How’d you get treatment?

Hey guys and girls, I am at a complete loss as to how to get my doctors to take me seriously. I’m 20 F and just got over an extreme migraine. I’m talking I sat in my bathroom with the lights off while I had binaural beats playing. I was also wearing a cold pack on my head and a heating pack on the back of my neck. I would say I’m good at advocating for myself as I’ve gone to my doctor over my migraines and headaches over twenty times since I was only 15. However I keep getting waved off and getting told it’s hormones or stress. I would believe that if I wasn’t getting a headache everyday and a migraine at LEAST once a week.

I live in a small town far from any big city therefore I don’t have many options for doctors around me. My doctor put me on a medication that I’m supposed to take when I “ feel a headache coming “ but that is everyday without fail. I’ve been on this medication since I was 16 and nothing has changed. I feel as though there HAS to be something wrong with me because of the intensity of my migraines.

So how did you go about talking to your doctors for them to take you seriously? I don’t know how many more migraines I can take before I just go ahead and drive a couple hours to the city. If I should do that then please tell me what are some things that help you get relief when you have massive migraines? I am willing to try any little life hack that saved you!

Thank you in advance 🫶🏻