Living with Migraine

My migraines almost always seem to have a cervicogenic source - meaning they are related to issues/pain in my neck (and jaw). As such, I have found that anything that...

When I have a bad day, I acknowledge its badness. It could be all those small things that pile up like being late everywhere I go or not being able...

Jenna Kutcher, a social media influencer, recently released a book titled, “How Are You… Really?” It’s a great read (or listen if you’re like me and love to listen to...

Chronic migraine has impacted my life since 2009. While I had some experience with episodic migraines prior to 2009, chronic migraines changed my life. The person that I was prior...

For the last six months, I've been in a really good groove with my migraine treatment. It feels like magic to be able to say that. It's the first time...

For nearly nine months, I’ve been dealing with a fungal infection in my lungs. Despite the good prognosis — it’s a common infection where I live and I don't have...

Cluster headache disease can be episodic or chronic. While the primary symptoms are the same, the chronic version can have different presentations that make it tougher to manage. With episodic...

Do you know where your migraines have derived from? Migraines can have many causes. Sometimes people start getting migraines out of the blue and are called idiopathic (no known cause)...

I had COVID, likely the Omicron variant, in January 2022. My son, who is five but goes to a preschool with kids too young to be vaccinated, got it first...

Presenteeism is the state of a person being physically available for work, life, or whatever but not having the ability to be as productive since we are not fully functional...

Retreat. I have wanted to retreat from my own body — but why to RetreatMigraine? RetreatMigraine is an annual event that CHAMP (Coalition of Headache and Migraine Patients) holds for...

I love sleeping. Since I was a little kid, I've loved sleeping late and staying cozy under the covers. As a teenager, dozing until the "crack of noon" was my...

For many, chronic migraine means living with constant pain of varying gradations. While navigating a world full of triggers, this can quickly exacerbate that pain into a full-blown attack. We...

I love having a routine so much because a slight deviation can wreak havoc on my migraine health. I received a text from my little cousin, whom I basically raised...

Are you counting down the days until the kids are back in school? Many parents crave that time when the kids are on the bus, and there is finally a...

As I wrote about a few months before, I sporadically suffer from a rare form of migraine known as vestibular migraine. It means I was getting debilitating episodes of vertigo...

We are led to believe early on in our migraine journey - in imperceivable and pronounced ways, that we are to blame or at fault for migraine. Repeat after me:...

When I was a teen getting my first migraines, they were very textbook. I had the aura, the tingling numbness, and then the headache. If I could catch it early...

At one of the seminars I attended at a recent American Headache Society Symposium, the question was posed, “Is There a Role for Opioids and Bultalbital-Containing Medications in the Treatment...

Living with chronic migraine disease has taught me so many lessons. In general, life has many lessons to teach us, but I’ve found that some of the most challenging tasks...