I was diagnosed with migraines when I was nine years old.  For awhile, they were just a couple times a year.  Then they became monthly, and before too much longer, were even more frequent.  There have been episodes where I would only have 1 or 2 migraine free days in a month.  I have had some episodes where I blackout, lose memory, have speech problems, ect.  Whenever I try to explain this to people, they always have a "suggestion". It usually involves a CT scan or something of the like.  However, I have had CT Scans, EEG, Spinal Taps, MRIs, Sleep Studies, done the journal thing, taken over 20 prevenitives, and well over 30 different treatment meds.  I have been rushed to the hospital because of Doctors giving me too much of these meds, and I have suffered through not having any.  In the end, only a stric regimine helps along with narcotics (when a doctor has mercy enough to perscribe them).  I have two toddlers that need me, and I have to fight to be there for them.  I live with a medical bracelet because I quite possibly could need it (again).  I so want to find people who know how I feel, and don't pretend to because they think it helps me.  I want to find people who know the difference between a migraine and a tension headache.  I want to find people who also want to slap people who "claim" to have migraines when it is simply a bad headache.  I want suggestions from those who know, not those who think they know.  I want to offer these things to others.