Stories

I am writing this article on behalf of my 13 yo daughter. She lost her long term memory on 9/27/11. She has no recollection of her life prior to that...

"You mock my pain!" "Life is pain, highness! Anyone who says differently is selling something." - The Princess Bride My name is Carly and if you're reading this, I probably...

My name is Michael, my user name on migraine.com is 100 dollar headache. Someone once asked me why is your name 100 dollar headache? The reason is ; the most...

The other day, I was called into my bosses office for a quick review of my work. I work as a floating secretary in a large law office. The comments...

Hi everyone! I recently found this site, I have my own migraine blog that I recently started to help me through this dreadful disorder. Here's the snipit from my first...

I've had migraines for over 20 years and since the end of June, I have suffered more then any other time in my life. I have minor to major migraines...

My name is kelly i am 36 and I have been suffering from migraines for 15+yrs. It started out that my migraines were a result of grinding my teeth. In...

I've had migraines for over 20 years and have tried many medications (some with success and some without), changing my diet, eating more of this or less of that, etc...

Have been thinking very much the last few days about my migraines and the identity they force on me. Been extremely touched and inspired by the last few migraine stories...

Been battling migraines all my life but the past ten years have been horrible. Had them every day. After many Drs and treatments including Botox i found a CNP (certified...

What I have grown to recognize over the years is that having chronic migraines has contributed to the development of art as a central to my life. As Terry Tempest...

My name is Linda and I suffer from what my neurologist calls Chronic Dibliting Migraines. I have suffered about 4 or 5 of them per week, and probably need to...

I was 5 years old when I started having migraines. Of course, no one knew that's what it was until several years later. Not for lack of trying on my...

It controls everything I do. It decides when I do things I enjoy and how I plan. Which, in turn, controls my family as well, which to me is the...

I've suffered from migraines for over 50 years, but this one-time event has always remained in my memory. I share it in case it might provide a clue for further...

I started getting migraines in my 20's I'm now going to be 52. I thought when I was younger if I drove my car really fast into the telephone pole...

As a teenager I had 3 major head injuries in 3 years. At 15 (1975) I was hit in the head with a bat pretty hard by my baby sitter...

Yesterday I was on a conference call around 11pm and I started to feel dizzy and lightheaded. I was supposed to read a report with some numbers to my co-workers...

For 25+ years, I thought I had sinus headaches. Once or twice a week, I'd get a blinding headache on the right side of my forehead that would cause me...

I was diagnosed with Clusted HA about 7yrs ago along with migraines and given Topamax. I started to lose weight and my dose was lowered then but my neuro left...