Stories

After a scuba diving accident in 1999, I developed what neurologists called "basilar-type migraine," a migraine with aura that included neurological symptoms like profound confusion, disorientation, vertigo, periods of short...

It was a rainy day and I was visiting my friend Ana. I will never forget that day. It was the day that changed my life for ever. Ana had...

My journey with migraines has been a very long and hard one... I guess it began when I was little because I remember always having headaches (not the migraines I...

Dr. Tran is a not small, square shouldered and strong jawed surgeon from Nice, France. I first met him at a seminar he was presenting at my place of work...

My first encounter was in July 9, 1982. I remember the day like it was only yesterday. I was building a box. Working for an export company that provided containerization...

My migraines began when I was 7 yrs old. Being adopted I know nothing about my birth family, but through years of tests and experiments, the neurologist has deemed I've...

I think migraines have always been part of my life, because as a young child I remember getting 'tummy aches' for no known reason. By the time I was 12...

Migraines have put me in the hospital. I have prayed to die, as the pain is so intense. One time my ex husband told me that he just wished the...

My migraines now are daily and the trigger (or the trigger I recognize) is the sun or any bright light. My migraines when I was younger were so intense, I...

I have suffered from migraine disease for about 14yrs. and boy has it been an adventure. My migraines at one time only came in the summer, or should I say...

I have had 4 back surgeries and as I age, now 55, my back is degenerating and due to cervical disc issues. I now get 2-3 migraines a week on...

After my youngest son was born in 1991 i found out i had a brain tumor. I was having really bad headaches so i went to the eye doctor and...

I suffered partial, temporary vision loss in my left eye for about 2 minutes. The bottom third of my view went black for about a minutes, then slowly cleared up...

I've had daily headaches and migraines for over 17 years (half of my life). I've been to a number of doctors, neurologists, hypnotists, pain management specialists, etc. So those are...

I started suffering from migraines after a car accident when I was just 16. And when I get one watch out it is bad, I have literally lost days of...

I was in grade school the first time I got a migraine, I lived just down the road from my school and I walked home to meet up with my...

I'm doing a nerve stimulator trial for my migraines. I just had the surgery for the trial which will be 3 - 5 days. When I was still in recovery...

When I was twelve, I gave my mom the scare of her life with my first migraine. It struck while I was in gym class, out on a field with...

I got married almost 5 years ago. Right after I got married I started to get debilitating migraines that would last a day or 2. And I would get them...

I used to suffer 25 to 31 migraines each month. I had to see my Neurologist every six months, to try to reduce their frequency. My neurologist prescribed two or...