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Several of my friends and family members have disabilities. Since I was old enough to understand what "disabled" meant, I've always been very careful with the word and its synonyms...

I am a 44 yr old woman. I've had fairly frequent headaches throughout my adult life. As an adult, I've developed seasonal allergies which once or twice a year set...

If some of you haven't heard of this it is something you should check out. I had one installed permanently on Aug. 13th. I had to go back 2 times...

The pressure just took me by surprise and I was abruptly having a Migraine. I never knew how bad these migraines will be until they show up. This particular morning...

I've written once before about my experiences. Other than that, I have mostly lurked and occassionally commented on other stories. I'm not the type to share a lot. At the...

I've tried for years to figure out what's causing my migraines, and how to stop them. I've been getting sporadic migraines with aura since I was 13, and about 10...

I have suffered migraine for over 60 years. Some time ago I googled migraine triggers and saw yogurt listed. I have been eating so much yogurt so I decided to...

Katie asked me to post something here that I shared as a comment to her "Images of an Invisible Illness" post. In 2010, I was finally correctly diagnosed with chronic...

hey I’ve got a little bit of an odd scenario with the way my eyes work one is susceptible to blue light while the other is susceptible to red these...

I have posted here before but I'll start at the beginning for some context. I was always a kid with headaches. Sure when I was young they weren't that bad...

I'm 46 years old, the migraines started on my 20's and getting worse every day. About a year ago, I started the Botox treatment with no good results. To make...

Four years ago I started getting migraines after a TBI that was followed two months later by a cervical torsion that probably did nothing good to help healing that first...

I got my first migraine when I was 13. It came when I started my menses. Back then we really didn't know as much about migraines. It was just a...

My Name is Jess, I have had migraines since I was in high school but we weren't able to find the true trigger until I was in College because it...

My headache started, yes, I said headache only one. I have had the same one for nineteen years. It has not stopped, it has lessened at times but it is...

It's not everyday this happens and there are countless people that can go through their life and not experience it. Finding yourself in a suspected medical emergency where EMS has...

I was diagnosed in 1999 with Migraines. I recall all my symptoms before being diagnosed. Light, sunlight, lights were so painful to me. I had numerous hospital visits. When I...

On average I get at least one migraine a week. This is an improvement from the three or four a week I used to live with. I make sure I...

I've been on disability for migraines since 2010 and most of you know how resistant the government is for allowing a disability award to anyone for anything. This past year...

Hi I am 38 and a mother of 4 children. I have had chronic headaches for years and suffered migraines occasionally. The beginning of this year I started having balance...