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Being 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...

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...

I 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...

I 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...

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...

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...

Hello 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...

I 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...

OK 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...

I 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...

Hello, 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...

I'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...

My 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...

I 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...

My 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...

As a young suffer of migraines, I fear that living with this horrible disease will become something I'll have to do forever, day in and day out. I'm worried because...

I am increasingly frustrated by the fact that my migraines, which occur at least 4-6 times a month, have been making me so emotional. And by emotional I mean that...

My migraines and I have been together for over 30 years, longer than most marriages. Early on, in my mid twenties, I recall having headaches that I would treat with...

I have suffered from my chronic migraines for over 15 years now and I take various meds for them ranging from relpax and immitrex injection to narcotic nasal sprays and...

I began having severe migraines about 10 years ago, and being the child of a migraine sufferer, I finally understood why my mother would be locked in her dark bedroom...