FeaturedActive yesterdayMigraine Basics: Introduce Yourself!We want to get to know you! Our Migraine Basics forum series features different questions for our community to learn more about each other's lives and journeys with migraine. [Reminder:...Reactions0reactionsComments243 repliesCopingFriends & Family
Active 3 days agoChristmas lights...no, no, no!Greetings...folks...this is the first year...Christmas lights are bothering my photophobia/migraine, especially the flashing ones. Anyone else? I get a migraine after, no seizures - I don't want to present myself...Reactions0reactionsComments10 repliesFriends & FamilyTriggersGuilt
Active 6 days ago Has anyone called you "useless" since you have chronic migraine? (long vent)Venting warning and may be repeat. This may sound like I'm on repeat, but oh boy...just when I think I have my family on board, one falls over, and yes...Reactions0reactionsComments3 repliesFriends & FamilyMental HealthCoping
My 28 yr marriage may be overI've suffered with migraines on and off all my like but since 2013 I've been in constant pain. I lost my career in 2016 and now migraines have likely destroyed...Reactions0reactionsComments30 repliesDepressionFriends & FamilyGuilt
Parenting with migraineBeing a parent comes with its own unique set of challenges. Having migraine as a parent, however, can elevate these challenges and bring on feelings of guilt and insecurity. What...Reactions0reactionsComments4 repliesFriends & FamilyTips & AdviceCaregiving
Celebrating Pets! A Call for Pictures and StoriesFrom the support, love, and companionship they offer to the way they can alert us to an oncoming attack - pets can be essential for people living with migraine. In...Reactions0reactionsComments32 repliesFriends & FamilyTips & AdviceCoping
Back to School with MigraineBack to school season is among us! Whether you are a parent with migraine, a parent of a child with migraine, or both, how are you preparing for the beginning...Reactions0reactionsComments0 repliesTips & AdviceFriends & FamilyCaregiving
Family members frustration with my migrainesGreetings, First - thank you for having me. I have had migraines for about 5+ years now. I'm not sure why. Photosensitive, allergic to everything, can't even be on a...Reactions0reactionsComments16 repliesFriends & Family
How to let friends know why you can’t socialize? I have intractable migraine and have been close to incapacitated for 70 days straight. A kind, well-meaning, loyal, but non-migrainer friend really wants to help me. However, she is now...Reactions0reactionsComments1 repliesCopingFriends & FamilyTips & Advice
Reference to illness in a holiday cardHi, friends! My husband and I were picking out Father's Day cards today, and we were surprised to find a card that referenced chronic illness. Something to the effect of:...Reactions0reactionsComments5 repliesAwarenessCopingFriends & Family