My migraine started 9/10/07 after a tilt-a-whirl ride with my kids at a carnival. None of the GPs at my practice, 2 urgent care docs, 2 ER docs, or my neuro think the carnival has anything to do with my migraine which started the day after the carnival and hasn't gone away since. I've been in non-stop pain since that day. At first my GP put me on the Imitrix family; with Maxalt finally working alongside Percocet, but I had to take both 24/7. Another GP put me on something for what he thought was trigeminal neuralgia. It made me so loopy, and the headache didn't go away. I ended up in the ER. That's where I met my current neuro who took me off the neuralgia meds and on Topamax at 25 mg. I'm now on 400 mg./day of Topamax, 75 mg./day of Elavil, 100 mg./day of Zoloft, and a homeopathic med called Migrelief which is magnesium, B2 and feverfew. I still have to take Percocet about once a week for break through pain. I've had a CT and an MRI which were both clear. What the heck could it be????? any ideas???
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I'm sorry you are in daily pain, which can be very frustrating and exhausting. It is important to find an expert in Migraine disease and headache disorders being in daily pain. Neurologists are fine doctors, but aren't usually experts in any one area because they treat so many different conditions. A Migraine specialist devotes their entire practice to treating people with head pain, diagnosing and treating. We do have a list of patient recommended doctors you can see HERE.
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