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I began getting serious migraines when I turned 17. I had no idea what I was in for when I first went to the doctor. It has been nearly 14...

I am a 31 year old female. I have suffered from migraines all my life. About 4 years ago, I started getting "severe" migraines. Went to a doctor and had...

I have had headaches all my life (I had a head injury at 2-1/2). My first "classic" migraine (that I remember) appeared when I was 8 mo pregnant with my...

I had my first migraine at age 12. I will never forget it. I was picking raspberries at my great-aunt's and stopped to read my book, "Eight is Enough." It...

At 53 years old, my first visual and sensory aura made themselves known to me. Never before in my life had I experienced such a thing and had no preparation...

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...