Living with Migraine

Congratulations! You’re expecting, adopting, or your child was just born! The old cliché is true: it’s an exciting time, but also a challenging one. I’m a new mom of a...

Living with migraine pain can be difficult to say the least. When you consider everything that comes along with ongoing pain, I am amazed that we get anything accomplished during...

Now that Aimovig has been released and dispensed to those with migraine disease all over the country, more of us than ever may find ourselves, all at once, facing that...

Dear Loved One, Bringing migraine into a conversation can be like dropping a bomb on the table. Everyone is terrified by it, but no one knows what to do about...

I know I can’t be the only one out there who’s doing it. Several times a month, I check my supply of rescue medications to be sure I have enough...

Everyone who’s had a migraine knows how debilitating they are. Worst still is that the nausea can be so bad that eating at all during an episode is simply not...

For quite some time, my migraine episodes seemed to be becoming more and more frequent. That seems to have tapered off and actually gone back down to just a few...

When my first hemiplegic migraine struck in August, I thought I had enough knowledge to handle it myself, but I treated with Sumatriptan, which I know now isn't recommended due...

I am a fairly energetic person, or at least I was before the migraines became so consistent. Even through the episodic migraines I have lived with for years now, I...

I have referred several times, most recently in my article about trying oxygen therapy, to the fact that I had a nationally known neurologist / headache specialist, which is, you...

What were you thinking messing with your diet the day before a concert? You know better than that. And you made it even worse by taking a triptan. Why did...

Nausea is a major symptom for so many people dealing with a migraine. It does not discriminate between individuals with episodic migraine or chronic migraine. For some individuals, it can...

Migraine can leave many of us feeling guilty...a lot of the time. From canceling plans, to calling out of work sick, to missing family gatherings and important moments, migraine has...

Like many of you, I have somehow managed to hold down a job despite my diagnosis of chronic migraine. I also have psoriatic arthritis, which has been well-managed in the...

We have all heard less than helpful comments from coworkers, friends and family while in the throes of a migraine attack. Though typically well-intentioned, these comments are often simply based...

I have used all triptans extensively over 25 years since Imitrex (sumatriptan) debut in the early 1990’s both as a patient and physician. I also participated in the half of...

With all of the medications and treatments currently available for migraine, there are probably more combinations than I can count that a doctor may use to help their patients find...

You know that little voice in your head that narrates life from time to time? Unfortunately, that voice can be quite negative when it comes to navigating chronic pain. We...

I’m well acquainted with odd times of night. When fatigue hits me hard during the day and I can’t resist a nap, I often wake up feeling a little better...

There isn’t a lot of information available about migraine and pregnancy. What information there is tends to boil down to individual differences. Most doctors say that during pregnancy women with...