Alleviating Muscular Tension When Carrying My Baby...Muscular tension is a big migraine trigger for me. Now that I have a growing baby on my hands – literally and figuratively – I have to be extra mindful...reactionscomments
A Pain In The Neck... Literally...I have spent my life with tension knotted in my shoulders and my neck muscles. It felt like my shoulders were constantly up to my ears, even in the first...reactions14comments
Migraine aura status...Hi there I have recently been diagnosed with migraine aura status. It’s typically when you get migraine aura without headache but it happens for at least 3 days in a...reactions5repliesAura
Vestibular Migraine Help...Hi I’m a junior Neurobiology major in college (ironic right?) and I’ve recently started suffering with what we believe to be Vestibular migraines. I’ve dealt with migraines most of my...reactions11repliesTips & AdviceCopingDepression
Post pill/pregnancy migraines...Me…again 🫠. Does anyone have any advice for managing migraines when going off birth control? I don’t typically get bad migraines based on my cycle but it seems this time...reactions2repliesChronicHormonesSide Effects
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3 Ways I Cope With A Bad Migraine Phase...When I have a bad day, I acknowledge its badness. It could be all those small things that pile up like being late everywhere I go or not being able...reactions8comments
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Advil…why are you breaking up with me?...It was Advil and I against the world for 20 years. Once and a while it’d give me bad push back, but doesn’t every significant other? All in all, the...reactions11repliesTreatmentTips & AdviceCGRP
Navigating a World Full of Triggers...Most people living with migraine have more than one trigger that causes an attack. Indeed, many of us have countless triggers. From lights, sounds, smells, foods, drinks, and hormones, to...reactions91comments
Active 3 days agoRed Wine Trigger and Red Wine Marinated Food...I was somebody who drank red wine regularly with meals. But after I stopped drinking red wine for about six months, I discovered that it was a large migraine trigger...reactions31repliesDiet & NutritionTriggers
Dark With a Ray of Light...I lived in India until I was 44. I suffered from migraines since I was thirteen. All my family and extended family were healthy as oxen and no one could...reactions1comment
Frequent migraine aura with little or no headache...Hi there, I’m 49 years old and started having migraines when I was 15 years old. I’ve always gotten migraine with visual aura, sensory auras and in my teens and...reactions12repliesAura
How Are You… Really?...Jenna Kutcher, a social media influencer, recently released a book titled, “How Are You… Really?” It’s a great read (or listen if you’re like me and love to listen to...reactions48comments
Chronic Migraine and My Life Before...Chronic migraine has impacted my life since 2009. While I had some experience with episodic migraines prior to 2009, chronic migraines changed my life. The person that I was prior...reactions17comments
A Forced Switch in My Migraine Meds...For the last six months, I've been in a really good groove with my migraine treatment. It feels like magic to be able to say that. It's the first time...reactionscomments
desperate pain/ nortriptyline?...Hello lovely people. I'm really desperate, I was admitted to A&E in England on Saturday as the pain was so bad. Jaw/face/neck/shoulders. They gave me a steroid and told me...reactions9repliesChronicTreatmentSymptoms
Migraine with aura...Hi, I've been suffering with migraine with aura, roughly for 3 years now, if I wasn't on propranolol and amitripaline, I'd imagine I'd have them constantly. I had an mri...reactions6replies
Echoes of Migraine Grief...For nearly nine months, I’ve been dealing with a fungal infection in my lungs. Despite the good prognosis — it’s a common infection where I live and I don't have...reactions16comments
