I don't have any drugs at home that can stop a migraine. I have one that gives me an hour break, and I ration myself to three times a day during the work week, and try my best not to take much on the weekends, because I'm certainly in rebound headache territory by now.

The only thing that can give me hours off is a good ER visit. They're not all good, because doctors and nurses sometimes waffle about what to give me, how much to give me, and how to administer it, all of which are key to my relief. It's stunning how willing they are to give me drugs I say won't work well, but I'm so desperate I'll take anything just in case.

I used to think I had insomnia till I read some of these Buffista stories. I don't, compared to that, although it's hard for me to wind down at night and I don't always sleep that well. But I've never gone for a week or anything. So I guess that is more like "restless nights". Dang, ita, I hope somebody gets a good idea for you soon.

Sinus headaches might be migraines.

I've read that most of what people think are sinus headaches are migraines. I always thought mine were sinus, until I went to an ENT for them. Not sinus, mostly migraine.

I think my biggest trigger is not getting enough sleep, but the weather is pretty bad, too.

Yeah, I used to think if they were in my scalp, migraines. If they were in or near my nose, sinus. Even if they shared the same triggers and came with the light and sound and smell sensitivity. And nausea. Because those were just normal.

Oh hey, one thing I do still get and have no explanation for are short bursts of stabby pain usually near one of my temples, but could be anywhere. Only lasts for a couple of seconds and isn't consistent, but it is horrible. Anybody know what that is?

Yeah, I used to think if they were in my scalp, migraines. If they were in or near my nose, sinus. Even if they shared the same triggers and came with the light and sound and smell sensitivity. And nausea. Because those were just normal.

Those symptoms aren't just the usual thing with headaches? Oh. Huh.

Guy I've crushed on for ages is getting married today. I'm not sad, exactly, because it seems like he and his fiancee match in ways we never could, but i still wish I had something more awesome to say for myself today.(I'm probably always going to think he's hot, though. But it's not a crazy craving anymore. If I'm upset with him about anything, it's that he's downgraded me from e-mail friend to part of his Facebook rabble. Which feels a bit like a slo-mo blowoff.)

Damn this being all sensitive and warm and caring, as well as having a good balance of humor and firmness.

It sucks to be awesome.

Tons of ~ma for an end to migraines. But the sleuth/scientist in me wants to see if there is a common cause.

Mine are related to EDS. They were my first symptom apart from being a late walker, actually - started in my teens. For years doctors said "You don't get migraines, you get headaches." I finally got irritated and documented the symptoms, including the hours spent throwing up, the random visual stuff, the dizziness, the complete inability to concentrate on anything, and the 'pins and needles'. Then the docs admitted that these were not just headaches. At the moment I'm loath to take long-term medication for them, so I take triptans and painkillers, and go to bed a lot. If the frequency gets higher I'll have to get referred back to a neurologist (GPs here won't prescribe much themselves), but I'm trying to avoid that. I'm incredibly lucky - I don't think I get nearly the level of pain with them that some people do. It's the other symptoms that get particularly bad.

I'm with ita on the possibility that we're better diagnosed than most. Buffistas - we're canny and we don't take any crap.

Wishing you some solutions to your migraines soon, ita.

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I've been getting headaches for a couple weeks. Only once last weekend was the pain bad enough that it made me cry.

I was going to add to what other people said, that those sound like they might be migraines. A headache bad enough to make you cry? Quite possibly a migraine. Also, migraines do come in degrees. I have the mild end of the spectrum, and absolutely nothing as bad as others on the list describe. I will occasionally get a bad enough migraine to lose a day, because the pain nausea won't let me do anything, but only once a month or less. I'm just really lucky to have such a mild case.