I have been so frustrated with my very recent experience. I was on vacation in San Francisco and was hit in the back of my head with a severe pain like I have never felt before. I could not move for over an hour. It was my second day of vacation and my first vacation in 2 years. My vision in my left eye was blurry and I had difficulty keeping my eye open. I have had headaches since I was a child and I am now 44 years old. This was unlike any headache I had ever experienced. I returned home a week later still with the headache, no better and my vision still blurry. The headache affected only the left side of my head which was atypical for me. I returned to work that Monday and my headache worsened along with my vision,nothing helped.I eventually went to see my primary who prescribed fioricet for me. I don't take anything routinely and most meds tried in the past were ineffective so I learned to live with my migraines. This particular headache started to cause me to slur words here and there . I chalked it up to the pain. I finally went to the emergency room and was given morphine IV which intensified the pain. They then gave me a combination of IV meds which did stop the pain. The cat scan was negative and I went home. Six hours later the meds wore off and I was back to where I was. I then went to see a neurologist who suggested botox and put me on prednisone. The prednisone was on a titration schedule and did ease the pain ,however did not stop it. I did not proceed with the botox.When I asked him the side affects of the botox he responded"you lose a few wrinkles" I asked the success rate he had with botox teatments and he was vague. I felt like he did not take my atypical headache seriously and just needed another subject for botox. As soon as the prednisone was completed the pain was back . I was at work and I became unable to speak clearly. I knew what I wanted to say but had so much difficulty saying it. I was so scared and thought I was having a stroke. A co-worker of mine took me to the emergency room  and I was admitted. All the scans and blood work were negative and thats all I kept hearing yet my speech was messed up , I was vomitting from the pain and could not keep my eyes open because of the pain. The hospitalist kept suggesting to my family that it was a psyche issue because all the tests were negative. I was released from the hospital this past Saturday 10/20/12 and my speech still is not fully returned to normal, however has become better. I was placed on Topamax which seems to have made a difference for me. I do take B12 and B6 vitamin supplements. My Complex migraine lasted from 9/22/12 to 10/19/12. No one should ever have to suffer with that level of pain. It was the ER physician who diagnosed me with the complex migraine. I am a registered nurse and I amj very disappointed in physicians,neurologists and hospitalists who still don't take this condition seriously because the tests are negative. I only hope they themselves never have to experience this first hand before they change their attitudes and responses to those of us that do. God bless you all.