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Welcome @icart, I'm sorry to hear you haven't been able to get any help for the severe pain. You can find all of your previous posts on Connect by going to your profile - click the profile icon near the top right corner of the page, select Profile & Settings, then click Comments at the left. You will see all of your comments with the latest one at the top.
@nurseheadakes mentioned a good resource in a previous post that you might find helpful -- https://headaches.org/.
You mentioned that you had migraines as a child but it got worse after being hit by a bicycle in 2018. I know you said you have seen a lot of different doctors and neurologists. Have you thought about seeking help at a teaching hospital or a major health facility?
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I had my first botox injections 3 months ago and my migraines reduced to almost nothing. They are less severe but I do still need something to help with the pain when I get one. Unless you have great health insurance (I thought that mine was) it will cost a pretty penny. It costs me a little over $500 every 3-4 months with insurance.
You have to have at least 15 migraines a month and there are other criteria. I suggest that you keep a journal to keep track of your episodes.
I also second John's suggestion about seeking better help if you can't find a good neurologist.
Does this make sense?
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I have been to Emergency rooms in hospitals, because my Cat Scan and MRI don't show any symptoms the neurologist just don't know about this severe pain I am having especially when I cough, a friend researched and found a condition called "Secondary cough headache" when I read it my symptoms seem to be the same, I need a good diagnostician a Dr. that sees things out of the box, that doesn't need tests and can diagnose my condition, I feel that I got the Botox shots too close together, got the first shots and then 2 weeks later another batch of shots and that caused my pain, especially that I got shots on the spot where I hit my head from the bike accident 3 years prior, the Neurologist all say it is not the Botox, but I know it is because the pain came 2 days after the 2nd. shots.