Stories

This is an open letter to employers/managers who make their migraine-suffering employees' lives hell... Chronic migraine is defined as 15 or more migraines a month. Often one migraine just bleeds...

At age 50, while living in Panama, I was struck down with debilitating migraines. It seemed I was having them every other day lasting around 14 hours with vomiting. Finally...

I was diagnosed 8 years ago with cluster headaches and also have migraines too. I have tried all types of medications and now take a combination of medications to ward...

As a child, I would often fall asleep in "strange" places. If we went visiting it wasn't unusual, so I've been told, for my parents to have to hunt for...

I've had chronic migraines for 40 years or more. When I first started getting migraines I lived on Long Island and I thought they were sinus headaches. One day I...

I have had headaches since I was a teenager but wasn't diagnosed with migraines until a few years ago. They often occurred when I would have seizures, so I thought...

Okay, so EVERYONE who lives with migraine knows the excruciating "I want to die" pain. Debilitating! I've had them ever since I had a hysterectomy at 36. I'm 65 now...

The only thing that ever helped me was codeine combined with a sleep med. When I got a headache, I knew to find somewhere to park, get the ice packs...

Hi, everyone. My story started approximately 25 years ago when I was hospitalized with the worst headache ever. The docs thought it was meningitis at first. I spent three weeks...

I’m a word nerd. One of my great satisfactions is finding the precise word, or phrase, to express what needs expressing. One of my great frustrations is the baggage that...

Another migraine day, another passive-aggressive text from a boss who just doesn't get it, and let's be honest, he doesn't really want to. To him, pain is weakness. To him...

I started getting migraines in my early 30s during my period. This was ok at first because I could tell in advance if I was going to miss work. It...

It has been nearly 3 years since I was pain-free. I think it was the end of May 2019. That was the first time I started to get a headache...

"What did you do this weekend" is a frequent topic of conversation at work. I am appreciative that my colleagues care enough about me to ask, but I never know...

My migraines started when I was 16. My first one lasted a week and all I did was sleep, moan, and sleep some more. At the age of about 25...

When I was in my 20s and 30s I would get a migraine maybe once a year, if that. The triggers were lack of sleep, stress, fluorescent lighting, that sort...

Pins and needles on fire, jabbing into my left arm and leg. This is what pain truly feels like. I reposition, but it’s getting worse now. Something must be wrong...

Here it is, day two. I walk around with a cast-iron lid on my head. It’s ever-present and uncomfortable. I am up and about going on small errands and forgetting...

I have had migraines since I was a teenager. Now in my 60s I finally found something that actually works! I was given a 2-month sample of Qulipta which is...

I started getting migraines in my teens. At first, I didn't get them often but in 1994 they became an everyday and night companion. Most of the time they were...