Two Simple Strategies for Darkening a Room...Light sensitivity is an important issue to many people who deal with migraines. In our 2020 Migraine In America survey, 92% of...reactions20comments
Migraine Dark Room 101...Fort building has always been a passion of mine. What started as a way to ‘create new and fantastical worlds’ turned into...reactions1comment
The Subjectivity and Relativity of Pain...When it comes to analyzing our pain, we consider both the subjectivity and relativity of that pain. A subjective view of pain...reactions5comments
The Cyclical and Linear Nature of Migraine...Have you ever thought you had your migraine condition figured out? Even if just for a moment? Perhaps you had a handle...reactions18comments
Making My Home Office More Migraine Friendly...I’ve been working from home as a freelance writer as my main profession for a few years now. I don’t work full...reactions9comments
Losing Days, Months, Years to Migraine...I've had six months of migraine chaos. For the last two, I’ve been housebound, unable to work, struggling to even feed myself, not...reactions10comments
Are Your Attacks Evolving?...Whether due to aging, hormonal shifts, or life transitions (such as changes in career or marital status), migraine attacks may evolve over...reactions39comments
Dear Body, Why Do You Hate Me?...Dear Body, why do you hate me? I take care of you. I eat healthy…except when you crave French fries. I exercise...reactions9comments
Brain Fog 101...I’m reading a book — one of my very favorite things to do. I read the first sentence of a paragraph, and...reactions15comments
Road to Recovery...I have been a migraine sufferer since the age of 14. I have tried everything under the sun and beyond, to no...reactions2comments
“I’ve Had One of Those Cluster Headaches!”...People usually mean well when they say have you tried: drinking more water, eating a banana (weird but okay), or my least...reactions8comments
I Say Yes to Changes and Also No...Any change in the external environment affects my condition to some extent. If the change is drastic, I see a flare-up in...reactions1comment
Headache Diease and Sweet Remission - Now What?...My journey has been brutal since 2017 adding many new diagnoses and struggling to manage. Balancing chronic cluster headache, SUNCT, trigeminal neuralgia...reactionscomments
How My Migraines Led to My #MeToo Moment...Content Note: This article describes the experience of a community member who would prefer to remain anonymous and contains themes of sexual...reactions2comments
What's Your Secret: How Do You Handle The Rare Well-Day?...For those of us living with chronic migraine, a well-day (or half-day, or moment) is a rare occurrence. When those times do...reactions30comments
Confusion Migraines...For me, it started in my 50s. At first it was aura only, it was like a flashlight blinding my left eye...reactions2comments
When Napping is a Need, Not a Luxury...Do you struggle with advocating for your need to rest during a migraine attack? If so, you're not alone, as it can...reactions5comments
Movement Disorders and Migraines...Last year, I started to notice that as I was falling asleep, my body would contract, twitch or move on its own...reactions40comments
When Migraines Age Us...Chronic migraine has a way of aging us early such that young people are living like senior citizens. How do we handle feeling as...reactions63comments
Botox and Ajovy; A One-Two Punch...I received my first Botox injections in June of 2018 after jumping through all kinds of hoops to get it approved. I...reactions33comments
