i just wish the docs in the usa would have more leeway than they do,with the paitients they have,espacyally in this area,thank you,for reading and listening,im hoping someone can help me find the right medication,thanks all    Angie