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Originally Posted by Neverland Scraps
I'm so sorry he's going through this and is suffering so much. Is there a way you are able to get him seen by a specialist and maybe on some prescription medication?
When I have my migraines, I'll sometimes get a rebound migraine. Those often feel worse than the initial migraine and have landed me in the ER for some heavy-duty pain killers.
Is the school offering some kind of support for your son, for missing so much school? Are they giving him ample time to make up any materials?
By any chance, did he bump his head and possibly got a concussion? I know you said he was in the ER, but honestly I'd take him to his primary and see a specialist. Because even at that age, they can prescribe something instead of saying "it can last for x-amount of weeks".
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We started with primary care, they treated him as though it was sinus for the first week until I took him back and insisted it wasn't. then they x-rayed his sinuses and confirmed it wasn't sinus congestion. after a few more days pain they ordered the MRI, when MRI results came back fine they expedited an appointment with a neurologist. The neuro was first to say "migraine", he had us try migraine medication for 1-2 days and when it didn't work he said that going to the hospital for IV medication would be the only option. Unfortunately that IV medicine made him too sick and they couldn't proceed with it. So here we are, almost 4 weeks of straight migraine pain, and nothing we have can even help reduce the pain for him.
For school...
we just met yesterday, they agreed to pursue "homebound". So we're having the doctors complete the paperwork. This will put him formally into a program where schoolwork from his teachers comes home, and there will be a teacher who visits our house for 4 hrs/week to help with any instruction he requires. We should know early next week whether he's been accepted into this or not.
thank you guys so much for all the thoughts and suggestions
