Migraine or brain tumor..?...Lately my migraines have been lasting 3-4 days. They are not responding at all to abortive medications, just lots of quiet time and days off from work. This started happening...Reactions0reactionsComments1 replies
6 Tips for Showering During a Migraine Attack...During the prodrome and the pain phase of a migraine, I avoid showering because it wears me out and ratchets up the pain. Combine a couple (or more) days of...Reactions0reactionsComments41 comments
The Unexpected Vacation from Stress...I turned 33 in February. I’d hoped to actually plan a significant celebration for my birthday (a dinner with friends? A big shindig at my house or at the bookshop?)...Reactions0reactionsComments2 comments
Letting People In...Although more than a week has passed since I was been overwhelmed by the isolation of chronic migraine, the memory of that intense emotional disconnection echoes. The lingering thoughts are...Reactions0reactionsComments7 comments
One Simple Mistake: A Strong Reminder Coping is Always a Work in Progress...As people living with a chronic health condition like Migraine Disease we find ourselves dealing with frustrating situations all the time. After 10 years living with Chronic Migraine and more...Reactions0reactionsComments3 comments
Weight and migraines - What's the real relationship?...Let's face it – many of us could stand to lose a few pounds. And most of us don't like to admit to carrying around extra pounds. A study published...Reactions0reactionsComments8 comments
Eleventh Annual Migraine & Headache Poetry Contest: Call for Entries...Today I'm pleased to share with you the call for entries for the 11th annual Putting Our Heads Together Migraine & Headache Poetry Contest. But make no mistake: The 11th...Reactions0reactionsComments1 comments
My Road to Improved Health and my Dedication to Live my Life to its Fullest...The first migraine I recall having took place at the age of 19, about 45 years ago. I had the visual disturbance referred to as the Migraine equivalent or the...Reactions0reactionsComments3 comments
My story...I remember experiencing severe pain since the age of 3. Yes, 3 years old. I remember this because my sister who is 1 year older, began pre-k. My mother used...Reactions0reactionsComments1 comments
How I Reversed Chronic Migraines...My migraines began in my late teens and as the years went by they just kept on coming. Many visits to the doctors and hospitals and still not finding the...Reactions0reactionsComments2 comments
Migaines: My 40+ years struggle...My story starts when I was in the 6th grade. We had to turn in an assignment on the constellations. I drew Orion and was handing it in to my...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
The Isolation of Chronic Migraine...The most painful, nauseating, and vertigo-inducing migraine I’ve had in months coincided with an overnight visit from a good friend I haven't seen for four years. He, my husband, and...Reactions0reactionsComments37 comments
4 Generations of Migraine Headaches...Our history: My Maternal & Paternal Grandmothers had Migraines albiet without a title. My Mother experienced them. My Sister & I have, my Daughter has/does and now my 15 yr...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
50 years of migraines...Starting in childhood, I had frequent migraines. As an adult I was started on one of the new migraine meds. It helped however I continued to have them and rely...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Top 3 of my most memorable migraines (please tell me yours!)...3: first migraine My first migraine happened when I was flying over the ocean, from Amsterdam to Chicago. I had just finished a meal with fish, had been looking at...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Living on the Edge - My Balancing Game...I have been a migraineur for over 23 years. When I was younger, they were much more infrequent and as my career progressed, children grew and stressors increased - so...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
There's Hope !...I have classic migraine. Had it since about age 8 when I began to experience 'aura', intense pain, nausea followed by vomiting, sensitivity to light, sound etc. Fortunately, episodes occurred...Reactions0reactionsComments1 comments
Control-Alt-Delete ; My Migraines...I see my migraines as a 'Control-Alt-Delete' of my brain. Of my body. It is as if everything, my brain, my stomach, my whole being is 'reset' during an attack...Reactions0reactionsComments1 comments
No more gluten. No more migraine....I hope that my success story can help other migraine sufferers. I've suffered from migraines since I was 14 years old (I'm now 41). Mine are hormone related, so I...Reactions0reactionsComments3 comments
Tip of the iceberg...I'm sorry for this long and rambling story, but I am unsure where else to turn. I have had migraines since a early early age (3, am 52 now) and, they have...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments