hello, my name is melissa and im 19 years old and just about 2 days ago my doctor diagnosed with migraines and says i have them with an aura and perscribe me maxalt 10mg. It was a shocker for me because i always thought i can never get migraines and it isnt something common in my family as well.

I always thought they were just very bad headaches that i can just sometimes just sleep off or something but soon enough it got to the horrible like a drill piercing the side of my head and i would sometimes get up in the morning and still hurts. In school it happens during class that I have to just run out the room and i just cry about it.Im not much as a pill person so it kinds of freak me out that i have to take them.

None of my friends or family even understand the pain i feel and they keep tellingme its all in my mind or its not really there. Its hard to even talk to them about and they treat me like some sort of outcast. I been on this website before for different reasons and I never knew about this group and Im glad there is one.

Welcome to the group. Please don't feel that you are all alone. You now have us. Believe me everyone here has went through the almost the same situation as you. I am so sorry your family does not understand. Ask you doctor for some informational pamphlets. Then give them to your family and friends...Maybe just maybe they can understand what you are going through. This is a definite condition that sooooooooo many people suffer with. I also suffer with these horrible things. I get them 4 to 5 times a week and sometimes they have lasted up to 3 days. But by trying to work with your doctor like you have hopefully you can find something to work for you.

I have tried Maxalt but unfortunately it didn't work for me. I had a reaction to it. But there is still hope. Some people have had luck with it. Hopefully this will work for you. Has been helping? I am sure happy that you found this site. Everyone on here are very understanding wonderful people.

Another thing you can do is have your family and friends check out this web site. We all will be happy to make them understand. So far we have 119 members. But this is only a small fraction of Migraine sufferers.

By the way I am your group leader. If you have any questions please message me any time. I will do my best to help. Again welcome and glad to have you as part of our family.

Take care and best of luck with trying the maxalt,

Lisa

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