As a person who suffered from migraines for 14 years, I can now say that I only get an occasional migraine thanks to Miriam Mackey, a classically trained homeopath.
Before working with Miriam, I tried all of the over-the-counter medications I saw advertised. Traditional medical specialists treated me with a slew of migraine treatments for prevention as well as to treat a migraine, changing them as the side-effects became worse than the migraines, or they stopped working over time. While all were effective to some extent, I continued to suffer from migraines sometimes for weeks on end. For years I was taking anti-seizure medications twice daily to reduce the occurrence and severity of my migraines. I had two powerful prescriptions that, although they could not be taken together could both be taken with additional over-the-counter medications and I refilled both prescriptions every single month. I lost time at work and my personal life suffered even more. Many, many foods triggered instant migraines. I had to reset the refresh rate on computer monitors or the flicker (unseen to most people) made it impossible for me to read the screen and caused pain to even look at it. I couldn't work in florescent intensive environments.
Other non-western treatments (chiropractic, acupuncture, and magnets) helped, but I was still severely affected by foods and highly dependent on medications in my daily life. My first thought of the day (if I didn't wake up with a migraine already) was, "when am I going to get a headache today and how bad is it going to be?"
Miriam's intake and follow-up appointments looked at the whole me, not just my symptoms and the triggers I already identified. She took some time to review all of the seemingly unrelated information and developed a remedy specifically for me: two drops of a tasteless liquid in the morning. It doesn't interfere with any of the western medications and has no side-effects of its own.
Because I keep a log of both migraine triggers and medication usage, I've been able to quantitatively track my progress since seeing Miriam.
I began seeing Miriam in the spring. At the end of summer we determined that I took less medication (prescription and over-the-counter) than I had been taking each week when I began and I was able to eat some foods that I hadn't been able to have for years. The following spring I was taking less in a month than in a week the previous summer. Now, entering the 2nd summer, I'm able to eat many of the foods that used to trigger my migraines, including the one that would make it feel like I'd been hit in the side of my head with an ice pick from just one bite.
I've been able to take a hobby and turn it into a second business because I can now make commitments to customers and keep them. I can take vacations because I'm not running out of sick time. I took the black-out drapes off my bedroom window. I can eat in restaurants without fear of secret ingredients. I wake up and think, "what a great day!" read more