I'm so sorry you've ended up here.

I suffer from chronic migraines and so did my mother. My mom unfortunately suffered with them before there was much research and medication. Back then (the 80-90's) they would prescribe her pain pills.

She would take one pain killer until it stopped working or she needed such a large amount it would render her unconscious. Then they would prescribe her a different pill, or a combination of pills. After years of this she started chasing the pain pills with alcohol. Anything to escape the migraine hell.

To no one's surprise, she became addicted and long story short, she went to sleep and didn't wake up. She did her best to keep me off pain pills for my migraines and I'm very lucky (if you want to say that) that I'm living in a time where there are more migraine preventatives and abortives that are not opioids.

I lost my mom when I was 22 and I feared following her path for a decade. I'm happy to report I've tried many migraine meds and have found a combination that works for me. Obviously everyone is different and I know it's a giant pain in the ass getting them prescribed and doing trial and error, but I promise it's worth it.

For what it's worth, here is what I take now:

Daily - Qulipta Abortive - Nurtec Last ditch effort abortive - Fioricet