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Sensory Aura Visual Aura Sensitivity to lights As a kid I would get tension headaches all the time and once in a while I would get double vision... Now that...

So I'm one of the lucky few to have A) Chronic Daily migraines (for 18 years now) b) Refractory migraines C) Familial Hemiplegic migraines. I used to get migraines a...

Thanks for taking the time to read my headache (migraine?) story. Six months ago I (very, very foolishly) took a BZP-based, so-called ‘party pill’. 1-Benzylpiperazine (BZP) has a peripheral sympathomimetic...

I'm Alex 44 years old male from Stockholm, Sweden. I suffered from headaches as long as I can remember. Puberty kicked in at it got worse. Acetylsalicylic acid like in...

I have been suffering with Migraines for about 20 years now. I have tried and resistant to almost every medication that I have taken for my headaches. I have had...

I have had Migraine Disease for the last 47 years. I have a combination Cluster/Migraine deal. When I get a headache sometimes I can lay down and others times I...

Migraine & Social Events Migraine & Stress Migraine Types My husband planned a nice romantic little get away at a bed and breakfast for my birthday. Plus he had reservations...

I'm currently a 62 year old male. I started having periodic migraines when I was 35. These were managed by laying down after taking a vicodin and indomethicin. However, in...

I'm a 23-year-old migraneur, first onset was sometime around the age of 13 when I also began experiencing depression and insomnia. I am currently diagnosed with Chronic Migraine Syndrome, Chronic...

Hi everyone. I am new to this board, feeling a little hopeless and digging around to see what I can find. I thought I would share my latest development for...

I must start with my grateful thanks to everyone else who posts here and on other boards, groups and websites/blogs with regards to migraines- it does wonders for my attitude...

I have very infrequent migraines but have had some amazing and frightening experiences. I have only ever had one massive headache and that was during a particularly stressful time. Normally...

I have been having severe stomach pain for years and even had a complete hysterectomy about 8 years ago that did not solve the problem. I have had every kind...

I began having migraines about 20 to 25 years ago. I am now 53. I have no other health problems at all. They began infrequently and then became as regular...

I learned over the last couple of years that one can get migraines without getting the headaches. I have MAV (Migraine Associated Vertigo). I was diagnosed at first with having...

I will be 40 years old in October this year and I have suffered from migraines since I was 13. My father had them and so did my mother, my...

When I was a teen, I began having infrequent migraines. My two triggers: artificial sweeteners and TMJ (Tempomandibular Joint Syndrome). I got on migraine medication, Imitrex, as an adult. I...

I got injured on 2/13/2011 at work and since then I have been getting migraine headaches. I seen the neurologist last week and he prescribed me Elavil, i have been...

Hi I'm new on here and thought I would ask for other people's opinions. here goes....it goes on a bit so apologies in advance... At the end of last year(October)...

Hello! I am 35 years old and I have been having theses horrible migraines since I was a teenager! When they first started they were like mini strokes, where all...