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I have been suffering from migraines since July 15th. I went to my doctor 3 times and tried several different medications, none helped much except for one of the pain meds. I saw a neurologist on August 20th, and he diagnosed me with "intractable migraines". He said that the best thing was to have me admitted to the hospital for 2-3 days for treatment with a medicine called DHE. So I went to the hospital Thursday morning (the 21st) around 8:30, but treatment did not get started until around noon. After getting the IV in, they did a trial dose, which seemed to be ok. The first real dose was torture: First they put Phenergan in (which apparently "burns" the vein), then flushed with saline solution, then the DHE, then flushed again. When the nurse was putting the stuff in, I did not mention that it was hurting ( I don't know if I was just "out-of-it" or what) but I mentioned it a little later. The second dose hurt the same amount, and I did tell the nurse that it hurt while she was putting the stuff through the IV. They tried to find another vein, but could not. So they put a PICC line in my left arm (the IV was in my right arm, in my wrist). They also let me take the Phenergan orally. My right arm was (and still is ) sore, and when they came in to take my BP, it only made it worse, but not as bad as when the meds were going through the IV.

The neurologist was that the DHE would get rid of my migraine, but it only got it reduced by 60%, which is still pretty good.

I had some blood work done on Tuesday morning to check magnesium, serotonin, Vitamin D, Vitamin B12, B6, and B2(riboflavin), and some other things. Well, some of the results came back on Thursday. I have a Vitamin B12 deficiency. I am now taking B12 shots ( daily for a week, then once a week for a month, then once a month). My dr. wants me on them for at least a year.

I then saw my neurologist on Thursday afternoon. He said that most of the headaches were stress headaches, with some migraines. So I am going off the medicine for migraines, and going on a medicine that is supposed to help with stress headaches.
I do have an appointment with a headache specialist a week from Monday. Maybe he will have some other suggestions.