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for those who have tried everything with no success, find a neurologist who specializes in headaches, and if they can't help, keep looking until you find the "right" one. my gf had them bad for years, and then they became one continuous headache that she had for three months - it was so bad that we were in the ER 4-5 times within a month, and she ended up on a fentanyl patch supplemented by vicodin every 4 hours, just in order to survive.
a local neurologist/headache specialist (who couldn't even see her for six weeks after this started) told her that it was "rebound" headache from the painkillers (which she hadn't started taking until AFTER she got the non-stop headache) and said she had to go without anything for several months before even being able to diagnose correctly.
after a couple of weeks of being ready to kill herself, we found a "super headache specialist" about 2 hours away in the LA area - the first good sign that was when we called, the receptionist said "well, there's no way we can let her live like that - can she come in tomorrow?"
it cost $500 just to walk in the door, and $125 to $250 for appointments after that - but the doc spent 1 1/2 hours with her, and at the end of the session, diagnosed her as probably having a rare headache disorder complicated by hormonal issues. she took what he prescribed for a few weeks, supplemented it with some vitamin/minerals, and things improved almost 90% -- now, a few months after that with some tinkering, etc - she's mostly headache-free.
moral: there ARE people out there who can help --- don't give up!
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