Patty-- As you see, there are unfortunately many others who can relate to your pain. These posts made me feel very lucky, as I no longer get migraines, but I used to. We have three generations of migraines in my family, and my siblings still suffer from them. I can't recommend my "cure", but it may be interesting to someone.(posted 9664 days ago)I had viral meningitis when I was 21, which is rather old to have meningitis. I didn't go to the hospital, of course, because I thought it was just another migraine. Finally, my boyfriend couldn't stand to see me curled up in a ball anymore, and I went in after 2 days. I was hospitalized for a week or more (can't remember most of it) and sick for three more weeks and doped up on morphine (no complaints there).
It has now been 9 years, and since then, no migraines. Not even a headache that could approach that level of pain. So, you see, I think the viral infection in my brain killed enough brain cells that I don't suffer from migraines any more! I would describe the meningitis pain as comparable to giving birth 24 hrs a day for three weeks, and just as exhausting. (And I gave birth at home twice, of 4, and three boys were over ten pounds)
I wish you success and speed in finding a useful strategy against your migraines. And a good babysitter, so you can crawl into bed when you've got one!