Yeah, I get ‘em.  Not like I used to though, which is why I was driven to share this with you.  I suffered for years thinking there was nothing anyone could do for me, that I had to lose entire days out of my life, laying in darkened rooms, moaning into the dampened cloth over my face, knowing I’d cut the top half of my head off if it wouldn’t kill me and it would give me some temporary relief.  

It’s been a year since I began seeing my specialist.  It’s been a year since I’ve had a full-blown migraine.  And people, I was having between four and six a month.  The meds I was on then were only working half the time.  The other half I was in misery, crying, puking, we’re talking major misery.  This was worse than childbirth, and I did that without drugs.  (The second time.  The first was an emergency C-section–but those stories will wait.) 

It’s a new field of medicine, but I found a terrific neurologist.  I discovered there’s stuff you can take to actually prevent migraine.  I learned what triggers mine.  And luckily I can tell when they’re coming on, so if I catch them early and strike with my meds, they go away so fast it feels like a miracle.  Not everyone can be helped.  But, believe me, it is worth a try.  So, if you’re suffering like I did, just think about it, okay?    

Take care,

Jennifer