Nowhere to turn in Atlanta

Let me start by saying how great it was to find this place. I can finally come and share my thoughts and pain with other people just like me. Sometime I feel so alone and nobody really understands exactly what kind of pain I am really in (especially the doctors).

I am 35 years old, I have a great wife and a 3 year old son and live in Atlanta. The great thing is my wife has really been supportive of my problem. Oh let me get to that. I suffer from migraines and TMJ. I have had this problem for 5 years now and they seem to be getting worse as time goes on. At first they were only about once a week to twice a week, now they are once a day to twice a day.

Back to my life, My wife has bee great through all this she is an RN. She has been my rock through all this. I have even gone through a spell of depression because of all the pain I have been going through. People just don't seem to realize how much pain really affects the whole family and not just the one individual.

I have been through three neurologists, tmj sprecialists and have been admitted to the hospital to try to break my headach cycle. Nothing has worked so far. I have been tested for everything from brain tumors to heart defects and NOTHING. I have been through all the preventative drugs and they won't stop the pain. I am now on the last triptain they have and this one is touch and go about working. I don't really know what to do about the pain if this drug stops working. The pain is so intense I really want to poke out my eye sometimes.  I tell ya, I am tired of the doctors throwing drugs at me that don't work or have suck severe side effects I'm afraid I won't see my kid grow up. I have also posted this on the chronicpain website. I found it before I knew there was a migraine support group.