Photophobia...Hi all. I've suffered with migraines since I was 8 years old. I usually get them in spells - like a couple a week for afew weeks then I don't...reactions1replyDiagnosis
Migraines Will Get You DOWN...When I say migraines will get you down I mean physically, down in a bed for days with no lights, food, or human contact. But, also emotionally down, down like...reactions8comments
Butters, The Amazing and Now Fully Registered Service Dog and Emotional Support Animal...I know I am getting horrid about not updating everyone, truth of the matter is that I've had some personal situations to contend with away from my migraines and they've...reactions2comments
Please Talk me off the ledge...Hi…my name is chris and I have been living with this horrible disease for 5 years. It has continued to progress to one nonstop migraine with periods of no pain...reactions17replies
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...reactions2repliesSymptoms
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...reactions6comments
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...reactions4comments
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...reactions5comments
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...reactions11replies
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...reactions24comments
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...reactions2comments
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...reactions1reply
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...reactions5comments
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...reactions1reply
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...reactionscomments
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...reactions1comment
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...reactions2replies
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...reactions1comment
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...reactions2repliesDiagnosis
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...reactions4replies
