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Comment author: Algon 15 April 2015 07:54:53AM 2 points [-]

Well, I've actually grown a bit as well. I can successfully put most of the pain to one side whilst I'm doing something, but my general cognition goes down quite a lot. There is little I can do about that besides resting, which is when the migraine pain train comes full speed.

The major lifestyle changes sound nice, but they are beyond my current capabilities. I am not yet even 20, and I have some important exams in about a month and a half. That is what I am most worried about. I can still do well, but not nearly as well as I could do if I didn't have this condition.

But I will definitely do things like a radical alteration of diet. Also, I've stayed in other countries for over a month, and that didn't seem to help, but maybe it was the environment. And trust me, I will do everything in my power to get rid of these damn things.

Thanks for the reply! I really hadn't thought about some of the things you mentioned. I'm going to have the year after my exams free to do whatever I want, so if I can, I'll try something like you mentioned. There's got to be something similar I can do in my situation.