Vertigo and Migraines...My migraines turned on suddenly about three and a half years ago with an episode of vertigo and happened to be out...reactions2comments
What can we learn from migraine alert dogs?...Do other people often warn you that you're going to get a migraine? Have you even noticed that your dog starts hovering...reactions50comments
Avid Bookshop is almost here...My bookstore is this close to opening. It’s surreal and amazing and exhausting—is it really possible that something I’ve been dreaming of...reactions4comments
What parts of treatment are you doing RIGHT?...Anyone with a chronic health issue like migraine disease is, more than likely, barraged with advice both good and bad. The advisors...reactions3comments
What's the first thing you plan to do when your migraine goes away?...During nearly all my migraine attacks—whether they be mild ones I can half-ignore most of the day or really severe ones that...reactions36comments
What Life?...Six weeks ago, I got up to go to work and the room was spinning and was very dizzy. Since that day...reactions6comments
How to Maintain Your Social Life While Living with Migraines...You make plans and then hold your breath. Will this be yet another commitment you’ll have to break because of a migraine?...reactions2comments
When I say "I'm good," even I am not sure if I'm being truthful...I’m writing this on the last day of September (though it’s possible you readers won’t see it for awhile after that since...reactions10comments
Using digital migraine diaries/headache journals...As much as I’m a proponent of proactive self-care and being your own healthcare provider (when that’s possible), I do a pretty...reactions9comments
Scott's Story - Exercise induced Migraines...Hi, I am a 29yo male who has suffers with exercise (exertion) induced migraines. I have suffered from my early teens and...reactions3comments
Adventures in Migraine Surgery...Disclaimer I'm not a doctor or a clinician. Just a migraine sufferer. I wanted to share my experience with migraine surgery. It...reactions5comments
Things I realized this morning...I woke up this morning and cracked my eyes to the usual mind numbing pain that always greets me in the am...reactions20comments
Complicated Migraine? More like a bunch of time wasted sick in bed.......I've had migraines as far back as I can remember. The earliest memory I have was when I was maybe 7 years...reactionscomments
Old Age Migraines or......They Are Back...I can remember having those first migraines in high school. They weren’t too terribly bothersome back then - I guess when we...reactions3comments
You have to fake it to make it.........My story. I am 56 yr. old. I have had migraines and daily headaches for 47 years. 12 years ago I developed...reactions3comments
Re-Framing Migraine...Migraine gets lousy press. Sure, we get a lot of articles in women’s magazines on “holiday headache,” “foods to avoid,” and “sex...reactions26comments
When You Don’t Know What’s Triggering Your Migraines: Part 2...The two biggest questions on the mind of a person living with are: In Part 1 of this series we explored how...reactions2comments
Walk the Line...How do you balance the need to avoid your Migraine/Headache Disorders triggers with the equally powerful need to enjoy the things that...reactions4comments
Dumped by Therapist - Again...Anyone navigating life with migraines knows that often, putting a new "to-do" on our schedules can take a massive effort. This past...reactions4comments
My Migraine Story...I was diagnosed about 4 years ago, although I'm sure I was having migraines long before and just treated as sinus infections...reactions4comments
