I was just diagnosed at the ER with these type of migraines. I spent months having the headaches and then all the sudden I couldn't move! I couldn't speak and my entire left side was tingling and almost numb. I am 56 and thought I was having a stroke. Stroke and heart problems are all through my family so it didn't occur to me that it was migraines. I've had migraines all my life, but this was over the top insane pain. Wakes me in the middle of the night and makes me want to put my head through a wall if it will stop the pain. The pain doesn't last days like other migraines, but the intensity is like having my head in a vice with a white hot spike being repeatedly driven into my brain. Because I also have diabetes, high cholesterol and high blood pressure the doctors are hesitant to put me on meds. I am seeing the Neurologist very soon.