That sounds so frustrating!! He has all of these physical, concrete, actual symptoms, yet they have no way to physically, concretely and actually explained what happening with the body.

I have chronic daily migraines, 24/7, and like I wrote initially, I've been living with it every day since 2002. I've seen a lot of doctors, been to lots of clinics, and of course tried every treatment option suggested under the sun. I think I might have missed something in your post - but it sounds like he is being assed for a psychiatric diagnosis in effort to explain physical symptoms. If you don't mind me asking, what was it that made you, your family, or your medical team to investigate a mental health cause? I ask because - well, for one, I do not believe there "physical" health, and that's one thing, then there is "mental" health, which is a different thing. It sounds like the science on this is catching up to what many of us have always known. Its true that physical health is seen as more - well, medical, - but because of that, mental health is seen as separate, as its own genre, with its only list of specific symptoms, to meet specific critic, to determine a specific diagnosis. Sorry - I'm going on and on.
I'm just wondering what inspired his medical team to assess for a mental health cause?

Hi,<br />
<br />
I've had migraines since I was in my teens and began with Chloral Hydrate,<br />
then Nembutal, Seconal<br />
and onto Fiorinal and Imitrix.<br />
<br />
With two at least a week and raising a family, working and other<br />
resposibilities, aside from trying to<br />
care for my health of epilepsy. tuberous sclerosis and adapting to<br />
systematic growth changes.<br />
<br />
From my studies in my late teens at Stanford University's Doctors Library<br />
and since--"I removed<br />
everything from my life that could trigger (cause raised anxiety,<br />
excitement, etc.)--then I began to<br />
add one item at a time until I was able to handle it." Somethings I never<br />
did again. But I found<br />
a way to change my trends of thought by doing different things I could.<br />
<br />
Now, at 77, I'm fortunate not to have had a migraine in 4+ years and one or<br />
two small normal<br />
headaches gone with an aspirin.<br />
<br />
Good Luck.<br />
<br />
Kay Kramer<br />

Have you ever tried propranolol? It's a beta blocker and used for<br />
migraines. I take 1 every day and my migraines have been gone for yrs.<br />