Let’s be frank; not everyone who sufferers from migraines has a chemical imbalance and not everyone with a chemical imbalance suffers from migraines. Since this if often the first thing a person gets tested for by their neurologist, I feel that a lot depends on a doctor’s approach.
I’ve been with my neurologist for 15 years. He has tested me for every possible thing to try to figure how why my migraines are so severe at times, and each time he has to say that, while not typical, as I generally don’t have migraine with aura (I have noticed that this has changed over the past three years.), I do indeed suffer from chronic migraines. For me, it is both genetic and related to concussion history. However, migraines were the first Fibromyalgia symptom to surface, so it is not uncommon for me to meet people who have migraines and some form of Chronic Pain. My doctor suspects it may go hand-in-hand for many of us, but he’d never say it happens to everyone.
Written by LISA MARINO-Molchanova 