My powers manifested the same time I lost my sight. So the doctors thought my migraines were trauma-related and never checked for mutation or whatever.

So they spent a LOT of time putting me on various medications to help stop my migraines. Including a lot of painkillers, which I got addicted to. And moved on to harder and less legal things - where I promptly got put in rehab to dry out and realize the error of my ways. Thankfully, a good doctor there realized something wasn't right and discovered I was a mutant and hooked me up here.

Baddabing, baddaboom.