Living with Migraine

Have you ever felt like life will never be normal again? You've tried dozens of different treatments and nothing seems to make a difference. The dream of a normal life feels...

"I feel so guilty for what my migraine attacks do to my kids!" If you’re a parent with migraine, you’ve likely had a similar thought about your own children. It’s...

In “Has migraine made me weaker? Part 1” I concluded that migraine has not made me literally or physically weaker overall, but rather has changed the ways I use, care...

The headache specialist said: “Research is finding new treatments, but nothing is available to help you now. You’re the same age as my daughter. I would want her to have relief while...

I recently participated in a patient survey conducted by a pharmaceutical research company. Although the survey targeted a different type of headache disorder, I still learned a few things that...

Just as the placebo effect can have a positive impact on treatment results, the opposite can be true as well. It’s called the nocebo effect. Because the mind and body...

Nutrition plays a powerful role for the person living with chronic migraine. What we crave can signal the arrival of a migraine; what we eat can prevent or conversely trigger...

I admit that I use my iPhone way more than I wish I did. When I see other people in public using their phones instead of engaging with the world...

Okay. It’s confession time. I was packing for my final trip of the summer when I made a startling discovery. Flipping open the pill box containing my naratriptan, I found just...

The dreaded letter came in early July. I was being summoned to jury duty. Ughhhhh. My first reaction was to begin looking for the letter my former neurologist wrote to...

“Migraine is treatable.” That statement is small comfort to many who have lived with migraine for decades with minimal or substandard treatment. It fails to encourage those who have been...

Pretty recently, one of my friends started getting what she believes to be migraine attacks. It sounds like this is most likely connected to perimenopause and the dizzying hormonal changes...

After a migraine, do you ever have that “beat up” feeling as if you’ve been hit by a truck? That’s your body telling you to take it easy. Do you...

In 2015, I asked my neurologist about non-oral migraine meds I could try. Most of the time when I get a migraine, I don’t end up vomiting, but it had...

Has this ever happened to you? You emerge from a multi-day migraine, finally able to leave your bedroom, finally able to even consider returning to work — if not today...

You chronic migraineurs know how it goes: you have used as many triptans as you can safely use in one week and it’s time for the rescue medication (assuming your...

I love catching up with friends. We’re spread all over the country and so busy managing our daily lives that it’s hard to stay connected. Those moments we steal are...

Readers often ask about something they call “cluster migraine”. It’s not an official diagnosis in the International Classification of Headache Disorders, so delving into the topic took some sleuthing. I found...

Recently I noticed a post on our Facebook page that said, “3-8 migraines per month? Consider this study.” Always interested in migraine research, I clicked on the link and decided to apply...

A friend’s husband told me he has migraine attacks every Saturday and Sunday. “It could be worse,” he said, “but this is no way to live.” At the time, it...