I will try to make this as short as possible..I am 42yrs old...had migraines (photophobia) 10yrs ago..flourescent lights killed me...Depakote ended up working..and then eventually they ended up not bothering me as much.
At 39 I had a miscarriage and I think my hormones left my body..my migraines came back with a vengeance...smells, lights, everything..have been trying to get balanced for the last 3 yrs!!!
For the past year I wake up EVERY MORNING with pain on the right side of my head..near the temple..it feels like a very tight muscle trying to pull my eyeball out..........Neurologists say it is a migraine...although no meds have worked for it......I have been through everything..depakote, topomax, maxalt, zomig,,imitrex..you name it..I put ice on it, icy hot, heat, tiger balm, anything I can....it usually last most of the day........and comes back again in the morning.
I have done the full blown elimination diet, did the food-allergy test, etc......and NOTHING has helped it......has anyone else experienced this type of pain?
Another weird thing that happens to me when I CRY.....is I get the stabbing pain in my right eye......which I have always been told is a migraine..I used to get the stabbing eye pain..that would last about 24hrs.....have to knock myself out with Tylenol PM......it hasn't bothered me much this year..until this week...I am changing jobs and having to leave several clients..so I have been crying this week....yesterday a couple of hours afterward..I got the STABBING PAIN FROM $%#$ ......lasted ALLL NIGHT and into early this morning..............................UGHHH...is this a migraine???
OH YEAH, and lastly......I am very excited to even be able to type this on the computer...bc for the last couple of months my migraines/hormones were so bad that I couldn't even get on the computer without getting a headache in 5minutes that lasted all night!!!!! I feel kind of "hot" and heart racing now..it's been about 15mins.........but I think I am making progress. I got back on Depakote last week to try to help with the computer...bc I NEED IT FOR MY NEW JOB!!!!!!!