Fighting a migraine again today...has anyone tried Topamax? I think that's my last option before visiting a neurologist.
I've been trying very hard to think positively...things like, "I am a money magnet" and "I am a job offer magnet", and it seems to be working so far. I revamped my resume, sent out a few applications recently, and am getting postive responses. I am a job offer magnet...big money... 
Last night was our first pottery class this semester. SO is taking it with me this time. I made five pots last night...guess I was on a roll! It's fun having him with me.
My dad is creating gorgeous wood carvings these days (in addition to searching for a job). He has made some incredible Native American-style things and matted and framed them, and I really think they could sell. I created an
I worked lots of overtime last week, so my next paycheck should be a nice one!
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My mom's a weaver, too.
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Fern, if you can find out what he takes, that would be awesome. I don't have much hope for my daily headaches or migraines, though, if a neurologist still gets migraines...eep.
LR, this may sound silly, but what do you eat? Can you ever eat out?
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Mostly I make everything myself now, generally fresh vegetables, fruit, wild caught fish, and all natural meats and poultry, usually organic. I make my own bread out of 100% whole wheat flour because most breads have corn syrup or high fructose corn syrup and eat wild rice or brown rice.
Mostly its a question of what I avoid, which is: nitrates, nitrites, sulfates, sulfites, MSG, matidextrin, high fructose corn syrup, all artificial sweetners including Splenda, anything preserved in "broth" without ingredients for the broth, anything injected with a solution to "enhance" flavor, refined white sugar and refined white flour and transfats (hydrogenated or partially hydrogenated anything). Now that last one I just do because I do it, not to avoid headaches. I do use honey and molasses and on occassion brown sugar without ill effects but refined white sugar will give me killer migraines. I have noticed that it takes much less honey or brown sugar to sweeten something than white sugar ever took and no backlash headache from it.
A book that you might benefit from reading, even at your younger age, is The Schwarzbein Principle. I say at your age because she also goes into premenopause and menopause and aging issues, but there is so much other information in this book that is so helpful to people dealing with chronic issues and trying to gear up for good health and it explains why all the additives can cause such problems in a person.
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Fern, thanks for asking him. I've only been to my primary care doc so far; the specialist is a higher copay for me, too. I've tried two different daily headache prevention meds, and am currently taking Imitrex when a migraine hits. My doc says I've got anti-seizure drugs (Topamax) left to try before he sends me off to a neurologist.