Preparing to Switch Migraine Providers While in an Active Migraine Cycle...How not having control or having only a small amount of control over your migraine is leading to... By Amanda Osowski3 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments0 comments
What A Migraine Feels Like to Me...Another thing that I've found to help in small doses - ice.... By Amanda Osowski2 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments0 comments
The Trickiness of Treating Menstrual Migraines...I further know I'll wake up at least once a night mistaking my husband's snores for a small plane landing in our backyard. I don't mind.... By Tonilyn Hornung2 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments6 comments
4 Things Parents With Migraine Totally Understand...My migraines present a major obstacle when it comes to staying present (and out of bed) while cooking meals, helping with math equations, and playing hide-the-mom... By Tonilyn Hornung2 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments23 comments
Marley's Migraine - Part 4...Earlier, I went to sleep as a way to cope with my head pain, she thinks, the examples of skills rushing at her as she thinks of more essay... By The Migraine Girl3 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Reminding Myself What's Already in My Migraine Arsenal...What skills, vitamins, exercise regimens, or techniques do you have at your disposal this moment that you could give another go?... By The Migraine Girl3 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments16 comments
Smoky Smell...My question is, does anybody ever get a smoky smell that you smell. The smell stays with you but theres no smoke around you....Reactions0reactionsComments6 replies
My Migrainiversary: Cause for Celebration?...And ten years to see the migraine community grow from a small and stigmatized community to a more unified and focused community.... By Lisa Robin Benson2 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments7 comments
What Migraine Means to Me...I remember her sharing her own, however brief, mentions of such a thing and I remember feeling a small amount of kinship.... By Sawyer Matheny2 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments1 comments
The Subjectivity and Relativity of Pain...An example of this would be that a small pinch would hurt a baby much worse than that same pinch on an adult.... By Amanda Workman2 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments4 comments
Will It Ever End?...I’m trying to find small pleasures, avoiding things that bring me more grief than joy when I can, and indulging in soothing activities.... By Kerrie Smyres2 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments35 comments
How I Bribe My Migraines...So, one migrained-out day, my parenting and migraine worlds collided when I started thinking up small rewards for myself once my migraine was finished.... By Tonilyn Hornung2 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments5 comments
Why Does My Insurance Get to Determine My Treatment Plan Instead of My Doctor?...I was on this medication for 3.5 years, and it did exactly what it was supposed to do, with a relatively small side effect profile - which is almost... By Amanda Osowski3 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments4 comments
Stroke Risk in Migraine Patients is Increased—Poor Outcomes are Not...the researchers to conclude that the risk of a poor outcome in people who experience migraine with aura and who have an ischemic stroke is relatively small... By Lisa Erwin2 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments1 comments
Puffy Eyes And The Changing Face Of Migraine...Underneath my left eye, it looked like someone had actually stored something small, like a capsule of liquid or a sugar packet (ew, I'm grossing myself... By The Migraine Girl2 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments26 comments
Unlearning Ableism...I had to learn the hard way that while good habits can go along way towards health, they are only one small piece of the equation.... By Anna Eidt2 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments3 comments
Why I probably won't be at your party (a letter)...with drops in barometric pressure) or I expose myself to triggers (staying up way too late, eating food that I can’t tolerate, ignoring my body when it tells... By The Migraine Girl2 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments2 comments
Migraineur as patient, migraineur as caregiver...Thankfully, our bouts with pain and illness have taken turns the last couple of months, meaning one of us is able to take care of tidying up, providing meals... By The Migraine Girl2 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments2 comments
My Most Embarassing Migraine Moment...Hunched over the toilet in the small public bathroom, I tried to keep my barfing discreet. This was not happening.... By Tonilyn Hornung2 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments5 comments
My Step-By-Step Journey Through A Migraine Attack...The only freedom I find comes from small increments of sleep and snoozing keeps my pain level from rising. So if my day allows for sleep, I sleep.... By Tonilyn Hornung2 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments17 comments