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When my migraines became daily, my son was three years old. My days were filled with caring for him, wondering if he’d nap (so I could too), and hoping everyone...

There are a lot of health benefits to enjoying a cup of tea – especially if you’re in the migraine community. My favorite benefit is helping me to relax for...

Life with chronic migraine can mean existing in an odd intersection between rigidity, flexibility, and spontaneity. Learning to navigate these various and sometimes conflicting dynamics can be a key part...

Put simply, a migraine is more than just a headache. In my experience, it goes by many names. I call it a life disruptor, a destroyer of work and family...

“I’m tired, too” is the usual response when I tell someone I’m fatigued. That would make my blood boil, but anger takes too much energy when you’re fatigued, so I’ve...

Looking at ways that people with migraine depict this disease, one of the terms I see often is the “migraine monster.” It’s a term that particularly resonates with me for...

Back in the day when I’d host a party, there was always that one guest that stayed after everyone had left. I’d politely chat with them as I threw away...

I experience two primary headache disorders: migraine and trigeminal autonomic cephalgia (TAC). My migraine started developing when I was 10. I developed cluster headaches, a member of the TAC disorders, in...

2020 has truly been something. I have admittedly been too tired, too stressed out, too sick, and too sad to write very often. Living with migraine and comorbidities prior to...

Here I am, sitting super high up in the air. Though I wish I had some wonderful flying powers, I’m rather sitting with my family on a flight to New...

A life with migraine presents a unique set of challenges, most of them are quite difficult and cause us to have to dig very deep. As we do so, with...

I’ve known for years that nuts are a migraine trigger for me. I eliminated them and really haven’t looked back… until I see a recipe that calls for nut butter...

Light sensitivity is an important issue to many people who deal with migraines. In our 2020 Migraine In America survey, 92% of respondents reported that light sensitivity was one of...

When it comes to analyzing our pain, we consider both the subjectivity and relativity of that pain. A subjective view of pain is based on your personal opinions and experiences...

A life with migraine is an endless battle for control. Most of the time, it feels as though the neurological condition is sitting in the driver’s seat, unwilling to give...

As tends to happen every couple of years or so, I am once again on the hunt for new care. I can hear the virtual collective sigh of understanding in...

That migrained-out day, I remember the color of the sheets. Lying in bed, the only body part I could move without pain were my eyelids. But every time I opened...

While no one ever chooses a life with migraine, we can choose to be open to the lessons that accompany the journey. From gratitude to patience, to acceptance and compassion...

The first time you have a cluster headache attack, you may feel like you're having an aneurysm — that you are dying —because surely this amount of pain that comes...

I try not to take the coping tools I use for migraine for granted. In addition to medications, lifestyle adjustments, and other work I continuously do to manage my disease...