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Today (to be honest, not sure if it's AM or PM let alone day of the week) Dear Social Security Disability (particularly the judge who denied me): Hello, you may...

My home is a safe place, But this house is my prison. I can control the surroundings, But my surroundings control me. I can be at peace here, But I'm...

For those who have not experienced a migraine before, it might be hard to understand what it's like. So I pose this question? What's your favorite grocery store? Close your...

No one understands, no one, not even another migrainure. We may share symptoms or stories but no one knows the internal battle you are living with. These battles we face...

The days are getting longer and harder to bear. My way of life is no longer what I make it, it’s just what it is. There is no cure, the...

I’m home after a long day. I’m physically and mentally exhausted, I’m exhausted in a way that sleep doesn’t help. Today my migraine is exhausting in a way that my soul is tired and lonely...

The world, this vast place we live in. Its beauty and glory all around us every day. The sun, the trees and flowers, the magnificent lightning storms, the heat and...

It’s hard to concentrate but my head won’t stop wandering. Between the throbbing pain in my head and the bright lights I’m not doing so well today. My “invisible illness”...

Why? Why can't I go outside? Why can't I leave my lights on? Why can't I find the right word? Why can't I spell in the middle of a sentence?...

It’s the beginning of the day, bright and sunny just the way you picture a perfect afternoon. Expect, for me, it’s a picture perfect nightmare. The sun is glaring in...

The room is dark, I open my eyes slightly as I awake from the pain. It’s almost 4 am, and my body feels like a 1000 pounds and my head...

How can you explain the daily pain of migraines to someone? How can you explain the stabbing knife feeling to your head or the pain that's shooting from front to...

Have you ever been to the grocery store, bank, restaurant or doctor office and you can tell they are training some one new? Don't get me wrong, we all start...

I just can't describe it... I'm just so...so defeated, tired, restless, angry, confused, frustrated, did I mention tired and HELPLESS! Helpless is probably the one and only one that makes...

Hi, how are you? Good, how are you?... you say it every day out in public but it really is just habit for people. At least for me it was...

It's only an hour, you'll be okay... you always have a headache... exercise will help you... you need to get rid of your stress... can't you take a pill for...

Saturday, your day to sleep in... except it's 3 am and your migraine is back full force. You take some relief medication and lay down on the couch. Trying to...

6 am, alarm clock goes off you roll over and get out of bed. It's going to be a long day, you already have the start of a migraine. Your...

I have been a migraine sufferer since I was diagnosed at 15, however about 2 years ago my life changed when my migraines became chronic. My whole world as I...