OT: Migraine Medications

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I'm sorry this is off topic, but I so have to discuss this with

someone. My good friend suffers from migraines, in which her

migraines became worse about two and half years ago. I don't know why

they became worse, but she dropped out of college and was demoted at

work because of her migraines.

Anyway, she started to research on her own why her migraines became

worse, and she entered a medical study to link migraines with a hole

in the heart. She takes SEVERAL medications, and had surgery last

year to put a splint in her heart. She take alzheimer's medication,

anti-seizure medication, beta-blockers, pain killers, anti-

depressants, aspirin, and who knows what else. I have confronted her

on a few occations and voiced my concerns about her treatments. She

thinks that I am the uneducated one because I don't believe in

prescription drugs and I don't vaccinate my daughter. I have always

suffered from mild tics, and I take several vitamins and supplements,

which she says has never been medically proven. I get so hurt when

she attacks the way I take care of myself and my daughter.

She has a migraine blog, and today she called me a hypocrite, because

I take natural supplements without a doctors supervision, while

condeming people taking prescription drugs with a doctors

supervision. I am so mad, hurt, you name it. All I am trying to do is

to wake my friend up.

She trusts her doctors with all her heart, and I truly believe with

all my heart that I am going to be at my friends funeral very soon.

She will not listen to anyone, and goes and insults me because I

don't trust the medical community. A part of me wants to keep trying

to help her, and the other part of me wants to turn my back on her.

I guess we never get it through people's head. Why do I waste my

time, and then read about what a hypocrite I am in her blog? Should I

let her kill herself? Do any of you just end up turning your back on

people?