Stories

My name is Margaret and in addition to migraine, I also have a rare genetic neurodegenerative disease called Adrenomyeloneuropathy (AMN). I’ve been on supplemental oxygen when I sleep for six...

Actually, I had signed up for insurance. But, they didn't do what they promised and still refused to cover costs after the deductible was made. Even in accordance to what...

This is sort of a vent and sort of a recommendation request. I am just not sure what to do anymore. I started getting really bad neck pain in January...

I went to my family doctor about 25 years ago and told him I thought I had migraines and he asked me who diagnosed me, I told him my symptoms...

I am 21 years old and I have suffered with chronic migraines since I was 13. I felt alone until I found this website and read all of your posts...

A lot of people seem to appreciate how my stories put their experiences into words, so here's one that I know will be super relatable. A lot of people seem...

I have been dealing with migraines for about 31 years now. I am at the point where I just can\'t take it anymore. I joined this site because the first...

I first started getting migraines when I was approximately 5 years old, part of my inheritance I guess since my mother and her sister have them and their mother had...

My first migraine was in Junior High during p.e. in a sea of navy and white striped uniforms under florescent lights. I lost my vision on one side and scared...

I've had migraines since I was 40, but not officially diagnosed by a neurologist until I was 45. I've been to 3 different neurologists. None have been able to help...

I am now 22 I have been struggling with migraines since I was about 16 after a trip to Australia and New Zealand. They are constant I don't have but...

I have had migraines for 20 years now. They started when I was around 5 or 6 and haven't left me alone since. I was always the sick child- staying...

March 23rd, 2013 seemed like a normal day except we got a snowstorm and I was headed back home a couple hundred miles from home. I was traveling around 15...

I was officially diagnosed with migraine about 18 years ago, but believe I have been suffering since I was a teen. Just thought I had bad sinus headaches. I was...

Hi folks,I wrote a week or so ago about how the Cefaly was causing me pain. I had the good fortune to have a very considerate gentleman from a chemist...

I never had a migraine until I was 33. But one day they just showed up. They were bad, 1 - 3 day migraines out of the blue, with all...

Being retired, I no longer get work related stress migraines. They were so bad, they caused an outbreak of my herpes virus a day or two after migraine left. Thank...

I started having migraines when in grade school, but only when we went to Detroit Tigers baseball games. Every summer, my dad would take all 4 of us boys to...

It started with menstrual migraines at 11. With my second pregnancy in 2002, I had almost constant migraines. It was so bad my OB induced labor a few weeks early...

My sister had migraines as a child so I knew what was happening with my first onset the end of freshman year in college. In my mid-50s now, the migraine...