Living with Migraine

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...

The Media Habits Survey is now closed. Thank you for your interest! Managing a chronic condition is not easy and can be physically and mentally exhausting. What types of media...

Lying in bed, I felt the pain in my head burning. If someone could just disconnect the feeling of the hot, portable grill attached to the side of my brain...

I recently struggled with a lengthy migraine and was dismissed without support from my migraine specialist. At the time, I thought I had some good options for aborting migraines once...

I was FaceTiming my girlfriend while finally grabbing the clippers to shave my scraggly beard. I think it looks cool. She thinks it looks scratchy. I'm more inclined to agree...

I've written quite a bit about how my previous migraine specialist told me there weren't really any good options for migraine prevention while I was trying to conceive, was pregnant...

I was eating lunch in the break room with a coworker when his face disappeared. One second he was telling me about his side gig as a waiter (we were...

I don’t like confrontation. Honestly, I’ve avoided having “crucial conversations” in all areas of my life. I want everyone to get along. I never want to offend, challenge, or hurt...

On February 15, I participated in my second year as an advocate with Headache on the Hill (HOH), a day of migraine advocacy with members of Congress organized by the...

In March 2020, when COVID-19 made a prevalent and widespread entrance into the United States, life as we knew it changed. As a chronic illness patient living with two autoimmune...

Do you take measures to try to prevent a migraine on days that you know will be more demanding than usual? We know that migraine thrives on change, and often...

One of the biggest advantages to having my migraines managed by a migraine specialist this past year, rather than a primary care physician or a general neurologist, was having access...

It’s supposed to snow next week in the Pacific Northwest. To be clear, I know it snows all over, and I know it’s already snowed all over, but when it...

Have you ever noticed that you're not as aware of your migraine pain when you're enjoying yourself? Maybe you watched a funny movie or chatted with a good friend, and...