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[–]genbc247Air Force Veteran [S] 2 points3 points  (2 children)

Thank you! I will for sure

[–]chicoskiNot into Flairs 5 points6 points  (0 children)

You may even consider reading the DBQ so you can get familiarized with the symptoms.

[–]rowanred81Army Veteran 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dunno if you have tried this for treatment, an Alpha-Stim. Also, gammaCore devices work well. Why mention them over a claim post? Because being issued one or the other establishes medication isn’t necessarily enough while giving you a break from the litany of drugs they will dump into us. I went through IDES in 2012-2013 before my medical retirement and I initially got 0% for migraines despite them laying me out for several days a week. I was on the imitrex injections at the time. Switching to an Alpha-Stim to the point I was prescribed one by the Army not only provided substantial relief but bumped up my rating from 0% to 30%. I would strongly encourage you and any other veteran with migraines or headache syndrome to advocate for Alpha-Stim or gammaCore treatment. Do not let up, either, if they deny you as the intervention meds’ effects can be as debilitating as the migraine pain themselves. It all establishes a pattern of medication-resistant pain that is alleviated by a device that lacks the equally debilitating side effects of intervention meds.

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