Living with Migraine

For the longest time, I wasn't sure if my headaches - despite their severity and how the symptoms often aligned with those associated with migraines (such as light and noise...

Recently, I sat down to talk with my friend Mackenzie about her history of migraines. Mackenzie nannies for my daughter and lives with me and my husband, and we have...

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I’m sure hormones always play a huge part in my migraines. I started getting them right when puberty hit and still get them, fortunately infrequently, today. While we can blame...

I had no idea how hard it was to find migraine care until my husband had a five+ week migraine attack. I knew there were woefully few UCNS-certified headache specialists...

Standing on the beach, Chris Pine was telling me the funniest story about his latest movie. I was doubled over laughing when I felt a sharp pain squeeze the side...

I recently wrote about how my migraines and attending vertigo and general dizziness I get seem to be strongly correlated to problems with my cervical spine/neck. But that's not all...

I've been a migraine patient for several decades. However, it was only last year that I learned that not all neurologists are migraine specialists. And that seeing a migraine specialist...

Recently, a couple of my family members invited me to go on an international trip. I didn't want to miss out on the opportunity, but it didn't make sense for...

The fear of missing out is something that I didn't think would stick to me. I had always heard of FOMO and just regarded it as when people weren't confident...

I had a blast teaching Yoga for Migraine and attending RetreatMigraine 2021 in California! Here are my top ten reasons why RetreatMigraine was so amazing: We were literally across the...

I was in 7th grade. I had a sleepover with my best friend Saturday night. Sunday morning, my parents had gotten us donuts for breakfast, something we often did at...

Recently, my husband and I took a short road trip, just about an hour and a half from our home, to spend three nights away. It was our first trip...

I’ve been through a series of extreme life transitions in this past year - divorce, house sale, empty nest, and an impending move.  I speak from experience when I say...

I have been having horrible headaches since I was in high school. They have waxed and waned over the years in frequency and intensity. However, more recently, I have developed...

Over the years that I’ve suffered from migraine disease, I have had many triggers present themselves to me. Some were more obvious than others, of course, and avoiding them was...

My husband is on day six of a migraine attack. He has episodic migraine that’s usually infrequent, though it increases in frequency during times of high stress. It’s never been...

In my life, there are some things I can predict. For example, I know without a doubt my 8-year-old will ask for a snack even after he's just eaten a...

Experiencing chronic migraine can encourage a life of introversion as we learn we must live quietly and in solitude in order to have a greater chance of avoiding attacks. Some...

Dear Migraines, It's been almost 30 years of this back and forth, this dance we started so very long ago. When you first showed up, I was too young to...