Sleep problems and migraines

It's nice to have a forum like this where people know exactly what you are going through!! There is nothing worse than a doctor looking at you with pity and saying "really sucks doesn't it?"

i'm 26 years old and I have had migraines for about 6 years. They started suddenly when I was in my second year of university and I still haven't found my trigger. It's strange but my migraines usually come at the beginning of the year and at the end of the year. I'm lucky in that I have never had them more often than monthly but they are severe (with aura, vomiting, dizziness etc.). I have had one experience with partial facial paralysis (lasted for only a few minutes) and that feeling of water running down your face. I also have the ice pick headaches (i call them aftershocks..Lol). I had a ct scan about a year and a half ago and it revealed nothing unusual.


I have some questions for the migraine sufferers on here. Have any of you had any experiences with sleep problems prior to your migraines. For example, night terrors?


In trying to treat my migraines I have tried aspirin with coke, excedrin with aspirin, and maxalt. None of these help (except 2 excedrin with an aspirin really help ice pick headaches). Maxalt was the worst. My doctor prescribed it twice and both times it made the migraines repeat on themselves. Has anyone else experienced this with maxalt?


I don't know if I should go back to my doctor (who is at a loss as to what to do with me) and request a referral to a neurologist or not. For those of you who see a neuro did you find it helped or was it just another waste of time?


Lindsay