Rise and Shine...I was diagnosed with migraine in 1988 -- four years before the first acute treatment, became available on the market. There was nothing for me but pain management and life...reactions1comment
Migraines Since Age 12......My migraines started at age 12 and have gotten worse with age. I'll be 56 in a few days and they're worse than ever. All my triggers include auras, any...reactions2comments
Keeping The Hope Despite Pain!...Today I have literally done a bunch of nothing and that is exactly what my body needs. Being high functioning in many areas of my life like with depression and...reactions1comment
Sometimes I Make Plans...Sometimes I make plans. I’ll feel okay one day and get a glimmer of optimism. Maybe I’ll be able to do something with my friend who’s in town this week...reactions1comment
The Pain No One Understands...I started getting headaches as a child. They were pretty bad. Tried all different things but nothing seemed to work. Then my late teens the migraines started every weekend just...reactions1comment
Migraines Are A Constant Battle For Me...Migraines have always been a constant battle. Having them since I can remember, I finally got diagnosed at 18. Before that, it was dark rooms, ice packs, and ibuprofen (and...reactions1comment
So Many Things I Would Have Done......I've been a migraine sufferer since my early 20s. My mother had terrible ones so I believe I inherited them from her. I didn't understand why she spent so much...reactions1comment
Suffered All My Life...I am 73 years old and was diagnosed with migraine headaches when I was about 30. The headaches began much earlier, but as is so common, were misdiagnosed for years...reactions1comment
Migraine? Is That What I Have?...I have never been fond of going to doctors, but have recently decided to urge my Primary Care Physician to schedule me to see a neurologist. My migraines have been...reactions4comments
My Little Corner...I started having migraine headaches when I was 12 yrs old but unfortunately, the doctor didn't believe that my pain was as severe as it was so I was given...reactions2comments
Years of Pain...I have had migraines since around age 12. They started intensifying as I grew older. I would get them before every storm, during every period, if I got too hot...reactions1comment
Finding Hope...Sometimes I have no idea where to begin, and today is one of those days. It seems like I have been on the merry-go-round of headache and migraine for so...reactions1comment
Chronic Migraine Sufferer For 33 Years...As a child, I would sometimes be headachy when I was sick with a cold or virus, but the migraines began in earnest after I got married and quickly became...reactions1comment
Recognizing Chronic Migraine Awareness Day...Did you know that Chronic Migraine Awareness Day is recognized every June 29 during Migraine and Headache Awareness Month? According to the Migraine Research Foundation, 12% of the population, children...reactionscomments
Pushing Past the Small Life of Migraine...Living with chronic migraine can feel like living on a postage stamp. Through trial and error, we learn how much we can do in a given day before tripping the...reactions12comments
Side effect of Botox? Need help....So I’ll try to make this short. I had 4 treatments of Botox by May of 2020. I was down to 10-12 migraines a month, which was 50% less migraines...reactions2repliesChronicBotox
First post but long time reader...Hello Everyone, I am a 58 year young male who has had migraines since about 1984. At the most I would have one about every 2 months but most of...reactions22repliesTriggersChronicAura
Migraine Diagnosis?...I saw a neurologist last week and he diagnosed me with chronic migraines. I am a 60 year old healthy male. In early April of this year, I started to...reactions8repliesNewly DiagnosedChronicNausea
Still Learning About Migraine Triggers...I have been living with migraine for over 15 years now and have only started learning to manage them in the last two. For years I thought everything was a...reactions1comment
