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...Reactions0reactionsComments1 comments
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...Reactions0reactionsComments1 comments
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...Reactions0reactionsComments1 comments
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...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
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...Reactions0reactionsComments12 comments
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...Reactions0reactionsComments2 repliesChronicBotox
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...Reactions0reactionsComments22 repliesChronicAuraTriggers
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...Reactions0reactionsComments8 repliesNauseaNewly DiagnosedChronic
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...Reactions0reactionsComments1 comments
30 Years of Pain & Anxiety...I had always wondered why my migraines suddenly began soon after I got married in my late 20's, early 30's. I never had any issues before that time with headaches...Reactions0reactionsComments1 comments
Fighting For My Normal Life...My migraines started in my late 20's. I would get migraines periodically, no big deal. I would talk Tylenol and be done. Well, the older I got the worse it...Reactions0reactionsComments9 comments
My Daily Migraine Struggle...I started having migraines in my early 20's. Never had headaches or migraines before this. They have progressively become worse over time. I have tried several medications including high doses...Reactions0reactionsComments1 comments
In the Beginning There Weren't Headaches!...My migraines started with all the symptoms except the headaches. I had visual disturbances and nausea, great fatigue, and a sense of doom. Finally, one doctor looked at me and...Reactions0reactionsComments1 comments
What are Cluster Shadows and Ghosts?...People who experience cluster attacks often have pain outside of the traditional attacks. While the cluster attacks are completely debilitating and the pain is excruciating, shadows and ghosts are a part...Reactions0reactionsComments27 comments
The Disappointment of Normal Test Results...Looking for a diagnosis is a natural step when you're trying to resolve (or at least manage) symptoms that affect your quality of life, especially if one of those symptoms...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Life As I Knew It......I've suffered from migraines since I was 17 years old. They've progressively gotten worse as I've gotten older. Longer, increased severity, and more triggers. I'm sensitive to medications so the...Reactions0reactionsComments3 comments
My Tribe and MYgraines...I have had migraines since I had children, but they're chronic, and I've lost weeks to them for 11 years or so. I grieved the loss of identity as an...Reactions0reactionsComments1 comments
A Lifetime with the Monster...I remember my first migraine at age nine. I had an accident at school and fell face-first off a jungle gym onto a concrete pad and seeing only half of...Reactions0reactionsComments1 comments
No Relief from Migraine Pain...I was in my early 20's when I had my first "headache". I'd always been told about my paternal grandmother having bad headaches but I didn't know that what I...Reactions0reactionsComments1 comments
