I get migraines, usually controlled by Imitrex. My ex gets migraines, too, so our 2 kids didn't have a chance. Both our son and daughter get them, but my daughter's migraines have been so severe and so frequent that she has missed a tremendous amount of school because of them. In fact, she was out more days this semester than she was there. She built up a tolerance to Imitrex to the point that it doesn't work anymore. She's been in experimental studies for teens with migraines, and we've tried just about everything under the sun to prevent/eliminate them. Once in a while chiropractic treatments will give her some relief, but it's not unusual for her to have stretches of them that last for days. She's even been to the hospital emergency room a number of times when they have been at their most severe. One preventive that usually works well for people is very small doses of serotonin-uptake inhibitors (a certain type of antidepressants), but she is allergic to them. Sometimes I worry for her as far as how she'll ever get through college or hold down a job if we don't find a solution soon. She gets so depressed about it and feels she has no control over her body, which, I guess, to a great extent, she doesn't. She gets vertigo and vomits with hers often, too, and it makes it impossible for her to study.

Headaches are just the pits.

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