I used to get severe migraines from flickering lights and most computer screens starting on September 5th or 6th 2011. I was born with optic nerve hypoplasia (and nystagmus in my right eye) but don't recall EVER having any problem prior to this.

For years I went through the roundabout of doctors offering treatments that didn't really help (Botox) or give unhelpful advice ("just avoid triggers"). It wasn't a problem before this, dammit. I eventually dropped out of school, stopped using computers for days at a time and spent over 95% of my time for over 5 years sleeping being very depressed and suicidal.

It got to the point where my eyesight was degenerative and my doctor suggested I try topiramate (risk of optic nerve damage and my eyesight was already bad and getting worse by the day). I tried valproic acid and it made my vision blurry for a week, but I recovered upon stopping the drug.

In early 2017 I got a medical cannabis prescription from a doctor who acknowledged that other treatments didn't work for me and it made an immediate difference. I don't really get migraines anymore and I'm a much happier person in general whose started going to university and I've made some hilarious stoner friends as a result, so that's funny too. What's odd is my eyesight has improved to the point where I don't need as strong as a glasses prescription. The glasses I got last December are now too strong for me so I am happy about that. I'm still not 100% yet, but even a year and a half in I'm still "recovering" from everyday migraines for over half a decade.

I'm blessed to live in Canada and not a place where medical cannabis is illegal. Even in legal US states (Washington, Colorado, et al) there is still the hypocrisy of the federal government acknowledging that cannabis has medical benefits, while still causing vexing legal problems for users.

Be well everyone. Feel free to ask any questions.