How and Why We Discovered the Truth About Migraines

Just like you, I have suffered dearly from the pain and agony of migraines and the sorrowful repercussions they create in a person's life.

My name is Eileen Walsh-Henry and this is the true story of a life filled with the anguish of migraines. That is until the truth about migraines was discovered.

It is also the story of my husband's work as a migraine researcher, the discovery of the genetic cause of migraines, identification of the biological methodology to prevent them, and the resulting formula for the prevention of migraines that later became Migraine Defense.

Like many young people who suffer from migraines, I first started to get migraine headaches around the age of ten. The photo above was taken by my father while I was suffering from a headache.

My mother and grandmother both had migraines, so they knew what was happening to me, but could offer little help other than a wet wash cloth and a dark room.

During my teen years the migraines came regularly with each period. In my twenties, the only extended relief from migraines was when I was pregnant. But as soon as I delivered each of my three children, the migraines returned. Caring for children while holding your head in pain is not the way a person should have to live, but I did.

Around the age of 40, my migraines began to worsen and within three years they had become a hellish daily nightmare of pain. Migraines were controlling every part of my life. It was not unusual for me to step over the line of safety and use two injections of Imitrex day after day in order to work eight hours and return home.

I no longer had any hope of returning to a better way of life, and began to feel that only death would bring an end to my misery.

Perhaps it was the strength and support of my husband Lyle, who never failed to help me each morning as another migraine attack came regularly at 4 AM that kept me going.

Following another bad experience at a well-known migraine clinic, Lyle made the decision to retire and dedicate full time to the study of migraines. I know he meant it because of his experience and international reputation for accomplishing what he said could be done. In fact, he had worked as a consultant to many of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the US and Europe.

As for myself, I had nearly twenty year's experience working in the medical field as a nurse specializing in migraine care. My knowledge of migraines at times surpassed that of the migraine doctors who had been prescribing the various medications for me.

The deeper Lyle's migraine research went, the more the doors to medical and scientific migraines research were opened. This allowed Lyle access (purchase) to vital information from other migraine researchers and institutions around the world.

After years of study, Lyle believed the answer may be found within the inherited genes. In 2003, he had a major break through when the Genomics Research Centre, School of Health Science, Griffith University, Queensland, Australia announced they had discovered the existence of a migraine gene that made a person predisposed to have migraines. This, to Lyle, is the single most important discovery ever made in migraine research.

It was not only the discovery of the gene, but the location that gave Lyle hope that a migraine preventive could be developed. He continued on his path of connecting migraine episodes to the activity of the hormone receptors of cells that produce hormones. More to the point, he was studying the hormone messengers of pituitary gland in relationship to hormonal migraines.

Believing Lyle was very close to solving the problem of migraine prevention, my MS Ophthaneurologist introduced us to his research partner, a neuroendocrinologist from Harvard Medical School. At the time Dr. Coleman was studying the effects of nutraceuticals for the prevention of neurological diseases (a migraine is not this type of disease). This relationship provided guidance to Lyle in the development of a migraine preventive formula made from FDA approved ingredients, each selected for its ability to produce a desired effect.

I started taking "the formula" in early February of 2004.

Within that month my chronic daily headaches first lessened in severity, then in frequency, and finally stopped altogether. Since the day they stopped, I have never had another migraine. Not one ever.

I remain migraine-free today by taking Migraine Defense daily. I know it is working, because during the few times that I have forgotten to take it, those early warning signs of a migraine have happened, although they never formed into a headache.

When patients and workers at my clinic noticed the changes in me, they asked to try this new formula. By tracking their progress during a trial period, we knew Lyle had developed a migraine preventive formula that could work for all people who suffered from migraines.

Lyle and I work to help others become migraine-free. It was never our intention to develop anything to sell, but once we knew it could work for others, we wanted to do whatever we could to help migraine sufferers, like you, enjoy a migraine-free life.

I chose this picture of me with one of our five pets, because I am outside on a bright sunny day enjoying life without the fear of getting a migraine. This is something that a few years ago I thought I would never be able to do again in my lifetime. It is so great to live a migraine-free life. Will you join me?

You can personally visit with me by calling 1-866-367-5953 (M-F 9-5 CST) to talk about your migraines. If I am unavailable at the time of your call, please leave a message and I will return your call.

If you prefer email, just send it to EEWalsh@Tuliv.com Please tell me a little about your migraine history and ask any questions you may have about migraine prevention.

Eileen