Only Fiorinal helps. I'm thinking of changing doctors again. No one doubts our headaches are severe, but not all severe headaches are migraines. The International Headache Society lists no less than 72 types of headache, including seven types of migraine. Any of these headaches may cause severe head pain.
Many people call any ferocious headache a migraine, especially if they are recurrent.
You might ask what difference it makes what you call them. Well, it's not that simple. And it is important to make an accurate diagnosis, because treatment for one may not work for another. Also, as we all know, headaches may at times signal a serious underlying problem requiring treatment or correction. You feel weird, funny, different.