Stories

Hello, My name is Becky. I've been dealing with migraines/headaches for more than 15 yrs. In the beginning I took Advil on a daily basis & never looked for help...

65 Years old, cannot take it anymore. My pain only comes in middle of night, starts in my neck, then encompasses my head, feels like it is in a vise...

Hi there, I am twenty seven years old and I have been suffering from migraines since the age of sixteen. I can remember most of my migraines, they generally play...

I have had migraines since I was in my twenties. I had one in February that was pretty scary. I had trouble getting the right words out. It felt like...

I just turned thirty a couple months. I have gotten headaches my whole life since a child. The way I deal with them and always has mainly been stubbornness, avoidance...

I have had migraines since I was about 16, although they were not diagnosed as migraines until I was in my 30's. My husband died when I was 40. I...

Hi my name is Jessica and I have been suffering from migraines since I was 16. I am now 33. My mother and grandmother both get them severely. I typically...

Severe pain and vomiting, flushed and pacing, unable to lay my head down because the pillow hurts. Lost days, many of them. Beautiful summer days, crisp clear autumn days, holidays...

My name is Vicki and I'm one of the millions of suffering Americans with Migraine disease. I believe mine started when I was around 13. I am 43 now. That's...

After 7 months of keeping a food journal and going through allergy testing, my allergist decided that the weird "prickle sensations" and numbness that I experience in my face weren't...

The night it happened, I was given no warning of what was to come. My son, Iain, was 5 then, and had been having nightmares every night that brought him...

My story started about 9 years ago when I started getting this pain on one side of my head. At first I thought it was some kind of sinus infection...

I had my first migraine when I was about 7 years old and at junior school - very frightening because I experienced and aura. I had various bouts of migraine...

I was recently diagnosed with familial hemiplegic migraine. It has been a long road only to arrive at the quarry. In my mid-thirties I started having migraine with aura four...

Hello, my name is Bonnie and I have been suffering from these wonderful painful things since I was about twelve years old. As I have gotten older I have noticed...

I began suffering from migraines in 2003. I was involved in a work related motor vehicle accident in a commercial truck. I was broadsided by another commercial truck who had...

I often find it difficult to tell my chronic migraine story, because the truth of it is sometimes to hard to think on. I've had migraines for as long as...

I had occasional migraines as a teenager but then had none for many years. Chronic Migraine & Social Security DisabilityChronic Migraine & Child CustodyThe Family Medical Leave Act & MigraineMy...

I have very rare migraines. Only three times in my life have I had one of these headaches. The first time was 29 years ago, the second time was five...

I first started having headaches when I was about 12 years of age. I really thought nothing about them since the only time I had them was when I was...