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"I can't go anywhere without getting an attack!" I cried, on an autumn day out with my husband. A migraine had just started. It was a struggle getting home with...

Migraine triggers lurk everywhere and in response to this fact, we learn to live within a set of parameters to lower the chances of encountering a flare-up. Due to this...

This season, I've spent a lot of time thinking about the tools I've used to manage a lifetime of migraines. From medications and physician specialists to ice packs and TENs...

In my nearly thirty years of living with migraines, I've struggled time and time again to find a medication that effectively stopped a migraine once it had already started. For...

Filed under “I thought I was crazy,” was ASMR. When I was a child, in the age before the internet (yep), I had no idea ASMR was “a thing.” All...

I believe every person who has suffered a migraine attack will ask themselves, "How am I going to stop this?" That's all I ever want during an attack cycle. For...

With decades of experience under my belt, I knew how to manage a migraine to the best of my ability. Medication + dark room + ice pack + sleep =...

In the days leading up to the first vacation I’ve taken since 2016, I really wondered what I had gotten myself into and hoped I was not making a huge...

For a few months straight it seemed like my preschooler was always sick with a new virus, and I caught all of them. This led to an increase in my...

People who live with chronic migraine for years often experience far-reaching repercussions of the condition. From physical wear and tear to social and professional impacts, chronic migraine can be traumatic...

So, there are stretches of time I feel like everything is a migraine trigger. I laugh too much and, well…get a migraine. Cry too hard — oops, there goes a...

We know that genetics can come into play with migraines and many other conditions. I know many people with migraine. Some will have a sibling, mom, dad, or their children...

Finding ways to effectively manage migraine is challenging for many of us. I have tried more things to help me with this that have failed me than have provided me...

My life looked a lot different 10 years ago. I was 24 and living in fear of my episodic cluster headaches. These attacks upended my life for 2-3 months and...

For those of us living with chronic migraine, we may notice long-term impacts of the condition over time. Emotionally, physically, socially, and financially - from who we are to how...

In October of 2021, I began seeing a migraine specialist at a headache clinic. I shared my experience of switching to this doctor here, and my overall, I've been really...

Making a list and checking it a million times. When I prepare to take a trip, I am notorious for making lists. As I prepare to take my first-ever cruise...

As someone who lives with migraine, looming over my head like an ever present cloud of brain pain, I’m always looking over my shoulder. Like I’m being tailed by a...

Chronic pain can be lonely. It can feel like too heavy of a load to carry alone. We want to feel supported through the long days of debilitating pain and...

As I have written on here before, my migraines seem to have a basis in cervical (neck) pain and instability. I have Ehlers Danlos Syndrome (EDS), a connective tissue disorder...