All of my life I have been having a great deal of difficulty in finding an efective drug for migraine prophylaxis. On November 7, 2007 I went to see my cardiologist for an unrelated problem. On this day, he prescribed me 25mg of Cozaar to help regulate my blood pressusre. On approximately November 9, I began to experience a... Read more
Well, I'm back after a 4-5 day migrane and a 2 day rebound headache. As some of you may know, I enrolled at DePaul University to make another attempt to pursue a degree in the last year or so. My neurologist was very cooperative in writing a letter supporting my entry into "The Chronic Illness Initiative", a special... Read more
Well, I was hoping that going back to school would improve my chance at employability. I thought that maybe if I had a professional position in the same industry (construction), that the decrease in physical strain on my body would make it easier for me to have a much better attendance record. But after some of the things... Read more
This is an excerpt from a comment I posted in an ongoing discussion involving a post called "Co-Workers and Migraine" by lucyinthesky.(I think that employment related problems and barriers are deserving of their own independent discussion board, as I'm sure we have all faced them) Why should we be expected to live on an SSI... Read more
Did anyone else ever see this episode of the Brady Bunch? (When they went to Hawaii and were doomed by the evil tiki statue) This is how I feel about my headaches. They have ruined every opportunity I have ever had in my life. My parents dismissed and minimalized my headache disorder and told me to tough it... Read more
