Severe Headaches Everyday for the past

3 years i go to my doctors he say stress of life he doesent no my life im also considering on coming out of

work because the other day i was driving back from scotland and i lost my vision on the road all went

speckly colour spots so i slammed my brakes on and went up side of moterway everyone bibing at me

so on.im reaLLY enjoying my work and dont want to stop as i like the job .so ive not told my docter i blacked out

 because im scasred he will say stop working.what do you think i should do please????this as now happened 2 times in 3 months.but when it does happen i also end up with a tender back pain weird i no and this is twice its happened and the back pain stiffins up on me makes it be tender and rough for a few days.while i suffer every single day with headaches.my family are missing out on things as i hate doing things because of the pain i get in head and sometimes i wish i just was not here so all else ie family could get on and do things

Dear Fisherman,

The colored speckly spots you describe are called an 'aura' that is associated with migraine. Blacking out can happen, but you need to inform your doctor. Are you currently taking any preventative medications for migraine? As you know, blacking out while driving or working with machinery could cost you your life or the lives of others.

Has your blood pressure been evaluated lately? I'm wondering if it suddenly gets high, inducing the blackouts. I'm no doctor, you really do need to see yours. There are a lot of medications out there to help migraine patients now and you shouldn't be having to suffer every single day with a headache. If your blood pressure runs high most of the time, you may need to be on medication for that.

I understand that you want to keep at your job and you should be able to, but if you aren't honest with your doctor, he cannot help you appropriately.

Is it possible to see another doctor if your usual one isn't very tuned into migraine problems? Stress can help trigger migraines, but it isn't what's causing them in the first place. Have you been evaluated with and MRI or EEG (electroencephalogram of the brain) to see if you have any problems that could be found that way?

Having had migraines for over 30 years myself, I understand what you mean about it interfering with family life. Here's hoping that things get much better for you very soon!!

singing the doc has just given me migralief tabs been to see doc today and hes told me to stop driving and offered me a sick not hes also sending me to get a brain scan ..i dont no how people can work with these im getting em 3 times a day and they even now are wakeing me up so as you can imagen im feeling very low ........as anyone had these migralief tabs as ive not took any yet...my doctor said by rights i should not be driving with this

What??? Migraleif/Migralief/MigraHealth they are all a combination of B Vitamins, Feverfew and Magnesium. There is no reason you should not be able to drive JUST because of taking this. Now if you are passing out etc with your migraines that might be why your doctor is making that suggestion.
There is actually a book that a Doctor wrote recommending MigraHealth/MigraLeif "preventative" the doctor's name is Dr. Mauskop. I have the title of the book if you need that. You may also want to visit www.migrahealth.com they have some information things on their website.

I have tried it and did have some relief when I did not have insurance and did not have access to presctiption medications. I think it is worth a try. Do some research and let us know how you are doing with that.

Sara

This is Kit the new kid on the block ( so to speak) I Just tried to post a question and it came up as No Subject on the page. I have never been in chat rooms before so I don't really know what I am doing. and I don't know how to post a question. If anyone reads this I would apreaciate some help thanks Kit

here's a review on the product by another migraine site

http://headaches.about.com/od/productreviews/fr/migra_cap.htm?nl=1