My 40 year old sister has a migraine today--her seventh in as many days--and is lying in bed, totally incapacitated. Her migraines began about five years ago and have been increasing in frequency and severity. Last month, we kept a log and she was in bed with a "bad migraine" 27 days out of 30.
She is constantly in the ER or seeing doctors for pain relief--often in the form of narcotics. She also thinks she suffers from bi-polar disorder and is on about nine different meds for that, depression, anxiety, sleep, and mood stabilizers. She has had 3 MRI's and 2 CT scans over the last two years and neither test has revealed any abnormalities.
She is usually fine in the morning; the headaches come on suddenly usually around noon--which is a bit odd. I should likely also add she is about 60 pounds overweight, lives with my mother (she says mother triggers the pain), and has a great deal of stress due to poor decisions she's made over the course of her life.
I have never had a migraine, thankfully. I know people who have them are in a lot of pain and they can last several days. However, I have never known anyone who has migraines nearly every day of their life. Has anyone else heard of this? Most importantly, does anyone have any ideas on what else can be tried to help my sister? I feel bad that she is missing out on so much because she is always sick.
Thank you.
