Posted by VWM on March 09, 1999 at 13:49:05:
In Reply to: Diagnosing one`s self on CH posted by Linda B on March 08, 1999 at 14:04:10:
LindaB:
Same here. When I first started getting these they were episodic, and the DR. I was going to at that time diagnosed them as sinus HA's. He gave me an Rx for sinus med., and when they started to get real bad, Fiorinal w/ codeine. I started to research what I had, and as usual, came up with chronic migraine.
After I switched Dr.'s, I found out, after more research, about CH's. By this time they had gone chronic. My Dr. agrees with this, IN PRIVATE! I recently had to get a "Fit for Duty" examination, and in the letter to my Commanders, he stated that I had MIGRAINES three times! When I asked him why he won't call them CH's, he said "I'm still not sure" !!!!!! He treats them as CH's, gives me Rx's as CH's, and calls them CH's to me, but still thinks there migraines!
If it looks like a duck, sounds like a duck, and walks like a duck .........
Pain free to ya!
Verne