Living with Migraine

As an actor, or ‘attention seeking guy who also memorizes lines’ as we’re sometimes referred to, it’s sometimes assumed that we don’t face generalized anxiety. I mean these are people...

I’ve changed my diet a lot over the years to address countless health struggles including migraine, multiple sclerosis, endometriosis, interstitial cystitis, and much more. Migraines were actually the catalyst that...

It is without a doubt that migraine can consume, deplete, and drain us. On multiple levels and on many fronts, day after day, migraine asks much of, and takes a...

HOH is an event where people with migraine, doctors, and caregivers meet with members of Congress in Washington, DC, to advocate for headache and migraine diseases. Each year advocates present...

Let’s take a typical scenario around this time of year. You have a cough and cold, so you take Robitussin-DM to try to get some relief and maybe a good...

Migraine experiences are as individual as your hair color or the sound of your voice. Some migraineurs have warning signs like a brain fog that rolls in letting them know...

Getting diagnosed with GAD (generalized anxiety disorder) was something that really took me by surprise. I thought everybody lived with this much anxiety! I thought it was normal to pace...

Below is the second half of my conversation with Teresa Stewart. You can read part one here. Note: the conversation is slightly condensed for flow and readability. To read Teresa’s...

It’s possible to have multiple headache disorders, and doctors often misdiagnose even those with just one form of head pain. Cluster headaches were once thought to be a man's disease...

Dear Migraine, We’ve known each other for a long time now. Nearly 45 years, actually. We met when I was only five years old. I can barely remember meeting you...

Advocating for your medical condition comes with more losses than wins. I've been an advocate for cluster headaches for seven years, but I know clusterheads who have been at this...

Pregnancy is a time when it’s common to experience headaches. It can actually be a “good sign” that hormone levels are changing to support a pregnancy. These hormone fluctuations can...

I’ve always loved to play around with letters and numbers - I don’t know why. Today I got to thinking, I wonder if the word MIGRAINE could be broken up...

Every migraine patient has their own “set-up” when it comes to days they experience symptoms and full-blown mind-bending migraines that last all day or for days. I wanted to give...

Migraine disease is a horrible and progressive disease. It affects each of us in different ways. We learn to cope as best we can, but holding a job down with...

I first met Teresa in a small forum on Facebook for local moms. She was advertising her online infant sleep course. I signed up for Teresa's class and learned the...

I’m not sleeping. It’s not really a complex Sherlockian mystery as to why I’m stressed out. A report issued from the National Institutes of Health says that the pandemic “for...

Many individuals assume there is only a negative correlation between migraines and sex. Like many other possible treatments, it depends on the individual. While some individuals do suffer from headaches...

I cringe when I see those words on a medication that I need to take. As if we need something else in our life that can bring on a migraine...

One of the hardest parts about moving, for me, has been trying to feel comfortable. With so many aspects of your life being uprooted, spun around, and settling somewhere else...