Sandy, I had daily migraines from the time I was a small child. I learned to live with them. Usually I could continue on with life, only occassionaly having to blacken the windows, put cotton in my ears and writhe on the bed for a few days. I was about 28 and working as an accountant when I suddenly had blurry vision every day at about 2:30 pm. I was still having the painful kind too. After a few weeks I went to the Dr and he told me I was having cluster migraines. He gave me some meds that would help for a couple of weeks then all the pain would come back and he'd switch to another med. The final straw was when I was driving to work (luckily I had a jeep and lived in the country) and looked at the sun and it had beautiful rainbows around it and I just drove toward it. I "came to" way off in a field, still driving toward the beautiful sun. I carefully got back on the road and continued on to work. I called the Dr and told him what happened and that I would rather have the migraines than experience all I'd been through with the meds. He said, "You know there is a government grant for something new called bio-feedback training and a local nurse practicioner is doing it here in Vt. I don't know anything about it, but I'm going to refer you." That was the end of my migraines. All kinds. For the first time in my life I my head was pain free. I guess it's like the silent migraines you talk about. They are still happening, but my body automatically goes into the bio-feedback routine all by itself after all these years (I'm 62 now). Sometimes I'm aware of the bio-feedback kicking in. If I consciously look for the migraine I can find it and sort of feel it, but no horrid pain. I have a bad headache about once or twice a year, but they don't act like the migraines I used to have. I guess they are just plain old headaches. I never thought of having an EEG. It would be interesting to see what it shows. Anne

I copied this from the ingredients at their site. (DHT Block proprietary blend (saw aplmetto berries, beta sitosterol, pumpkin seed extract, quercetin) They mispelled palmetto, but anyway, saw palmetto is used to treat enlarged prostrate and at another site I read that it "may" help with hair loss. I'm skeptical. I'm trying B vitamins. Biotin seems to be helping my nails so today I decided to start the B complex and see if helps my hair.

Topamax was what my dr. wanted to put me on, it's dangerous Actually for epileptic seizures. I told him after they took MIdrin off the market(compounding pharmacies will sometimes make it) I wanted to try what 100 hrs of research on Internet told me. Children can not be given Imitrex as too dangerous so they have found that they can give even a 3 month old baby an herb from Germany called Butterbur, it has to be purified or could cause problems but my dr. didn't think much of it but I've gone to him for almost 40 yrs so he said he would look into it. He called back that night & said he had also found 3 more very reputable studies & recommended by American Pediatric & Surgeons Academy& said yes by all means try it & see how it works. It is supposed to take 3 mos to work. 1 week later I noticed when I put lotion on my hands that they weren't sore as usual(broke wrist while back) that was nice but didn't think it was helping with headaches but gradually I was able to reduce prescription med. So went from 8 Midrin(generic) down to about 4 a day & as summer came I could tolerate a little AC. still allergic to any kind of smoke, cigarette,BBQ, forest fire, they still messed over me good. But after being on butterbur for 2 yrs & 3 mos I sometimes don't need any to get through the day, if humid or in AC 1 or 2. Strange thing too, my hair as kid gave me headaches as so thick, I wore 3 ponytails 1 under the other to ease headaches, Often had stomach aches, but just thought it was sick mom, taking care of 4 little bros. etc. Didn't know anyone if family had migraines until went to specialist ,several actually & then found out 3 cousins on dad's side ,his 3 sisters, & his mom all had them. Was told to avoid all the triggers I could & I was like "bubble boy"(wonder if he ever got out of that thing) I could not figure out why when 100 degrees out I would be down flat sick for 2 days or more. Finally I heard same thing on news often enough that it rang a bell- strong winds coming up coast of Mexico expected to move on out towards Hawaii by later today- UH! Why am I sick every time storm off coast of CA. Nobody recognized that weather & barometric changes could make you sick. I kept insisting to point I would tell dr. storm was coming even before news reported it ,I told friends it was going to rain or get windy & they laughed & then came back & said" How did you know" So even with keeping track of what you eat staying away from nitrates,msg,bananas, all the things, there are unseen things like smoke or chemicals or weather changes that some of us can't deal with without getting migraine. Interesting that 3 mo. old baby has migraines(guess it's not imaginary as child too young to dream a migraine up- they can tell from MRI) So if you look up Butterbur get it at Whole Foods grocery by co. called Solaray out of Park City Utah. Health food stores didn't have it except mixed with feverfew(allergic to that) & I don't want any more junk in my body than I have to have to feell good. Oh, about the hair, got really thin with all the medicine, well about 3 mos ago I noticed I had hair flying around all over & everybody said, wow, your hair is getting long around your face(rest in bun) so I am getting more hair in on my head. What butterbur does is stabilize blood vessels so they don't go up & down all day & clears a lot of inflammation out of them. My sore veins from broken wrist no longer hurting showed me that it was actually working some after 1 week. It smells like a weed even through the clear capsule & comes in 50 mg ones. Take 3-4 a day I take with meals & it doesn't not react with anything else medicines or foods. Outside of adjusting to smell it's terrific. I'm about 80 % better than I was 2 yrs ago & I have been through so much stress with sick & dying parents, hospitals, rehab, etc Had I not started butterbur I would not have been able to care for my dad & now my mom. I've had 2 headaches bad enough to put me in bed for hours since 1st of year. Back then it would have been 2 times a week! It is reasonably priced also. Bottle of 60 last 20 days for little under $20. Since I don't use much prescription drug I get to keep all that money that went for it. I did see big bottles by this company on Dr. OZ 1 day & so probably easier to find it. Check it out yourself & if you have a child with migraines this is what they need to take & not bunch of prescriptions(will need them for awhile until this herb gets working in their system)

I'm currently going through the rounds of trying different medications -- I've tried Imitrex and Zomig, neither of which did anything to get rid of the migraines. My doctor last prescribed Relpax, but I haven't had a chance to try it yet. I wish he'd put me on something that actually prevents the migraines, rather than something you take to get rid of them. I'm getting them almost weekly lately, and they're basically taking me down for half a day every time I get one -- even with medication that gets rid of it, I'll still be down for several hours, so that doesn't help me much. I'm currently a full time student and unemployed, so it's not that big a deal when I get one, but when I start a real job this summer, I can't imagine that my boss will like me being "sick" for a half day every week...