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I have suffered with migraines for over 20 years. They are a living nightmare...I've tried everything. I have injections immigram amytriptoline preventers Botox. When I get them, I have them...

I'm 72 years old and have had headaches for as long as I can remember. I would cry as a child and hold my head, but living with a "stoic"...

So I have to start by sharing that this site, stories, and articles have been a savior to me. I thank all of you who have shared. Some things about...

I am 50 years old and have suffered from migraines all my life. I can only remember as far back as elementary school...and only because of all the school I...

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...

I'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...

I 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...

I'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...

I 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...

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...