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As a child, I would sometimes be headachy when I was sick with a cold or virus, but the migraines began in earnest after I got married and quickly became...

I have been living with migraine for over 15 years now and have only started learning to manage them in the last two. For years I thought everything was a...

I had always wondered why my migraines suddenly began soon after I got married in my late 20's, early 30's. I never had any issues before that time with headaches...

My migraines started in my late 20's. I would get migraines periodically, no big deal. I would talk Tylenol and be done. Well, the older I got the worse it...

I started having migraines in my early 20's. Never had headaches or migraines before this. They have progressively become worse over time. I have tried several medications including high doses...

My migraines started with all the symptoms except the headaches. I had visual disturbances and nausea, great fatigue, and a sense of doom. Finally, one doctor looked at me and...

I've suffered from migraines since I was 17 years old. They've progressively gotten worse as I've gotten older. Longer, increased severity, and more triggers. I'm sensitive to medications so the...

I have had migraines since I had children, but they're chronic, and I've lost weeks to them for 11 years or so. I grieved the loss of identity as an...

I remember my first migraine at age nine. I had an accident at school and fell face-first off a jungle gym onto a concrete pad and seeing only half of...

I was in my early 20's when I had my first "headache". I'd always been told about my paternal grandmother having bad headaches but I didn't know that what I...

I've had migraines since my 20s, but started getting chronic daily migraines in my 40s and have been unable to get them under control. I've tried everything from Botox to...

I am a 63-year-old woman and have suffered from migraines since my teens. I have been in the ER more times than I can count. I have seen so many...

I have had migraines since I was a preteen. I would frequently tell the doctors, especially my GYN that my migraines were worse when periods happened. I was always told...

It all began on a sweltering spring day at Camp Victory in Iraq 16 years ago. Three days prior to what I now know as my first migraine, a haboob...

When I was 15 (about 52 years ago), I was in a serious auto accident with my mom and was in a coma for about 2 weeks, and they sent...

I'm the wacky old lady in our neighborhood. I can't walk my dog without two pairs of sunglasses (sometimes three) and a wide brim hat. I use the cheap throw-away...

If only they understood the battle I face every day upon waking up in the late morning. Late morning because I can never fall asleep until real late and if...

Since I was a child around 6 years old coming home from kindergarten saying “Mommy my head hurts”. I was told that I would have dinner and then eventually vomit...

Since May 1995, I have had an intractable migraine EVERYDAY. That makes 9530 days consecutively. I have 3 main triggers: getting overheated, stress, and a drop in barometric pressure (rain...

Hi, I’m Tiffany. I was diagnosed with chronic migraines in my early thirties. My migraines aren’t normal. I get migraines due to the fluid traveling around in my brain. When...