Living with Migraine

As a theatre kid through and through, I grew up to become a middle school drama teacher. I taught English during the day and ran the after-school drama program, putting...

Aside from the physical pain, dehydration is always my worst enemy during a migraine. It makes the head pain worse. It creates joint pain. It weakens me. It makes an...

After living years with chronic health conditions such as chronic migraine and endometriosis, remembering my value as a person was a struggle. My self-esteem was drastically reduced. I felt like...

I can count on the slow, dull drumming of a migraine attack like the beating of a heart beneath my floorboards. The foggy haze of status migraine steals more of...

Working from home has become such a blessing. Ever since March of 2020, when the world shut down and we all found ourselves in lockdown, I was able to transition...

In my experience, breastfeeding has a lot of ups and downs. I love the bonding time with my daughter – even during the late-night feeds – and I love that...

As an adolescent, my migraines were anything but silent. They were loud, pounding on the inside of my head, forcing me to my bed, and hurting for days afterward. I’d...

I have a tendency to feel like my brain always needs to be productive or complete tasks or check things off a list. It’s exhausting, and it’s a mechanism of...

Anyone who has experienced the horrible adventure of a migraine attack has likely noticed they bring some unusual and sometimes scary symptoms. Many people start to notice these symptoms in...

When I became a mom, there were some things I didn’t know were a thing until I discovered they were a thing. Like I’d heard tales about the lack of...

I recently shared some details about my experience working with a headache clinic. I shared their personalized treatment plan approach for me, combining three preventive medications and a small selection...

I’ve heard mixed experiences of women getting migraines during pregnancy and postpartum. Some migraineurs finally get the relief they’ve been craving for years, and others experience an increase in the...

If you live with migraines, nothing I write here will be of surprise to you. In fact, I’m guessing you might read this article and think “Hey, I could’ve written...

I am a soldier. Being in the military can be a fun and rewarding job. I was a soldier first and foremost. I volunteered to serve my country. I was...

I've had POTS for over 12 years now, but none of my symptoms were as severe as they are now. I knew after I was diagnosed, I put together things...

I got pregnant in 2013 and, until that time, could usually expect two to three full-blown migraines with aura a year. It was manageable but highly inconvenient as I never...

As someone who has struggled with migraines since childhood, it's very easy for me to list the abortive migraine medications that have worked for me and those that absolutely have...

Living with migraine disease has many challenges. I live with chronic intractable migraine disease and have been unable to sustain any gainful employment. The outside world perceives my inability to...

Here's a really frustrating fact: The most common time for me to get a migraine is in the middle of the night. Let me paint you a picture. I struggle...

I have actively been seeking out new treatments, therapy regimens, and all the like in my journey to help manage my migraine disease. The most serious part of my journey...