Stories

I've had chronic migraines since my early teenage years and can't even count the number of medications i have been on. I currently take topamax and tofranil daily, along with...

Hi, my name is Maria and I have been suffering with migraines for 20 years and having 3 to four a week within in past 7 years. I have been...

Good Day, To start let me tell you I can count on one hand how many headaches I had, before 5/14/2010. Then I took a dive down 22 steps at...

July 1981 - First Encounter; I was building a box. Working for an export company that provided containerization and crating services. The last layoff, left me working alone in a...

I've had occasional migraines for a long time, but only in the last ten years did they become more frequent. I really can't imagine how previous generations lived with frequent...

I am a 33 year old stay at home mother, and college student who suffers from daily headaches, chronic migraines, and cluster headaches. I have had migraines since I was...

Where to begin... As of this writing I am 38 years old. Migraine runs in my family. My mother has them. My brother had them as a child, but grew...

Hello, I have had migraines for the past 16 years and no better now then I was then. I have tried everything that is possible and then some. I also...

Hi, my name is Lana and I live in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada. The reason I mention this is because we are a couple thousand miles from the nearest large...

So I have always suffered from headaches from a young age, then in my early 20’s I was diagnosed with migraines, they were under control for a long time, up...

My migraines started when I was about 21. I would get a pain on the left side of my head that slowly grew, until I couldn't function. If I was...

I started suffering from migraines around age 16 after my car was sideswiped. That was also when my neck & back problems began. As my neck and back problems grew...

I don’t know when it truly began…I’ve had headaches for as long as I can remember. My mom says they started when I was about 4. But I don’t believe...

I call it the monster in my head. I remember being a child and having severe stomach aches and seeing distorted images that scared me. Later when puberty hit my...

Well my story starts about 12 years ago. I suffer from severe migraines. I was in a severe car accident 12 years ago, but I don't know if that it...

Oh where to begin...such a long and detailed story to tell. I will do my best to be as accurate as possible because lately my brain feels like it is...

The first migraine I ever experienced was 31 years ago. I was 10, sitting in a movie theater and the worst pain I ever felt over took me. I become...

It's hard to remember a time I didn't have migraines. My symptoms are extreme pain, nausea, extreme weakness, vomiting, and light sensitivity. My triggers are getting too hot, eating chocolate...

I was finally diagnosed in October 2009 with a specific type of headache called Cluster Headaches. I had been suffering since 1988 and they had been getting more frequent and...

I've had migraines since I was little, and now at 26 they're almost daily, and if not, they last for days anyway. I'm triggered by the weather the most and...