How To Travel With Chronic Migraine...While Holly generally tries to avoid travel due to complications related to chronic migraine, she had to take two trips recently. In...reactions55comments
Tips for Plane Travel When You Have Cluster Headaches...Many people are afraid of flying. Most worry the plane will crash, and they won’t make it home. My fear is more...reactions1comment
I Have Migraine Disease: Tips on Finding the Best Place to Live...We all must live somewhere. When I was younger, I never thought about healthcare dictating where I would live. I have been...reactionscomments
Caution: Taking This Drug May Cause......I recently dealt with losing my hair due to a preventative medication. That was an extreme case and is likely not going to...reactions9comments
Caution: Taking This Drug May Cause...Hair Loss...I constantly work with my neurologist to adjust medications, hoping that one day we’ll discover the perfect cocktail to manage my chronic...reactions26comments
Tips for Navigating Your 2025 Benefits...I have worked in the insurance industry for 30 years now. I worked in marketing of health insurance plans, I wrote the...reactions1comment
How Chronic Migraine Has Affected My Mental Health...As someone who has struggled with migraine my whole life, I’ve honestly never really stopped to think about how chronic migraine has...reactionscomments
Was Too Much Sugar Increasing My Migraine Frequency?...When I was strict classic keto, sugar wasn’t on my list of approved goodies. It was tough passing up all my favorite...reactions4comments
Making a Safety Plan for Migraine...We work with our doctors to create a treatment regimen including preventative and rescue options. Unfortunately, sometimes attacks don’t respond to these...reactions3comments
The Relationship Between Me and My Neurologist...When it comes to medical providers, it is very important to find one that you are comfortable with. You should feel free...reactions10comments
DIY Your Medical Care...Prior authorization – denied. Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) – denied. Patient-level authorization for higher quantity – denied. Infusion treatment – denied...reactions2comments
Side Effects from Migraine Symptoms: The Hidden Dangers and Many Convolutions...The complexity of migraine disease causes so many side effects, the list seems endless. To add to the frustration we feel, people...reactions33comments
Managing Seasonal Migraines...I discovered early in my migraine journey that I was more likely to get a migraine on the weekend than I was...reactions24comments
Navigating the Transition: Reentering the Workforce with Chronic Migraine...Making the journey back into the workforce after a prolonged hiatus due to chronic migraine disease is a challenge. After navigating the...reactions10comments
What’s Your Secret: Migraine Horror Story...At its worst, migraine, a complex neurological condition, can escalate to a knee-buckling full-body experience that makes us wonder if we might...reactions15comments
A Hospital Ward Dedicated Solely to Migraine Patients...I recently shared that at the end of last year, I was diagnosed with bacterial meningitis. This is an infection in my...reactions2comments
Neurologist Versus Migraine Specialist...I’ve struggled with migraine for all of my adult life - and yet it was only last year that I learned that...reactions23comments
What Is in Your Migraine Playlist? Here’s My Top 10...My life has always revolved around music. I went from listening to all types of music as a young child to playing...reactions13comments
Tosymra (sumatriptan)...Tosymra (sumatriptan nasal spray) is used as an acute treatment of migraine with or without aura in adults. The active ingredient in...
A Persistent Need for Abortive Medication...I recently shared that I’ve been dealing with what feels like a semi-permanent, daily disaster of a chronic intractable migraine, one that...reactions2comments
