My Life in Purgatory...I am a 53 year old female that has only known headache pain her entire life. My parents were young when they...reactions2comments
I'm Not Pretending!...For me, the most frustrating thing is not being believed when the topic of my migraine disease comes up. I married into...reactions17comments
Too Much Sick Time...I’m an RN in a local hospital. Stress is one of my triggers and I was getting migraines from the stress at...reactions1comment
The Thief and Compassion...Another day, another morning missed with my son. All because I had to actually feel emotions. Any strong emotion can take the...reactions2comments
My Pain Was Also My Gift...I have tried and heard so many suggestions to stop getting migraines yet I can say I am in deep gratitude. What...reactions7comments
Mrs....I started getting migraines when I was a teenager. I was at a sweet sixteen disco party, at a nightclub, when I...reactions5comments
Migraine Sucks The Life Out Of You...I started having migraines as a child. Luckily they were few and far between until I hit my 20’s. They then steadily...reactions1comment
Vacations Around Migraines...One really frustrating thing about migraines is that I often experience attacks or migraine cycles when I’m far away from home and...reactions1comment
Migraine Hell...I started getting migraines when I was 8 years old, I'm now 51. They started occurring more frequently when I was in...reactions1comment
Lifetime of Pain...I have had migraine symptoms as far back as I can remember. They started with the weather, pressure from storm fronts moving...reactions1comment
Migraine Journey...I have had migraines my entire life. When I see was young they thought that the migraines were caused by my long...reactions4comments
Life Looks Different With Chronic Auras...I don’t see the world the way you do. I live in an ever-changing prism of visual anomalies. They shift with the...reactions1comment
Migraine the Invisible Devastator...I was first diagnosed with chronic migraine in my teens and it has been a downward slope with my migraine disease since...reactions1comment
Agony At Work...I work on a computer all day under fluorescent lighting. I had migraines so frequently and learned to work with them that...reactions3comments
27 Years & Counting of Chronic Migraines...I was diagnosed at the age of 12 with migraines. This long journey began while I was in middle school and continuously...reactions1comment
My Migraine Life...October 1973, my parents were called to the scene of a terrible car accident. It was mine. My upper body was thrown...reactions2comments
Beating the Migraine Heat...As the United States withstands another day of record-setting temperature highs, I myself, find it difficult to avoid migraine and keep things...reactionscomments
Migraine and COVID-19 Vaccines...People with chronic illnesses such as migraine disease want to know how COVID-19 vaccines may affect them. Many have questions about the...reactions6comments
Take the Person Before Patient Survey...The Person Before Patient Survey is now closed. Thank you for your interest! What makes us the people we are? Living with...reactionscomments
Refractory Migraines Complicated by New Chronic Pain...My migraines were “formally” diagnosed in my mid-thirties, but I’ve had “headaches” since my early 20’s that we’re debilitating and likely migraines-undiagnosed...reactions1comment
