From the very beginning, the doctor mentioned me weight. He didn't really take the time to understand anything else. Not too mention, he poked my stomach a few times (inappropriate in every possible way). He just didn't listen to me. While weight can be a factor, so can a dozen other things. I actually looked it up in the NIH web database. "Migraine global prevalence is 20.7% in women and 9.7% in men. This difference is partly explained by hormonal differences, as well as by differences in brain structure, genetic polymorphisms and neuronal pathways. Sex differences may also play a role in the progression from episodic to chronic migraine. In workers, migraines are mostly associated with strenuous physical work in men, whilst migraines triggered by night shifts, lack of sleep, or irregular sleep patterns are more common in women." (Added to that, he made jokes about my ethnicity & the type of foods we like to eat (I wrote a paper about this kind of discrimination). I will not go back. read more