Stories

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...

Definitely researching is the way to go. That's actually what led me to the Prometrium. I started with other bio-identical progesterone creams but my Dr. strongly suggested Prometrium because it's...

I had my first migraine at 23 (14 years ago), of course it being the first one I thought I had some kind of tumor and was dying. I was...

It’s difficult to find strength and perseverance when you are ill, it’s almost impossible to do so when you are surrounded by people who don’t believe you. I am a...

I'm a 47 year old woman who has suffered with migraines since my mid-twenties. I have been to many neurologists (some of the best in the country) and although they...

Besides living with migraines of my own I am a caregiver for my mom who has had migraines since the age of about 20. My sister also suffers from migraine...

I'm 19 years old and I started having basilar-type migraines since last year (which was when I went to university). I just experience aura without pain. I the second semestre...