thanks for all your help and yes, I have now seen a doctor and am going to the hospital for some tests tomorrow...

I know it's not food or hormone related because I have spent so long on that road trying to find a cause....best we can come up with is stress.My doc says classic migraine symptoms are always exactly that, i.e not a brain tumour or high blood pressure or any other nasty....we just need to find out why I'm having so many and why so severe.

I've made a note of all your remedies though and will try each one.....heaven knows, I'd do pretty much anything to zap the little sucker.

Once again, thanks for your help....I'm going to bed to feel a bit sorry for myself now.*G*