Stories

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...

The first question I'm asked when seeing family or friends is, "How is your head today?" Their hearts are in the right place, but the pity in their eyes as...

My symptoms started about a month ago with 2-3 headaches a day for 2 wks then on the 14th @ 9:30 AM I got another one this time i tried...

Here’s an off-the-cuff summary of the many paths, experiences, and thousands of dollars, time, and tears I have spent/shed through the years. (I’m typically a very happy, positive person, who...

I had “headaches” as a child. Was daignosed with migraine and petit mal as a teenager. Treatment was hit and miss. I moved from CA to MN. The nuero there...

Hi folks, I’m a 38 year old male who has been getting migraines 2-20 times per year since the age of 10. My headaches began with “scintillating schotoma” — a...

My migraine story began over 50 years ago when I was 11 or 12. It would strike me usually in the night and I would wake up with nausea and...

My life with migraines started in high school. Back then, they were an infrequent monster that occurred once a month or so. The Doctors were unconcerned with them; I would...

Greetings to all. First let me tell you that I am in the minority being that I am a male however THAT doesn't change my triggers, symptoms or pain. I...