Trish5b

Hi, My name is Trish. I am a 24 year old female that has basically lost my life to my migraines. I have piercing migraines. They begin behind my right eye and move to the left. They it feels like the migraine moves and takes over my whole entire head. It throbs so hard. I go blind, get nauseous (sp), and most of the time I pass out due to the extreme pain. Imagine a little girl screaming...do you know how sometimes it is so loud it is litterially piercing to the ears. That pain is how my HAs feel.

First off, I am sorry, this is kind of a long message. But I don't know where else to go. I started getting my HA 2 years ago. At first they came every 2 months, then every month, then every two weeks... At the end of March 2004, I was hospitalized for 7 days. The extreme migraine would not subside. I was giving Morphine for the pain. Mid-week they realized that it just kept making them come back every 3 hours. While in the hospital, I also had a chest X-ray, MRI, CT, EEG, EKG, and lots of blood work. Everything came up negitive! The only thing they saw in the MRI was a small shadow in my brain.

On the 7th day I was released home, with no improvement. I was sent home with Torredal for pain, a medryall (sp) pack, and Imetrix. Neither the pack or Imetrix did anything. I went to the Cleveland Clinic to their headache department. Because of the shadow the doc ordered another MRI. Nothing new in the MRI, but the shadow was still there, but it was confirmed that it was not a tumor. He sent me home with a large amount of drugs. Another Medryall pack, compazine for nauzea, Depecote, and a Zomig nasal spray. Nothing did anything but put me to sleep only to wake up again with a piercing HA.

We called the Cleveland Clinic and they ordered a four day infusion of DHE. Each session was 5 to 6 hours long, sending a large amount and variety of drugs into my body through an IV. Of course, being very drugged up, I was drowsy and HA free. Untill it all wore off. Then it started up again. The doc ended up giving me Seroquil saying he didn't know and wished me good luck.

Very frustrated, I then heard from a friend that I should see a chiropractor. I saw a chiropractor 3 times a week for almost a year and noticed a differance BIG TIME!! I went from 4 to 5 HA a day to 2 or 3 per week. That still sucks but I can be pain free for some days of my life. If you have not seen a chiropractor ...DO IT. It helps and in many cases will fix you. Invest in Chicken Soup for the Chiropractic Soul. It helps show a light at the end of the dark tunnel.

Did Chiropractic care fix me? Unfortunately, no. Although I have noticed a large bump in between my shoulder blades, right at the base of my neck and it seems to be growing. It is not a hard bump, but almost liquidy.

I sleep with an ice pillow on my neck. I heat, massage, and then ice everyday. I also see a massage therapist. They have told me with I have a muscle spasm on my neck, but it does not go away. Any information you have would be very helpful. If you have any questions for me, please ask, I would love to help anyone I can. I ahve not been able to work for nearly a year, nor can I do anything physical including love-making with my significant other. Please help me, so I can live again.