I WANT MY LIFE BACK!!!!  My name is Stephanie and I am a chronic intractable migraine sufferer.  I was diagnosed with migraines while serving in the Air Force, approximately 1993.  I'm 42 years old now & the migraines have continued to get worse.  I am now unable to work due to the frequency/severity of the migraines.  I have been on just about every medication for migraines which has included preventatives but nothing has helped.  I am going to the ER at least once every other week if not more, and the only relief I get is when the doctor puts me on an IV of dilaudid and droperidol along with fluids.  I know that narcotics can cause rebounds, but this is the only way I can get through the debilitating migraines since it usually just knocks me out which allows me to at least get a little sleep.  I have have received a sphina-palatine block, occipital nerve block, and botox.  None of these have helped either.  Other things i've tried are bio-feedback, accupuncture, and chiropractors.  The migraines really do make my quality of life hell.  It's so frustrating to hear that "learn to live with it" or it's just a headache, take some Excederine and rest awhile.  I've been around the block and back with doctors, including neurologists, specialists, etc.,   but still suffer each and every day.  It is VERY FRUSTRATING AND DEBILITATING for myself, and my family.  I have also been diagnosed with major depression and anxiety.  It's like i'm in a Catch 22, the migraines make me depressed, the depression causes the migraines, and so on.  The weather changes also affect me, such as the barometric pressure.  I live in Wyoming, close to the mountains so the weather can change drastically from day to day.  Doctors have told me to move somewhere else but i'm not able to do that.  I feel like such a burden to my family because of the migraines.  My daughter is 12 years old and I know she hates coming home each day to a mother who is usually laying in bed due to the migraines.  The chronic migraines also make it hard to even plan things in advance because I never know how bad the headache is going to be or if I can even get out of bed.  

OK, enough of my babbling......  I hope to find some support here.  If ya wanna know more about me, just ask and i'll do my best to answer.  God bless you all!