Your doctor will want to know the details of your migraine symptoms.  You can help your doctor treat you for your specific set of symptoms by answering the following ten questions on paper:

One:   How frequently do you have headaches?

Two:  Do you have combinations of different types of headaches, such as frequent mild headaches with occasional intensely painful ones?

Three:  How many years have you been suffering from headaches?  How old were you when the headaches first began?

Four:  Where does the pain set in?  Does this pain spread over several areas or is it limited to one spot?

Five:  How long does the headache pain last?  Does the pain have a duration of one hour, several hours, a full day or longer?

Six:  How intense are the headaches that you experience?  Can you still perform your daily routine, or are you totally incapacitated?

Seven:  What words would you use to describe the pain?

Eight:  Does the pain increase as a result of physical exertion?  Likewise, does the pain decrease when you lie down?

Nine:  Do you experience anything about twenty minutes prior to the onset of the migraine?  Do you see lights or any extraordinary visual hallucinations?  Do you experience numbness in your arms or legs?

Ten:  Substances:  Are you taking any prescription medications?  Do you smoke or drink alcohol?  Do you eat foods containing MSG?

There are many different treatment options for various kinds of migraines.  Your doctor should be able to tailor a plan based on the answers given to the questions above.  Hopefully, by providing the information to your doctor, you will no longer suffer unnecessarily from migraines.