Lost days....Severe pain and vomiting, flushed and pacing, unable to lay my head down because the pillow hurts. Lost days, many of them. Beautiful summer days, crisp clear autumn days, holidays...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
My Personal, Painful, Frustrating Migraine Story...My name is Vicki and I'm one of the millions of suffering Americans with Migraine disease. I believe mine started when I was around 13. I am 43 now. That's...Reactions0reactionsComments1 comments
Migraine Disorder Diagnosis...After 7 months of keeping a food journal and going through allergy testing, my allergist decided that the weird "prickle sensations" and numbness that I experience in my face weren't...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Mistaken for MS for years...The night it happened, I was given no warning of what was to come. My son, Iain, was 5 then, and had been having nightmares every night that brought him...Reactions0reactionsComments1 comments
Cluster Headaches...My story started about 9 years ago when I started getting this pain on one side of my head. At first I thought it was some kind of sinus infection...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
My Dark Couds...I had my first migraine when I was about 7 years old and at junior school - very frightening because I experienced and aura. I had various bouts of migraine...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Migraine Triggers and Comorbidities: Thyroid Disease - Part 2...Continued from Migraine Triggers and Comorbidities: Thyroid Disease - Part 1 Migraine is a primary headache and is not *caused* by another disease or disorder. However, thyroid disease is a...Reactions0reactionsComments24 comments
Diagnostic mysteries - a moving target?...I was recently diagnosed with familial hemiplegic migraine. It has been a long road only to arrive at the quarry. In my mid-thirties I started having migraine with aura four...Reactions0reactionsComments3 comments
Migraines Myth or Major pain in the... Head?...Hello, my name is Bonnie and I have been suffering from these wonderful painful things since I was about twelve years old. As I have gotten older I have noticed...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Male with migraines...I began suffering from migraines in 2003. I was involved in a work related motor vehicle accident in a commercial truck. I was broadsided by another commercial truck who had...Reactions0reactionsComments2 comments
Myth1977 Chronic Migraine Story...I often find it difficult to tell my chronic migraine story, because the truth of it is sometimes to hard to think on. I've had migraines for as long as...Reactions0reactionsComments10 comments
At the end of my rope...I had occasional migraines as a teenager but then had none for many years. Chronic Migraine & Social Security DisabilityChronic Migraine & Child CustodyThe Family Medical Leave Act & MigraineMy...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Ophthalmic Palegic Migraines...I have very rare migraines. Only three times in my life have I had one of these headaches. The first time was 29 years ago, the second time was five...Reactions0reactionsComments1 comments
My Migraine Story...I first started having headaches when I was about 12 years of age. I really thought nothing about them since the only time I had them was when I was...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Dawnn's Story...I have suffered from migraines since I was about 11 or 12. I can remember as a teenager going to my PCP and begging them to do something to make...Reactions0reactionsComments4 comments
Still a mystery...In June 2008 I awoke with the worst headache of my life, at age 53. This triggered a visit to ER, multiple MRIs to rule out AVMs or whatever. Ultimately...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Life long victim...I started getting migraines when I was in third grade. My father, also a chronic migraine sufferer, spent his life treating his headaches with Excedrin migraine. A necessary vice in...Reactions0reactionsComments8 comments
My Daughter's Headache...My daughter had a constant headache for months. She saw neurologists and was a patient at the Diamond Headache Clinic in Chicago. See also Complementary Therapy Natural Remedies Popular posts...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Migraine Mystery Turns Out to be Autoimmune Disease...I had occasional - maybe once / month - migraines when I was young. I'm not really sure when they started, but I do remember at 8 yrs old just...Reactions0reactionsComments2 comments
Mother of 9yr old boy who suffers from migraines after a virus...My son got a virus in spring of 2011, when he began having severe head pain, intense and debilitating. The unusual part of his headaches was that he would have...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments