Yes, I have been under tremendous stress as of late and quickly attributed my daily migraine attacks to that. Each morning, for the last three weeks or so, I have awakened to the beginnings of an attack, the usual pain in the right side of my neck, either the beginning of one or the warning of one.

I’ve started with my Cefaly device and then have had to graduate through the day to more and more of my rescue drugs, sometimes (since I have to be so careful not to use up a month’s supply). A few times, I have just thrown everything I have at it in an attempt to completely break what I have seen as a daily cycle.

Yesterday, after not having been able to get to my physical therapist for some time, I called and was able to get an appointment. As soon as I told her my pattern, she prompted me to hop up on her table, saying, “I’d say you are suffering from 'rebound headache'"—which........

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