Stories

I didn't have migraines until I was 40 ( which unbelievably is 30 years ago.)I took so much medicine that I ended up with rebound headaches. My first Neurologist gave...

I feel so very alone. It's exhausting trying to appear fine when you are tired and in pain. Almost no one seems to care or even try to understand (my...

Hello everyone I m new to the migraine community. My most recent bout with migraine was, over memorial day. It hit me like a freight train. I woke up, with...

For about as long as I can remember, I've dealt with a lot of headaches and occasional migraines. When I was approx. 10 years old (I'm 23 now), the headaches...

My migraine story starts off like so many others. My first migraine came out of nowhere at the age of 17 with no obvious trigger preceding it. I spent the...

I’ve had migraines since my twenties. I used to have just the pain, but now it’s more vertigo, blurry vision and balance issues. I’m very sensitive to light. My life...

Hi, just joined, been getting migraines for years but didn't know what they were, thought they were flu, use to get about one a year but now it's one a...

So I have had migraines some I was 10 years old I'm 50. One day I took my daughter to the circus and developed a migraine after being exposed to...

There are all kinds of systemic effects from having migraines, which are compounded when they move into the chronic/constant state… Having x3 types (migraine with aura, ocular migraine, brain stem...

I am an 18 year old college student. My migraine story began at the age of 13. In my two years of suffering from migraines, I experienced gallbladder surgery, sinus...

I am pleased to introduce myself to all of my fellow migraine sufferers! My name is Susan and I am 66 yrs old and have been experiencing migraines since at...

My biggest pet peeve is when people say migraine is just a headache. The only thing that bothers me more is when someone says they have a migraine when they...

I deviled migraines after a patient grabbed me by the neck and blew out 5 of my cervical discs. I had fusions put in but now my bones are collapsing...

28th May 2017 I feel that by bringing you regular updates I am in some way helping someone with their struggle with migraines. However this is a totally personal account...

My girlfriend I adore, she has had bad migraines since she was a teenager. She takes medications for it. Some are opioids. Some of them make her sick. She sleeps...

2010, started having horrific migraines every 3 months. Previously happened once a year. Hospital everytime. They were stroke effect migraine-not loss of limb movement, but rather aphasia of speech, and...

In 2012 I was diagnosed with an aggressive form of Breast Cancer and had a bilateral mastectomy and went through chemotherapy and Herceptin treatment. I then had a hysterectomy and...

My story is not much different from everyone else's. I first got a migraine with aura, aphasia, and numbness on one side when I was 12. I got one or...

Hi I have migraines since I was 8 years old I'm 40 now and I always know when a migraine is coming with all the symptoms couple weeks ago I...

I feel I spend my most of my life avoiding fun. I avoid places that will have me sitting in the sun, so no sporting events, no beach and no...