Stories

It's been 2 years since I've written a story for the site and I figured it's time to update some things. My last story was actually published on the Facebook...

I'm 52 and my first migraine was at the age of 14. So I had my first 'death by brain tumor' scare many, many years ago. My father thought it...

I know that it’s been a while since I’ve posted, one thing that irks me to no end is the loss of days and weeks that I endure and not...

I have very severe Hemiplegic that cause paralysis down the left side and brain stem migraines that make my scalp hurts (the scalp is the pain sensory for brain stem...

I have suffered with chronic migraines since I was 17. Nearly 40 years. I've tried everything known to mankind to treat them .. to no avail. I just had my...

During my teenage years, I experienced very painful migraine headaches. At the age of 18, one morning while pouring myself some cereal in my family's kitchen, I suddenly felt extremely...

I work in an airconditioned office and wondered if that is contributing to my wasted Sunny Saturdays migraines? Now and then I get a migraine, usually it is on the...

I started having severe headaches when I was in my early teens.  I missed more days of school than I should have.  I used  to eat Tylenol like candy just...

I don't understand why doctors insist on treating patients with zofran. I have experienced and entire family have also experienced massive next day migraines when Zofran was used. Why is...

Recently, I read about a study concerning how users utilize their time on Facebook. There are active users and active scrollers. Active users are the beneficiaries of the positives aspects...

A horrible title to start this post but I unfortunately have suffered this situation and felt the need to share my experience. I have lost almost the entire month of...

I need some serious advice from chronic sufferers. I am new to the chronic category. Fresh this year. I've been episodic my whole life but for some reason I changed...

Today I was told “maybe I’m too sick to get an education” by someone in the disabilities services center at my college. Half of me wanted to start crying in...

I completely understand why people change from prescription pain medications to heroine. I was under the care of a neurologist for 6 years for chronic migraines. Trying to find preventive...

I really enjoy a good coffee. To me, it's not a beverage to consume on the run in an obscene, mammoth, logo-emblazoned tumbler. (Aghast!) To the contrary, a good coffee...

I'm 33 year old female and have had migraines for 7 years. I tried many different meds, acupuncture, message, chiropractic care, Mayo clinic in Rochester, other neurologists, family Dr, headache...

For the last ten years I have suffered from headaches post-exercise. It started with high impact aerobics but as I scaled down my exertion, I started to get headaches after...

I'm currently in a postdrome, & my head is feeling like a headache could return, so I'm going to keep this short! Although I started getting migraine HEADACHES at about...

Does anyone have any success stories. Need some feed back. Sitting on fence...

I feel like I am lucky that my migraines didn't start until I was 26 years old. I'd had headaches before, but that was it. In fact, this all started...