Hey eastbaydave!
Wow it sounds like you’ve been going through it! I had a few bad headaches with my situation but mostly the neurological symptoms. If you haven’t yet, you might want to find a good neurologist and I recommend getting started soon on a preventative medication. Of course they may have to control your pain with other meds. But a good doctor will start you on something to prevent the attacks. When we were trying to see what would stop them, they put me on several different ones. I don’t remember what the side effects were that made me switch so often, but finally the Aimovig worked for me and the symptoms stopped. That was 4 years ago and here we are. I’m actually feeling much better than last week. I’ve been trying to stay away from triggers (look up the 5 “C’s”) and I think that has helped a lot. Other meds that I was on were Quilpta, Ajovy (injectable) and PO Nurtec, which did not work for me.
I really hope you start getting relief and can go back to work soon! I was out of work for three months until the meds started working well.
Gods bless!!