I'm in my mid 30s and have had migraine headaches for well over a decade now. The pain is so intense and overwhelming at times tears flow, and I moan in the dar

I'm in my mid 30s and have had migraine headaches for well over a decade now. The pain is so intense and overwhelming at times tears flow, and I moan in the dark with the only hope that time will pass and it will eventually get better at some point. The headaches occur as frequently as multiple times a week, and can last for a whole day or days on end (the more severe ones are shorter lived). I go to sleep with pain, and on many days wake up with pain. I have to hold down a job and take care of family, so I put on a wincing face and deal with it. I like to think I can mask the pain well, but my family tells me otherwise. I've tried medicines, injections, and countless remedies over the years and spent a bunch of money on doctors. But there is no reliable cure for me so far. I do all the usual things that people do at my stage in life, I laugh, I play, I go to work and do well ... but I don't think anyone really understands how much I have to kill of myself (my desires, my wish to be in a dark room with no noise and isolated, my wish to sit around and do nothing and just pass out with pain) to get thru each day. That has left me lonely, and a bit distrustful perhaps of people - though I try not to act on that thought. A few years ago, I tried cannabis. Living in a state where it is illegal was a problem - both legally and with my job. I got a few different strains and experimented with it over the course of a few weeks. When I found the strain that worked, I cried. I cried so much. I was pain free in a way that I hadn't known in nearly 2 decades. I didn't even realize how much and where I was hurting. Apart from my head, every muscle in my body was hurting due to the constant strain of dealing with pain. And it was all gone. Gone. I felt like I was born again for a few days. And then it was over. I couldn't continue with it due to it being illegal. It was then I really understood how immoral having at a minimum cannabis not being allowed for medical purposes is. I don't know if it is a long term solution as I didn't have an opportunity to gather enough data and observations - but surely there is potential. I also didn't have any side effects, with the exception of "the munchies" - which is very real :).