Stories

My name is Kathy and I am a 44 year old mom, wife and grandmother. I work full time and take care of my grandson every weekend and he is...

My name is Lori and I am 23 years old. I have been suffering with headaches/migraines for the past year now. They started in may when I had a slight...

I will never forget my first migraine. I was 7 years old and in second grade. My mother picked me up from my grandmother’s house in the late afternoon. I...

What does a (my) migraine feel like? Take an ice pick and stick it in your eye... ...wait, I'm not finished... Develop nausea so severe that the slightest movement of...

Let me start with a fact that many do not believe, I am a MAN that gets Migraines. I know I am in the minority, I accept it, but I...

I am a 48 year old female who started getting Migraines in 1998. My first one came 2 days after having surgery to have my retina re-attached. I thought it...

I went to bed early with a terrible headache a week ago last Thursday after taking 2 adult aspirins. Woke up the next morning with the same headache and I...

I'll try to keep my story short and sweet. I am 42, I have been suffering from chronic migraines for almost two years now. I have done everything. I am...

My first migraine came at 9 years old. I was alone at the time and thought I was dying. They continued to increase in intensity and frequency throughout my 20s...

I have had migraines since I was 15, was "officially" diagnosed 17 years later after spending years of trips to the emergency room and losing weeks on the couch. Was...

I had my first full blown migraine when I was 16. I had no clue what it was, but I remember it was at night and my bedroom was next...

It has now been eight weeks, still with what I was diagnosed with: spinal migraine. Simply it hurts have to live it. When as its worse I see diamonds in...

I had my first Migraine at 12 years old...it's scared the heck out of me. I thought I was going to die. I didn't get my next one until I...

I had my first migraine when I was 18. It was the only one I remember having aura, and it put me in the ER. I didn't have another migraine...

I had my first migraine at age 9. I remember calling home sick and my mother saying I just didn't want to be in school that day. I didn't care...

I suffered from a closed head injury (2 in fact) in 1996 and have had migraines ever since. I have tried nearly every med out there with little to no...

Only 5 years old. Now it is 25 years ago it started. That whole week I was very sad and had no one to talk with about it, no one...

I’m a 21 year-old female who’s been suffering from chronic migraines for just under two years. However, I wasn’t diagnosed until a year and a half ago which means that...

I am a migraine sufferer who is looking for help, support, and if possible, relief. I have had these headaches since I was in grade school (several years before puberty)...

I had my first migraine in the 5th grade. My Daddy sat up all night with me while I cried. So in 40 years I've gone through all the usual...