Does anyone have chronic daily headaches?

I suffer from chronic migraines. I was on Imitrex injections, they worked amazingly! Had to go off them due to losing insurance. Then I tried everything mentioned below when I got my insurance back, hoping to not have to stick myself anymore, including the Imitrex pill and nasal spray ( worst idea EVER, imo). Imitrex injection is the best, hands down. However, I lost insurance again, due to my husband’s passing and have been taking 200 mg topamax as a preventative. I had a minor stroke in August of last year and my Dr. doubled my dose. Turns out, topamax doubled, turns into a weight loss pill. I only weighed 110ish pounds, and lost all my weight, down to 82 lbs….not good. I’m now working on gaining weight back and dealing, as we speak, with a killer migraine, wishing I had an Imitrex injection I could get my hands on. Best of luck to you in finding some help!

I've had migraines for most of my life and there's no escaping them. What I did to try to make them go away was change my diet, and place peppermint oil on my temples and the back of my neck. Sometimes it doesn't help but if you are or not against marijuana. That may help as well.

If you think it’s related to migraine, try the butterbur extract. It’s OTC, and considered to be “herbal”. Be sure to get a trustworthy brand certified to be free of Alkaloids. An American specialist in treating headaches referred me to it. It’s been very effective, with no side effect to me, except occasional burps with the peculiar smell, but not offensive, and I have been on it for well over 10 years. It’s the best remedy to prevent migraine, but not commonly known to a lot of the migraine sufferers to be effective until you experience it. Take it regularly as directed, and note that it will take sometime to kick in, so be patient! I still have mild daily headache, but the migraine flares are either gone, or occur much less frequently.
As a precaution, you might want to consult with your family doctor before using it.
Good luck with this wonderful remedy!

My oldest daughter was diagnosed with chronic daily pain but I didn't give up and after 42 doctor visit we found out that her headaches are cause by celiac. Now gluten free she is headache free. Gluten free to the point that we had to change most of kitchen items and eliminate gf completely from the house. Gluten hides in many places so you may be thinking you are gf but you may have a spice or cosmetic or medicine with gluten. Now her sister has chronic headache but gf diet didn't help her so far. Nothing really does. So we were able to find a cause for her sister but so far not able to find a cause or a treatment - even with help of Mayo clinic.
I think elimination diet is best - vegetables, fruits, and meats all organic. We may try it next.

I have suffered from migraines since I was 14. I am now 47 and have suffered s stroke in 2008 and since then my anxiety, depression, migraines and seizures are much worse now. I have tried many drugs, blood patches, spinal's, Botox injections and the list goes on and on. Nothing works long term on me. The best for me has been Demerol shots and in Nevada they say they don't use that so I am screwed.

I have had migrains since I was 14 years old and was hit by a tow truck. In 2008 I suffered a stroke and now my migrains are almost daily. Tried many meds, blood patches, spinals, botox injections, nerve block injections. Totally at my wits end, just truly sick of it all. Any suggestions would be applicated.
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I have up to 6 headaches daily my doctor gave me a prescription for Oxycodone 30mg I take about 2 a day but I never take a whole one I take a half then I lay down in my bed but the main thing that u have to do is have it as dark as u can get it wet a cold cold rag lay it over your hole face not just your head and in about 45minutes I'm feeling better

Yes I do an Topamax/Topirimate 50 MG twice a day works well at stopping these headaches from happening. But, when i do get them, they are worse than the fractured vertebrae I had to have operated on during high school. The only thing that helps is 2 100 MG Imitrex, total darkness/silence and a desk fan bloeing directly on my face. The worst migraine I ever had lasted 8 days and I finally went to the neurologist who works at my local hospital and he gave something in an IV ( I believe it was a Much more potent dose of Replax that can only be stored in a hospital and administered by an anesthesiologist. 5 minutes later, thst headavhe thst had me contemplating suicide was completely gone. I hope you find the relief we chronic headache sufferers need.

I'm not sure if this would b an answer but I've had topomax, flexeril, inderal, maxalt, sumatriptan, and amitriptylin and nothing worked for my daily migraines. I know they're migraines becuz of the constant pounding with heartbeat and severe sensitivity to light, ect. Now I'm on atenolol 100mg2x's a day, depakote 500mg, nortriptyline 50mg and tramadol 50mg for "immediate" relief which would help if it wasn't so easy to build a tolerance.. I've suffered with these daily pains for 6 years and still no answers, I'm 21 and I have constant high blood pressure(115/150) was normal for me everyday... Doctors thought that was the cause of the pains, but now it's (90-105/75-87) daily which is significantly better but the pains have not eased, I would like suggestions on meds or anything u think may help thanks.

are you still having headaches? I have had ONE constant headache for 30 years and have a very long medical history--- 120 doctors and as many medications. Currently one of the meds that has really helped is Lyrica. Taken at bedtime it REALLY hepls my headache in the morning. Good luck!

Not sure what is going on, but it is very important that you have an MRI or CAT Scan done. Now I say this only because my mother suffered from bad migraine headaches for several years, and she would have to go to the ER a few times a month. They would just give her a shot of some Narcotic, and send her on her way. They never did any testing to see what was causing the headaches. They just said, "it's a migraine, and this medication should help." Unfortunately, at the age of 37, my mother died due to an Aneurism in the brain. If the doctor, or the stupid ER doctor would have done either one of these tests, my mother would probably still be here today. So if you have not had one of these tests, or had one recently, please get one done-- Your life may very well depend on it.