Stories

Many years ago I read a book series by Frank E. Peretti, This Present Darkness; I believe is the first of the series. In it the author describes demons as...

I've had migraines for as long as I can remember but November 10th 2013 I got a terrible migraine and it hasn't gone away. This static migraine now reigns over...

My migraines started young but I didn't know what they were until I had a friend who had them too and explained to me what they are. I was 18...

Hi, I am 30yrs old and having migraine headaches since age 14. In the beginning my migraines went away after a few hours of sleep and very little medication but...

I contracted encephalitis February 2014 that triggered a status migranosus lasting 6 months. Apparently my genetic predisposition combined with the 500 hours I worked in the preceding 2 months and...

Hi everyone. I'm a newby and I would like to tell my story. I Started at an early age about 8 years old with classic symptoms - very painful headaches...

Here's my story! When I was 12 I started with classic migraines. No one knew what they were and I was hospitalized for three days to run tests. Finally an...

I have taken many drugs, tried acupuncture, surgery (forehead lift), diets, those anti-wrinkle shots in the forehead, had my wisdom teeth taken out, many docs and specialists, etc. Finally tried...

I'm new to blogging but feel very alone. I think my family and friends view me as weak or depressed; not a migraine sufferer. I've had a migraine, that fluctuates...

After 20 years of Drs., numerous medications, botox, I went gluten free I have been free of migraines for 5 years...

All our family suffered migraines. I knew my mum saw flashing lights, my sis had to lay down for days in a blackened room. I knew of their pain until...

Migraine. That one word that can make a beautiful day feel like the worst day you have ever experienced. I have been a chronic migraine sufferer for about 8 years...

For 18 years I have been a frequent sufferer of severe chronic migraines frequently spending as many as 15 days a month in agony in a darkened room with vomiting...

For the last 27 years I have strictly avoided any foods that contain D glutamate. And I am 100% migraine free as long as I get enough sleep. About once...

I began having migraines in 1995. I was working as a tax manager in a very stressful corporate environment and decided to quit in 1996. However, even with less stress...

I got my first migraine about fifteen years ago, at Christmastime. I was nine years old, and my third grade teacher was making these gingerbread cookie ornaments for the students...

I don’t know about you, but I’m getting tired of being my own advocate. Like many of us who suffer from Chronic Migraine, I am constantly tracking down new treatments...

My son had his first migraine at age 6. He has headaches on a daily basis & is now 21 years old. He was hospitalized for 7 days at one...

Dear fellow migranuers... My 5 year old son Benji, if he gets the nerve up, will be performing in a winter performance with his Kindergarten class in under an hour...

I live with chronic migraine. For me, that means I have a low-level migraine 24/7/365. I know many of us think 'low-level' & 'migraine' don't belong in the same sentence...