Stories

I had my first migraine at age 19 and it lasted for 6 days. In a month I'll be 39. About the same time the migraines started, I had serious...

I've suffered from migraines since I was 18 years old, and I'm 26 now. But I've always struggled with thinking of myself as a migraine sufferer. My migraines tend to...

I'm 37 now, and had my first migraine at around 13. I had them occasionally until I was around 23 when I started getting them regularly - around 12 per...

I was first diagnosed with migraines by my chiropractor when I was in my early 20's. Thanks to my husband we visited our chiropractor fairly regularly and I mentioned my...

I am 30 years old and have suffered with migraines since I was at the start of secondary school. They have gradually got worse as I have got older and...

I live with Hemiplegic Migraines. I have had one form of Migraines all my life. When I was a young child I had Abdominal Migraines. At this time they had...

My whole life has been disrupted by migraines. I can remember the pain and suffering the feelings of helplessness complete solitude and simply being misunderstood. Depression Social Anxiety Disorder Post...

About four years ago, as I was entering my freshman year of high school, my work load, learning environment, and social network changed. I remember sitting in class one day...

My name is Lola, I am a mom of four children, one grand daughter and another grandbaby soon to come. Around 1995 my now late-husband rushed me to the emergency...

I have suffered from migraines for 20 years. My doctors have a really hard time treating my migraines. They are quite different. I can go months with just minor migraines...

I am 32 years old and have had migraines since I was 15. I have to admit that my memories of my migraines from that time are all pretty much...

My name is Ann, I just turned 60 years old a week or so ago. I worked as a Registered Dietitian as my career and in my early 30's was...

I've suffered from migraines since I was a teenager. I currently use only OTC products, as our insurance does not cover the cost of prescription medication. I have several migraines...

In college I had a friend who would curl up in a ball on the bathroom floor in the dark for an entire day to cope with her migraine bad...

The air in my apartment is acrid. There is a permanent cloud of dust that never settles. My head is starting to hurt. It is the deep insistent onset of...

I was diagnosed with migraines when I was 13 years old. I was experiencing pain daily and did not know what to do. My parents took me to the hospital...

I have had back to back Hemiplegic Migraines for a year now. I found out that one of the major triggers was my gallbladder. It took them almost a year...

My name is Elisha and I am often a prisoner of my migraines. I have had them for as long as I can remember, even as a child and I...

It started in 1988 was my first real episode, two days after a car wreck my wife took me to see and attorney, while in the car my right eye...

I have had migraine headaches since I was eight years old, being thirty four now you can say I have had migraines for so long I can't remember a time...