Migraines Have Tortured Me for 30 Years...My migraines begain in my early 30's, blinding torturous pain that made me give up my dream of medical school. My husband and I hoped once I had stopped going...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
My Personal Migraine...I began having chronic daily migraines right after what should have been the happiest time of my life, the birth of my son. Within 3 weeks of having him I went from...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
3 Weeks Straight and Counting...Hello, I've had a very severe migraine for over 3 weeks straight now. It has gotten so bad my jaw is killing me on top of the Migraine. I did...Reactions0reactionsComments3 comments
I am not my illness...My name is Alex and I am a college student. I am studying political science and history. I love college football and basketball. I love movies and going out with...Reactions0reactionsComments5 comments
Welcome to Resistance...Below is an autobiography assignment written by my 15 year old son detailing his ongoing battle with Chronic Daily Migraine. He has given me permission to share it. This condition has changed...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Hi My Name Is Laurie and I Am a 45 + Year Migraineur . . . ...I was officially diagnosed with complicated migraine syndrome in 1999 when I was 39 years old by one of the foremost Neuro-opthalmologists in the country at the time at Syracuse...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
My migraine journey - currently trying Zoladex/Goserelin...I had my first migraine in September 2009. I didn't initially know it was a migraine; all I knew was that I'd never experienced a headache of that severity before...Reactions0reactionsComments6 comments
Whatever happened to living happily ever after?...Please bear with me. I would like to start with my current status. Still with me? Thank you. I promise this won't take long. I am 44 3/4 years old...Reactions0reactionsComments4 comments
Just want to be normal again....Growing up I was never sick. I never experienced PMS and rarely went to a doctor. I had great vision and was thin and fit. When I was 20 I...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
What Happened to My Life?...I've been suffering from migraines for over six years now, and while that doesn't seem very long at all compared to many people on this site, I'm sure everybody would...Reactions0reactionsComments10 comments
Migraine Dreams and Nightmares...“Do you have migraines when you dream?” a friend asked several years ago. It was a question I’d never considered, and was relieved to discover that the answer is very...Reactions0reactionsComments32 comments
I don't have an 'off' switch for this!...So this is my stroy fellow migrainer, one that will probably ring true with many who read it. I apologise if I ramble, I have held this in for so...Reactions0reactionsComments1 comments
Pressure Point...Hi, I am a 27 year old female living in New Jersey. I started getting a lot of headaches around the age 7 and went to a Pediatric Neurologist for...Reactions0reactionsComments5 comments
I give up! .....Almost........I have been a migraine sufferer for over 20 years. Though in the past 5 years, they have been getting considerably worse. I average 16 migraines a months, and average...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Would love to remove my head!...My migraines started after I was injured in an auto accident in 1966. Back then there was no such thing as "closed head injury." My face hit the steel dashboard...Reactions0reactionsComments4 comments
The Electric Convulsions in My Head...My migraines shoved their way into my life when I was 16, having joined forces with heavy, painful periods. I was well versed in migraines because both my mother and...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Changing Times...My first migraine started when I was 24. I got the aura and actually thought I was going blind! Then I got the horrible headache and my life with migraines...Reactions0reactionsComments3 comments
Finally some relief...I'm 25 and have been a migraine sufferer since I was a teen. However, in the past few years they went from once every couple of months to several times...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Living with migraine: what helped me...I have lived with migraines since I was 10 years old. At first my parents took me to an Ear Nose and Throat Dr who diagnosed me with allergies. I...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
It's getting old...My path of migraines started when I was around 25. I thought they were just hormonal, but then when I grew older and was having them 3 a month they...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments