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I also suffer from barometric pressure changes. The “changing” of the pressure from low to high or even the other way around, causes a headache for me. These headaches usually come on in the middle of the night, anywhere from 2-4AM.
I have a history of chronic headaches starting from 30 years ago. The neurologist that I was seeing at the time for treatment had me keep a headache journal. My recordings in my journal showed that i had one continuous headache, went to bed with it, got up with it. It may not have been excruciating pain but a dull ache all the time. I was started on Gabapentin 300mg and worked up to a final dose of 600 mg, which i still take to this day.
When i wake up with one of my “banger” headaches, i will check what the barometric pressure was doing at the onset of my symptoms, and it always proves to have been changing to lower or higher inHg.
Tylenol doesn’t really help these headaches. Nor will any kind of NSAID.. I have prescription Voltaren and that doesn’t help either.
I live in Florida, so I am surrounded by water on three sides. Other than moving somewhere else, I’m not sure what to do for these headaches That don’t seem to be relieved by any medication. Sometimes they are semi migraine or maybe they’re really migraine because I have nausea with them. Can anyone help me out here with what they do?

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I, also, have suffered from similar migraines for 30+ years. Botox injections have been a life changer for me. My neurologist sees me every 12 weeks and I get almost immediate relief after the injections . I also take Gabapentin (600 mg). My " killer" migraines have subsided. I agree that the medications you mentioned did Nothing . Hoping you can add a Botox regime to gain relief!