You are indeed lucky they ceased. Mine did not start until my 20s It is definitely one thing that made sure I had my own business. Many people in a supervisory position have no understanding of what it is like. Ed# In a message dated 9/22/2015 10:10:22 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, cube1 at charter.net writes: On 9/22/2015 11:00 PM, COURYHOUSE at aol.com wrote: Ugh. Had some of those while I was in High School, complete with squiggly lines, often nausea and hours of intense pain. You have my sympathy. Then one day I started to get one while I was driving from home to the local music store. I pulled over, took a deep breath and (I kid you not) told myself no, you are not going to get a migraine, ain't gonna happen. It went away almost immediately, and I haven't had one since. Go figure. Almost certainly pure coincidence. [I wish that would work for everyone. Sigh.] JRJ