Originally Posted by kurokat

Hi
I am currently 15 years old, and have been having severe chronic migraines since 2008. I have been on many different medications to try to stop or prevent them, from beta blockers to topamax which is the most recent. No pain medication really helps besides Tramadol. Which knocks me out for 8-10 hours. :\
To give a back story:
2008: living in shanghai, china. Traveled to the gobi desert with school for a week, got hit by tent pole to back of neck/head.
2 weeks later got first migraine ever, had one every 1-2 weeks or so for a while then they started to get more frequent. To the point of having them everyday. from around 3-4 am to 2 pm.
Moved to austalia, sudden lack of migraines for 6 months!!!
and they are back now. they followed the same pattern as before and have gotten to the point of having them daily again.
my blood has been tested for all common (and quite a few random) causes of migraines, have had multiple CT and MRI scans on my brain and spine. in the first brain scan I was fully clear but in the recent one they found a small cyst on my right frontal horn as well as a few white spots but they weren't concerned about either.
I have had my neck checked out by a physio but they found nothing wrong with it. its not food related as far as we can tell as well. I went to see a infectious diseases man, and they want to do a LP.

so all signs point to migraine but... any other ideas/thoughts/opinions would be much appreciated!! but other than that I was wondering about the lumbar puncture. I am very sensitive because of the migraines and almost any pain could set me off. I'm just worried I might jump or jerk away. does anyone have any tips to help me keep calm during the LP? My mum told me it really hurts but everyone here seems to say it doesn't much? I'm a woose, kind of wish they could just knock me out and do it while I'm konked. :P
sorry for the long post!