The Migraine Girl

Hi, friends! I decided to record myself in the beginning part of a recent migraine attack. It's not the most glamorous depiction of myself I've ever seen, but it is...

I have a little chicken-or-the-egg situation that keeps popping up again and am hoping you’ll weigh in with your own experiences. While I have made a habit of taking Sundays...

"We are celebrating FIVEremarkable years on Migraine.com!  We want to express our sincere gratitude and appreciation to YOU...our devoted migraine community members.  You have all helped to foster an incredible...

In October, I had such a rough bout with migraine. In fact, it’s been a tough fall*, and I’m looking forward to a respite from this bad health. I can’t...

I have taken magnesium for migraine prevention on and off for many years.  This time last year, I saw my neurologist, who was upset by the increased frequency of my...

A few months ago, I had been fitted for an NTI device, a retainer-like contraption that fits over your teeth and helps prevent you from clenching your teeth while sleeping. The...

My dear friend SB married her boyfriend of eleven years this weekend, and it was awesome.  You know those weddings where you can really see the couple’s personalities shine through...

Chances are, if you’ve told anyone about your migraine diagnosis, you’ve gotten some very well-meaning advice from about half those people. “My aunt had migraines forever until she steeped rare...

I’ve been trying to reflect and examine a side of myself I don’t like very much.  You see, I have a tendency, like many of us, to be judgmental at...

Until I reached puberty, I was a very healthy kid.  I didn’t eat fantastically well or anything, but I was thin and exercised a lot (usually just through playing and...

As I’ve mentioned before, I am very grateful to have excellent healthcare providers on my team. My primary care doctor is vivacious and strong and smart, and she’ll never make...

I recently implemented a system that has revolutionized my sleep quality, particularly my ability to fall asleep and avoid stress dreams. It’s super-simple, guys:  write down your worries, to-dos, upcoming...

Most of the migraineurs I interact with in my day-to-day “real” life aren’t chronic migraineurs. Rather, they are patients who have been diagnosed with migraine but don’t have fifteen or more...

For well over a week in April, it poured down rain in Athens.  You know the phrase “buckets of rain”?  That’s what it was like.  One Wednesday, I was at...

The alarm goes off and I snooze it just one last time (you already know I have a lifelong problem with this). Nine minutes later, it goes off again, and...

The topic of mindfulness has come up again and again here on migraine.com, and with good reason:  it’s an excellent way to manage stress day-to-day and has been proven effective...

In summer 2012, I wrote what I thought was a super-honest article for migraine.com about how I sometimes struggle(d) to find empathy for other migraineurs.  You can read the whole...

After a relatively good week, I woke up with a migraine today. My head felt totally stuffed up and snotty, and I had the perhaps naive hope that simply blowing...

Having trouble affording your meds or getting advice? Try your local pharmacy! For many years, I was like a lot of people in that I automatically went to chain pharmacies...

(Written on February 21, 2015.) Today I turned thirty-five. I wasn’t upset to turn thirty five years ago despite having been warned that that would be a tough age to...