I am a 31 year old married female. My migraines started almost 10 years ago (Feb. 1998). They started w/aura maybe once a month or once every two months. Something I could deal with without too much of a problem. I acutually went to the eye doctor because I thought it was a problem with my eyes! :) Then they just progressed over the years. I lost the aura migraines and was just left with the pain in the left temple like before, but I could still see when I had one. I only had the migraines with aura seldomly after that. The regular migraines just got alot more frequent. I've been on disability since 2001 and have a migraine or a headache just about everyday.
In the past, I've tried alot of different medications, but get a rebound from them, so I'm eventually told to get off of them. The last neurologist I saw said to get off all meds since I wanted to have a baby (that was 2002) and I was having all the rebounds. Finally, we were blessed with a child in 2004!!!
I found this website the other day because I was looking for info on Topamax. My doc put me on it and I've been pretty sick. I will get online very soon so I can get some feedback on it (since I'm not getting anything from my doctor). I'm not too happy about it.
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