This is my first share post-so here goes!!  I've been lurking on this site for a long time-at least over a year and this is the first time I've decided to post anything.  I was getting at least 2 migraines a week, with some lasting 3 days.  On top of that, I was also extremely tired all the time.  I felt that without caffeine, I couldn't function. My neuro decided in november to do a sleep study and told me to stop caffeine (I had a really bad addiction to Diet Mt. Dew).  So I had no caffeine the day of the sleep study and according to it I slept semi-normal-no reasons to show any fatigue.  The MSLT test for narcolepsy didn't show anything either-well I knew that wouldn't because I can't nap on demand and when I know there is people watching me. In my December follow up I finally decided that I was going of cold turkey on the caffeine-I know you're not supposed to do it that way-he even gave me a taper plan, but there was no way I could follow it!!  Since my migraines were increasing and the fatigue was still an issue we added Depakote and Nuvigil to the mix and also he wanted to do a nerve block but my ins. wouldn't pay for it that day.  So, I had to sched a nerve block for jan-but with different insurance-I don't think they paid for it but I still haven't got a bill.  The results from that lasted only about a month.  Then the craziest year in Arizona happens-rainy, rainy, rainy-more rain this year than all of last year.  Well, that means crazy allergies for me come spring time.  Feb. was an ok month, then March hits-allergies off the wall, which I think makes my migraines worse, cause I don't sleep as well and am constantly stuffed up.  Come to think of it, this time last year, I had a migraine that lasted around 23 days and was put on a steroid taper, went to the er in the middle of it for the first time-I usually try to wait it out-I was there for 9 hours waited 3-had my first nerve block, added another preventative, all while my doc was on vacation!! 

That is just the background!!  Now, here for April present.  About 2 or 3 weeks ago I get a migraine that lasts 5 days.  The next week, I get 3 different migraines 3 days in a row, aborted or shall I say partially aborted by various triptans (yes I did wait 24 hours between the different ones) 1st-gen. imitrex, next 2 zomig nasal spray. These are on top of the background headache/migraine/nausea I have all the time.

This week I go to my dr. who is not very happy, says you are young, shouldn't be living like this (I just turned 30 this year)-he was going to put me on bed rest and try some meds for 3 days, but that hasn't really worked in the past and I also am having some weird symptoms-shaking/etc-he was able to see this on the neuro exam and some other things of concern. I told him that wouldn't work since I have to work~I don't know how but I do manage to work through all of this-and that's about all I'm managing to do right now.  So he through me for a loop-he told me he was going to admit me on Monday for 3 days.  Bloodwork, mri, I think DHE-I'm on the medical profession and I was so shocked by the whole deal that I wasn't even paying attention.  I know I shouldn't be freaking out but I've only been to the ER once in my adult life, never to the hospital as an inpatient-and never would I be the one footing the bill!!  I didn't even have a primary care doc until this week~I know strange-I have a neuro but not a pcp!!  I guess I'm just scared that this little hospital stint won't make it better-my neuro waited until monday because that's when he will be there on service-so he can/will be making most of the shots-change some preventatives-who knows.