Stories

I got my first migraine in 1973. Hereditary I am sure, as my mom and sister had/have them. Mine may have started about when I first menstruated. Although initially I...

My sister was scrolling through Kick Starter and she found this. It is designed to help migraine suffers, family members, friends, and other people to understand and experience what living...

We all look like a lot of hopeless cases expecting the medical profession to come up with something to save us from our torments. In all my 60+ years of...

I was diagnosed with chronic migraine in 2011. 49 years old at the time, trained as a life coach and building my business, and working part time as a cashier...

Yesterday, great day I felt good and was hopeful Today hope is lost...

Not too long ago, my fiancé brought home the most beautiful puppy – a part American Staffordshire Terrier and Southern Louisiana Swamp Cur little girl that he named Butters. She’s...

When I was 15 I had a splenectomy for a dermoid cyst in my spleen. Within a week I developed severe - aura beginning - Migraine Headaches. Typical at first...

Hello, I am 29 years old and I suffered from migraine almost all my life. Now it seems (finger crossed!) that my migraine is gone. Before you start: no, I'm...

I was diagnosed with alternating hemiplegic migraine at the age of 12. I am now 35. It is a migraine which alternates from side to side. Right side being worse...

I am a 30 year old with no known history of migraines. I say 'known' because I don't think I've ever had one, and I think if I had, I...

Oh man I thought I was only one. Some of my worst attacks I have at work. No one understands. It gets so bad I just want all the lights...

My migraines started almost 15 years ago. I was 41 years old and had never experienced even a small headache, but one morning while getting ready for work my brain...

I'm not really interested so much in sharing my story. It's sad and long and is pretty much like everyone else's story. Drugs that worked for a while then didn't...

So I have been suffering from migraines since I was a teen. Thanks mom for the part you played in my genetics that opened that door for me ;) So...

I’ve been dealing with episodic migraine since high school. They increased in frequency and intensity after the birth of my second daughter. I’ve poured a lot of time and energy...

My backstory, I'm currently 23 years old; I'm a male who recently had my girlfriend of a year move in who unfortunately got to experience my second round of a...

I am a chronic migraineur and have been for 9 years. My husband and I are moving to the Phoenix area and I would really appreciate names of good healthcare...

I remember when I was fun for other people. I remember when I could flick my hair around and dance without a thought. I remember when walking into a shopping...

Nobody believes in my country that our job is the hardest among all jobs especially when you have a migraine. Hi my name is modi and I'm a teacher with...

I never knew what I wanted to be when I grew up. After high school I spent my early twenties flitting from option to option: marine biologist, marine ecologist, writer...