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You have my deepest sympathy. There is plenty of info on this website that may help you, including a list of doctors who specialize in treating migraine. By your description, it sounds like you do have Chronic Daily Headache (one of my doctors told me that having more than 15 headaches a month is the definition of Chronic Daily Headache). Taking things like Excedrin Migraine, which has caffeine, can make things worse for some people. You don't say what your doctor gave you, but I would say you need to explore prevention more than you have. This whole thing takes TIME and attention, I'm sorry to say. I've been dealing with migraines for over forty years. There is no quick fix. You have to learn what YOUR triggers are NOW (and they may be different from other people's triggers; and you may have triggers that you're very sensitive to this year, and next year you aren't sensitive to those triggers any more). You need to try different preventive meds and see which ones work. In my case, I've taken about 50 different medications, and all of them worked a little, for a year or two; then the headaches would get worse and I would need to change to a new med. Or the side-effects would be so bad that I needed to quit taking them right away. This doesn't mean the meds didn't work. It just means they work for a while, and then they quit working. So I'd say find a doctor you can trust, and then give each medication an honest try. Pay attention to your symptoms and your side-effects, and keep going till you find the right cocktail of drugs for you. But be aware that once you find it, it might only last a year or so, and then you have to find a new one. That has been my experience. Good luck to you.