What More Can I Do To Manage Migraine?

People with episodic migraine receiving inadequate treatment are three times more likely to progress to having chronic migraine than those who have an effective treatment, according to the American Headache...

When you’re first experiencing migraine, it can be difficult to know where to get help. This is particularly true if you’re not yet sure what you’re experiencing (i.e., don’t yet...

Brushing your teeth, let alone making dinner, may seem simple to someone who lives day-to-day blissfully pain-free. Living with head pain, episodic or chronic, makes these simple tasks seem insurmountable...

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...

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,...

It is a hard decision to choose to move on to another doctor when things are not going anywhere with the current doctors. But there are times when it is...

I know it’s there. Like a Jedi Master strong with The Force, I can feel it even with my eyes closed—that sliver of sunlight. It’s shining through a slit in...

In the chronic illness community, we talk a lot about how to be empowered patients who work as partners with our health care providers to make the very best decisions...

Growing up, my mother always told me, it was my job to go to school and my teachers’ job to teach me; therefore, if I didn’t understand something, it was...