Migraine lasting more than three weeks... help?

[Faith946]

I had a party and forgot to take my medication. the next morning i woke up with bad headache getting bad REALLY fast. I realized i had not taken. took pain medications, none worked AT ALL. all i could do was lay in bed that week taking my emergency meds, or others with ice and something dark covering me head to toe. after a week, and a couple days of me insisting to my mom to take me to the hospital i went to neuro doctor that i have and got magnesium iv, double dose of medication and some thing that was supposed to break it and i take every 6 hrs. since than it has been two full weeks, going on third and pretty much no change besides after iv. that brought it down halfway. at different times it is better than at other times but never gone. he has doubled my dose of the flouriset or something and no difference. today it is really bad. I wanna go in to see him again but he plays it off as no big deal. I am only 16 but am really getting worried that i cannot kick this migraine and that i had stroke symptoms one time fully and another part way when my migraine was at its peak intensity.
what should i do?

[Faith946]

no. he hasn't, stress, but i don't really think thats it. i have tried food elimination with no result. it hurts so bad and i have a high pan management.

[dame_wilbur]

You're seeing a neurologist? Has he prescribed any tests or anything like that to see if there's a reason this marathon migraine is still going on? What's happening in your life right now that might possibly be triggering the migraine? Have you tried a food elimination diet to find allergies?

I'm really not sure what else to suggest....

keep me posted tho,

~Dame

[Faith946]

i went again today, he gave me a shot in the head, didn't help at all, says something must be going on in my life and i need to figure it out. gave me more medicine, seem shocked i still had it, said a kid my age should not be getting this.
didn't listen to how much pain i am in. i cannot go on like this..
what should i do?

[dame_wilbur]

I've had migraines that lasted 8 weeks and, yeah, it stinks. I would talk to your doc about your concerns. Sometimes a course of steroids (Prednisone for instance) can help break a migraine marathon for me, but those are tricky. The longer it lasts, the harder it is to break.

I feel your pain tho. Good luck and keep us posted!

~Dame