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...Reactions0reactionsComments19 repliesFriends & FamilyTips & AdviceCoping
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...Reactions0reactionsComments14 repliesFriends & Family
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...Reactions0reactionsComments26 repliesDepressionFriends & FamilyGuilt
FeaturedMigraine 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:...Reactions0reactionsComments206 repliesCopingFriends & 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
Being a high school student with Migraine. I’m a high school student diagnosed with migraine. I get very severe attacks that makes it hard to concentrate. It’s been 7 years living with it but I still can’t...Reactions0reactionsComments14 repliesFriends & FamilyMental Health
How do you talk about it?Reposting with edits: "Wondering how others talk about their migraines with friends, family and others?. What words do you use to explain? Do you use words like neurological disorder, disability...Reactions0reactionsComments2 repliesFriends & FamilyTips & Advice
Do you have a quick easy way to let your significant other know you have a migraine?Do you have a quick easy way to let your significant other know you have a migraine? Do ya'll use a specific emoji over text? Or do you have another...Reactions0reactionsComments19 repliesFriends & FamilyCopingTips & Advice
Migraine Support PersonFor those of us who have no family members or friends who have the time to accompany us to doctor’s appointments, it would be great if we could hire someone...Reactions0reactionsComments0 repliesHealthcare TeamFriends & FamilyCaregiving