[Deana]

I have had migraines since I was a teenager. They are awful - I get bad aura, spots in my eyes, nausea and a severe dehydration feeling (although my Dr's haven't ever said that they come on from dehydration, it is just a symptom) not to mention the worst tunnel vision and awful tension/pounding in my head. They aren't as bad as they used to be--- now it is more tension headache coupled with nausea and aura. Lovely, lol.
When I was pg w/dd2, my dr gave my an rx for Dolgic. It has caffiene, acetaminophen and fiorinal. That has been a godsend to me. If I catch if early, a dolgic will zap it (sometimes I have to take an additional pill a few hours later). I try to wash the pill down with a REGULAR coke (not diet). I sometimes think there are medicinal qualities in regular coke!! If I don't catch it/treat it early, I am in big trouble, so I always have the med with me.

What is Topamax? I tried Imitrex and it was basically a joke. I used to take an Imitrex when I felt a migraine coming on, but I always ended up vomitting and then trying to keep a fiorinal down.

ETA: I have recently started a bcp (Yaz) and I feel like my hormonal migraines are like super light (if that makes any sense). I LOVE Yaz for SOOO many reasons!!