i have been having headaches since i was 13, and i am now 24....last august i got this headache that would not go away..i went to doctor after doctor and nothing...meds after neds...still nothing...then they did a spinal tap...and boom instant relief...but the next day it came back....so they did another one a week later...same results...i had 5 spinal tap with 4 weeks...finally they came up with a surgerical procedure that would help...they put me in the hospital in december of 2001...and they put in a programable shunt in my brain where the spinal fluid was being stored...it was like magic....maybe that is the thing for you!!!!