A message to my sons...This is a note and poem I wrote and gave my just-getting-married sons in hopes that if their children inherit migraines (I inherited from my grandmother and great aunts), they...reactions3comments
Migraines No MoreI've fought this migraine beast since I was 9 years old. Now, I'm 52 and have found a cure that has stopped this beast in its track's. In any given...reactions1comment
too young, too manyI have had migraines since I was about 13, and I'm 27 now. I can't really remember when they began, why, how or where. Between keeping a migraine journal/diary with...reactions3comments
Social MigraineI've never written here before, but after what happened today I have to. I'm a 53 year old woman and have had migraines since I was six. While they have...reactions4comments
How I Cured My MigrainesI started getting migraines in High School. I'm almost 40 now so I've lived with this for over 20 years. For most of the time, the migraines were sporadic. I...reactions7comments
Migraines and parentingBeing a mom to 2 babies is difficult as it is and on top of that having migraines on a daily basis makes it worse. My triggers have become silly...reactions1comment
Life After Chronic Migraine? YES!I check in here occasionally. I still get a lot of headaches. But it used to be so much worse. There were years when the pain went on all day...reactions1comment
Inherited migrainesI was around 7-8 years old when I experienced my first real migraine. At first I remember being completely disoriented and confused to why everything was shimmering in and out...reactions1comment
Only 12 more hoursI am sitting at the breakfast table staring at the clock on the wall. My head is threatening to explode but I can still do enough math to figure that...reactions3comments
Check the expiry dates !Hi with migraines as soon as I feel drained and beyond tired, I have managed after many years to identify the feeling as what you call here on the site...reactions1comment
"out of options???"Hello, my name is Melody. I have been a chronic migraine sufferer since the age of 5. I am now 33. Five years ago I was diagnosed with Intractable Atypical...reactions4comments
Living with migrainesHello I'm a 44 year old white female and I have had migraine for several years took several meds and finally I figured it out on my own. My were...reactions1comment
Life With ElvesI have elves in my head. I'm not sure how many are there. I asked my brother earlier today how many he thought there were, and he said, "It has...reactions6comments
A long journey but it's getting betterOK I have had migraines all of my life and they are still waiting in the background for me to make a mistake. For me the big triggers are, in...reactions1comment
A father kills his daughter with severe migraines in Chilliwack, British ColumbiaI want to share this very tragic story about Emily Janzen, a 19-year-old struggling with severe migraines in Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada. Her father, Randy, killed her to end her...reactions5comments
My LONG struggle with Chronic MigrainesHello, I am a 40 year old female and had my first migraine around 13 years. Sadly my mother was the one who brought me to doctors, neurologists, etc. But...reactions4comments
Desperately seeking normalcyI'm a 33-year-old married woman with no children and I live in the Northwest US. I had my first migraine when I was 8. I had them periodically (about once...reactions2comments
Young and strugglingMy name is Payton. I am 17 years old and need help. What are some ways people make it through a day with migraines. I am so young and getting...reactions4comments
Never ending migrainesI had my first migraine at age 13 and just turned 65. I average 24 headache days a month. I no longer desire a relationship as that person never understands migraine...reactions12comments
The story of a migraine momMy son, T, is celebrating a milestone in a few weeks - he's going to be 13 and I just can't believe that much time has passed, and that he...reactions2comments