Exercise and Migraine..., helps me with emotional balance, maintains some dignity in the midst of disability, gives me challenge and stimulates creativity (can I stay fit without... By glassmind3 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments4 comments
redrumj...Most days I go to work as I can't afford to be out of work for a year before getting disability.... By redrumj3 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments1 comments
What Am I Missing?...I've since gone on Social Security Disability but I can't find any relief at all for the migraines.... By shannonbush3 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments2 comments
Why don't courts for disability see how hard it is for us?...Why is it that with everything on this and other migraine sites /pages or what ever you want to call them the courts for S.S.D./S.S.I. don't see how hard it...Reactions0reactionsComments2 replies
My story...I'm in the process of trying to get social security disability (has anyone else done this?) but of course it's a long process....Reactions0reactionsComments2 replies
Pain Is Real, but Life Is Good....And suffering until finally ending up on SSD or disability, due to both migraines, and also to a bad back, from both breaking it in a car accident at... By pigen517 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments8 comments
I am not my illness...I am not going to let my disability ruin my life or tell me what I can and cannot do.... By alexpenler3 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments5 comments
50 Years of Pain...He took me to SSI and helped me get on disability. I was still in agony but at least I didn't have to go to work.... By Dragonkort3 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments20 comments
Get Involved: CDC Opens Comments for New Opioid Guidelines...In 2013, I was awarded Social Security Disability Benefits.... By Katie M. Golden4 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments32 comments
Hope: A Lesson From 25 Years of Plague...There I discovered how much I needed to fight, and the frustration to watch students beat you in your favorite subject because of this invisible disability... By davnico3 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments10 comments
Chronic Daily Migraines Took Control and changed me forever. ...In May 2010 I got temp disability and he hounded me I had to work.... By jgs35014 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments9 comments
MY MIGRAINES 🤕, MY DEPRESSION 😞 , MY BEARD 🧔...Morbidity and mortality * Mental illness is a leading cause of disability in Canada.... By glenny7214 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments1 comments
A Near-Miss that Wasn't a Migraine...Big sis came down over the weekend, mostly to visit but also to take me to my disability physical.... By 3 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments1 comments
Tip of the iceberg...read the posts about this place and their reluctance (refusal) to get involved (even write a letter) with FMLA or (heaven forbid SSI) even short term disability... By tracylea3 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Sleep schedule out of whack...I can't get to a neurologist yet, not until my disability approved because of the headache center wanted that much, how much is a neurologist going to...Reactions0reactionsComments5 replies
Managing Healthcare Expenses...Health ResourcesResources for Veterans, LGBTQ+ People, and Other Special GroupsWorkplace ConsiderationsDisability BenefitsApplying for Social Security Disability... By Editorial Team 4 min readBookmark for later
Self-Pay?You Gotta Be Kidding!...I'm on disability due to my migraines, and I get considerably less than $1000/month. Why was lidocaine covered at Jefferson but not in Illinois?...Reactions0reactionsComments2 replies
What's in Your Toolbox? We All Need a Lifeline or Two!...I’m not entirely sure what eventually caused a change of heart, but I suspect it was complete and utter disability.... By Shoshana Lipson5 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Re-Framing Migraine...If migraine was funded like other diseases that cause a similar amount of disability it would get from 200 to 400 million dollars a year.... By Dr. William B. Young4 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments26 comments
Seven years and counting...They told me to apply for long term disability. Which I did, and got. I am at home 24/7 with daily migraines. I get botox every three months.... By debbyj563 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments0 comments
