Stories

Well, I have suffered since I was 14 or 15 years old from migraines. I am 50 now. My life is close to ruined. I lost my career, relationships, my...

It was late 2013. A completely normal day at my job. Not doing anything out of the ordinary. I felt a headache coming on. I didn't think much of it...

I was hit by a car in the early '60s (at about 10 years old, my fault, entirely), and experienced huge bruises and a head injury that was called at...

My name is Ann. I had years of fibromyalgia symptoms before being diagnosed. This in turn led to migraines, which is common. I do not get severe head pain but...

In writing an email to my BFF I described some of her students as "overly young". She asked me if I thought people felt the same thing of us. I...

I have been told that my written communication is way better than spoken. I wonder why it will be any different for someone like me. I can take time in...

Please note: This is a difficult one to read. But this is the experience I had. I can’t sugarcoat it. The way my well-wishers tell me to drive a car...

I see people digesting all kinds of things which are difficult to digest. Animal protein is such a thing which takes a toll on our body. It’s an arduous task...

I am usually in a meditative state of mind to avoid a flare-up. It’s about the necessity-versus-choice debate. For me, it’s a necessity. Why? Whenever I focus on a task...

It's been a while since I've posted here. It's also been a while since I've found any success with treatment since I stopped Topamax back in 2020. A little backstory...

I've lived with migraines for 61 years. As many of you know, the longer you have migraines, the more frequently you have them. I started having daily migraines in the...

This is part II to my story, Mouths Open, Mouths Close, where I share potential responses to uncomfortable comments about my migraine. A. My reply: "True." (Better to keep it...

…all the time. I know they do. They do it too much. That’s what this essay is about. Mouths! I will tell you a lot of things that I have...

A girl in the 10th standard in school asked me once, "Why does your voice always sound like you woke up from sleep?" I didn’t have an answer at that...

Two days ago, I went outside my home for 4.5 hours. I had fun at the mall and the mini zoo nearby. I gave myself a treat of americano after...

Was this a good idea after three decades Of not experiencing something obnoxious? Just for me, not for anybody else. I am me, they are them. The desire to leave...

I was being woken up by my sister to get in the bath and get ready to school. "Please just leave me to sleep," I said as she kept tapping...

I know people die. I know many are about to die. I know people lose body parts. I know too many eat junk and die of the impurities accumulated in...

Reading a novel is a nightmare for me. That's why I have to give up many of them after reading a portion. Spacing out my reading helps me understand and...

It’s okay for one to not digest my 2 dozen symptoms as a cause for the limitations in my life. It’s not easy to do so. One may somehow digest...