Stories

Well I was asked to share my story so guess I should start with I have had migraines pretty much since my 20's or at least this is when I...

I've had migraines for as long as I can remember. So did my mother, several of my cousins and aunts. We lived in Colorado when I remember my first debilitating...

My medication includes, Fiorinal 1 to 2 capsules every 4 to 6 hours as needed for pain, Compazine 5MG 3 times a day. Vitamin B2 and Magnesium Oxide. Ice helps...

I have had migraines/severe headaches since my early teens. Back then, my mother and i were told that i was too young to get them and that i was probably...

Looking back I probably had migraines as a kid and sporadically as an adult, but it all really started with shamu killing his trainer. My work allowed me to travel...

My 15 yo daughter is a very athletic, sporty type, and basketball, cross country running and martial arts are her favorites. After a few "classic" migraines that resolved within a...

Chronic pain; daily consumption of my day...... Why must we be the one's to pay? Day and night; Oh what a sight; Chasing the pain Just trying to stay sane!...

Ever since i can remember i have had headaches. I would get them almost everyday. I had a CAT scan and an MRI as a child to see if something...

I have been taking Zonegran (300 mg a day) for the last two years as a migraine preventative, and I must say that it has done a really good job...

Over the years, I have kept migraine journals and calendars. I've documented everything from possible causes, foods, anything ingested, activity and then what I did to alleviate it. I have...

I am 50 years old and have been in private practice for 26 years. The day I turned 40, I experienced my first migraine. At 41, I was having 14...

I am 41 years old and have had migraines since the age of 5. Problem was that back then not many people believed someone so young could have migraines. Also...

My headache began 20 months ago and hasn't went away. Ever since then, I have woke up everyday with a headache and a few days a week it has turned...

My mother has epilepsy. She was diagnosed as a teenager and it has been controlled with drugs every since (over 50 years now). She was adopted as a child and...

I have had migraines for 17 years. I am a fifth generation of migraines in my family and I've past it on to my 23 yr old son. Finding the...

My doctor diagnosed me with migraines, although frankly I'm still unsure about the diagnosis because headaches are the last of my problems. My "migraines" always start with a feeling that...

To make a long story short. I have had migraines for more than 30 years. Over the years I have discovered and eliminated all the triggers (alcohol, tobacco, heavy dust)...

I'm 45 and got my 1st migraine at 12. Throughout my youth I got more headaches (Excedrin worked!) than actual migraines. In my 20's I ran long distance, so much...

I started having migraines during 4th grade, in 1963. I am now 57. When I was little, doctors thought I did not have migraines because I never had an aura...

I am a 30 year-old female Christian from UK who gets migraines a LOT. From the age of about 8, I started to get headaches in extreme heat and at...