First Time Migraine...Hello everyone. My name is Casey, I'm a 28 year old male, 6'2 190lbs and live in central Indiana with my wife and 3 kids. A couple days ago I...Reactions0reactionsComments2 repliesSymptoms
Virginia's story...I have had migraine off and on from 9 years old. In 1997 after a car accident they became chronic. I have auras, nausea, vomiting, photophobia, sound sensitivity and smell...Reactions0reactionsComments6 comments
Need advice for dealing with withdrawal from amitriptyline...I have tried multiple times over the years to ease off of amitriptyline since it doesn't help my migraines and it also destroyed my memory. By every time I get...Reactions0reactionsComments4 comments
Are some chronic migraines linked to a spinal fluid leak?...I had my first migraine when I was 17, and it was a classic migraine with aura--a spreading shimmering circle appeared in my field of vision, followed by intense pain...Reactions0reactionsComments5 comments
Gluten-free diet...I have chronic migraines for the last 20 years. My two main triggers are weather changes or falling or low barometric pressure and stress. Over the last year and a...Reactions0reactionsComments11 replies
Argh…A Trigger is Not a Cause. Don’t Let Them Get Away With It...When someone says, “My migraine is caused by stress (or the weather, or menses, or red wine),” they are wrong. They are trivializing and damaging people who have a serious...Reactions0reactionsComments24 comments
LOA - more headache or beneficial in getting your HA life back on track?...I am 36 and have had chronic severe migraines for over 20 years with some of those years being more medically successful than others, though for the past 6 months...Reactions0reactionsComments2 comments
Tinted glasses - difference between TheraSpecs and Axon?...I want to get a pair of tinted reading glasses for the computer, but I'm unsure what the difference is between TheraSpecs and Axon Optical. They look similar to each...Reactions0reactionsComments1 replies
Insomnia during my Migraine episode....Hi there, (Pre post script, this turned into a novel...as you'll find out if you're a saint enough to read that far, I couldn't sleep.) To whoever answers this, thanks...Reactions0reactionsComments5 comments
My Experience...It begins when I’m least expecting it. In mid-conversation an intangible link is theoretically severed. A little shift in my vision, spatial awareness off balance, ever so slightly. Like a...Reactions0reactionsComments1 replies
Hurts Sooo Bad...Stabbing pain in one specific area, sensitive to light, twinkling, blinding aura, which eventually causes blindness until the lights move across my vision, from one side of my peripheral vision...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Fifteen years and still going...My senior year of college, I ended up in the hospital because I'd suddenly developed severe aphasia. I could think of what I wanted to say and I could write...Reactions0reactionsComments1 comments
Migraine Diet...Hey guys, I'm trying to start looking into triggers more closely, and food triggers seem to be quite an overwhelming topic. Partially because they're so variable, and partially because it...Reactions0reactionsComments2 replies
Way back when...........Way back in my early teens, I remember my first migraine. A hot summers day and my Mum wanting me out from under her feet,I had to "go out and...Reactions0reactionsComments1 comments
Very bad pain...i have been experiencing very bad throbbing pain in my left temple for 4 days now it hasent stopped it olny calms down when i have just woke up and...Reactions0reactionsComments2 repliesDiagnosis
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy...Has anyone tried Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy? You go into a chamber which is then pressurized and made oxygen-rich. According to theory your body gets more oxygen and uses it for...Reactions0reactionsComments4 replies
Zaps and low blood pressure...I have been experiencing zaps since few months ago. I would describe them as lightning going at a fraction of a second on the left side of my head.I had...Reactions0reactionsComments1 repliesDiagnosis
Exercise Anxiety...I grew up an athlete - a competitive swimmer, captain of my high school swim team, then to aerobics, hiking, yoga and boxing. I took pride in pushing myself to...Reactions0reactionsComments3 comments
The hated comment: YOU LOOK TIRED !...Ok, I wrote my story on this site years ago. I don't even remember what it was titled. So I feel that it is time to share again. I have...Reactions0reactionsComments1 comments
CHRONIC TO OCULAR MIGRAINE...My Chronic migraine began before I could talk and was diagnosed when I was five at Great Ormond Street Hospital, England. School was a nightmare as I struggled with two...Reactions0reactionsComments1 comments
