Migraines, part one

Migraines come from my mother's side of the family. My aunts had migraines, my mother had migraines, my sister had migraines, my cousins get migraines, I get migraines. I started getting migraines in my teens but they have gotten progressively worse as I hit my twenties and thirties. A few years ago, I started taking Maxalt when a migraine would come on. I wish that I had known about this earlier, since taking Maxalt is so much better than the alternative. The alternative being me, face-down in my bed with ice packs on my head and vomiting whenever I moved any part of my body. Sometimes I would just pass out on the bathroom floor because the coldness of the tiles felt so good. I would be out of commission for roughly 24 hours until the pain subsided. I am so glad that I am able to talk to my primary care physician about my migraines and we can work on a plan of treatment to reduce the amount of migraines that I get. My primary care physician sent me to a neurologist, who put me on an elimination diet. Through the elimination diet, I found that I can get a migraine from eating (among other things...)cheeses, cheese-flavored breads/crackers, chocolate, hot dogs, and drinking wine. The neurologist also has me taking some vitamins & mineral supplements. At my follow-up neurologist appointment, I was told that I was now a "smart migrainer". I now know what foods will give me a migraine and what my migraine triggers are: stress, my menstrual cycle, not drinking enough water, summer heat/sun and sometimes rainy weather. Migraines suck.