Duck,

Sounds as though you have a wonderful doctor.

I have suffered from migraines for over 23 years. I have had 5 Neurologists in the past 23 years. I have had several TIA's (mini-strokes or warning strokes) and I had a stroke in August. I am 37 years old. Should you have any questions feel free to PM me.

I must keep a migraine journal for my neurologist. To give you an example: out of the last 22 day, I have had a migraine or a migraine "hangover" (day after groggy hung-over feeling) 15 of those 22 days. And my migraines have actually improved with my blood thinner and Calcium channel blocker (CCB).

Migraines can move from one side to the other-they are "fun" that way.

Rebound migraines can occur, but are usually only triggered when more than the recommended dosage of a prescribed medication is used. Example, one med I have can be used 3 times. If I exceed that my migraine will come back worse. Another one can be used 5 times. If those fail (and for me, they do a lot of the time) I get to live with the pain (which is my day to day experience) or go to hospital.

Feverfew can be good, but if you are any medications, check with a pharmacist because with certain medications it can be bad. I cannot take feverfew as it interacts in a bad way with my anti-seizure medicine.

There are many forms of migraines and many ways to treat them.
I personally like heat on my shoulder and ice on my head. I also prefer to be in a cool dark room. But, that is just me. Oh, drinking a lot of water will help and caffeine will as well. Many of the migraine meds contain caffeine.

Wow I wrote a book. Ignore all the typos please.