Stories

The room is dark, I open my eyes slightly as I awake from the pain. It’s almost 4 am, and my body feels like a 1000 pounds and my head...

I have suffered with migraines ever since I was a teenager. My mother was a strict disciplinarian who did not believe in laying down during the day time. She did...

When I first started with my Migraines it would last anything from a week to 2 weeks. i was about 16 when i had my first attack. I was sitting...

When I turned 30 I experienced my first migraine. Like clockwork, every month during my menstral cycle I get a minimum of 8 migraines a month. 2 days prior I...

I have familial history on both sides of the family. I thought I started getting migraines when I was 14, but can remember having severe headaches when I was even...

I came home from working in Africa with chronic migraines at 56 yrs. old. I spent over a year trying to figure out WHY this was happening to my body...

The minute I feel a migraine coming on I take Cambia. EXPENSIVE!!!!! Retail over $500. for 9 packs-- you mix in water. I also have phenergan to knock me out...

This is not so much my story (which, like others, could take pages to clearly relay). I recently relocated to the west coast of Florida (Sarasota area' - about an...

I was a John's Hopkins university graduate. I am also blind in my left eye. In 1994, four weeks after my mother died I experienced my first migraine. I was...

I've never had a migraine in my life. I'm 35, and I have Epilepsy. I am seizure free. I have 2 young kids, who were out with their dad, when...

I'm so grateful to everyone for submitting their stories and making me feel like one of a million instead of one IN a million . My headaches started with my...

I grew up in the suburbs of Philadelphia back in the late 60s and early 70s until we moved to the Atlanta area back in 1974. But while I was...

So, I have semi-chronic migraines (not sure if they're often enough to be considered chronic anymore). And there's a huge Catch-22 to having migraines. I knew I was going to...

But that would be a very one sided view, "what a struggle." I'm sure we are here because we do just that. I have suffered from Migraines maybe since I...

I am so tired of people not taking my CHRONIC Migraines seriously.I did have 2 cervical neck spinal surgeries front and the back.My neck was fractured by a CHIROPRACTOR !!...

I have a fairly good job in London 9-5.30 5 days a week in an office environment. 7 months ago I moved closer to London to reduce my commute (and...

Hi, I've been having migraines without aura for almost a year now but I don't have a typical cycle of a migraine. Instead, I wake up with a headache and...

I had intermittent migraines from 1965 to 2006. I could go from 3-6 months migraine free and then it would hit and totally control my life for a week of...

Where to start, well it sucks first off but that’s a little bit too general of a statement for any practical use. Let’s try this instead; I’ll start with describing...

About 10 years ago I was having symptoms that no one could explain!!! not even the 3 neurologist I had seen. I now know its called aura. flashing bright lights...