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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...

I have a difficult time (due to inability to focus) finding where to post my questions/concerns, so I hope this is the appropriate space. My migraines are multiple and daily...

I got my migraine since i was eight, i got diagnosed wrong many times and i got so many mixed medications. Now i am 27 years old, married, having one...

I am 69 and have had migraines since I was a small child. Back then they were called "bilious attacks" and no medication. As the years passed I discovered medication...

If I get asked one more time if I drank enough water, I will freak out. Water is my number one priority. A tip for nausea that sometimes help in...

I have been an athlete my entire life - competitive swimmer, figure skater, runner, triathlete, rock climber and have taught all sorts of classes from spinning to aqua classes. When...

I believe I noticed a correlation between omeprazole and chronic migraine aura. Does anyone know of an association with migraines and omeprazole (prilosec)? Here is my situation: For most of...

My migraines began after a traffic accident in 1984. I would get them only once in awhile. When I moved from the Eastern U. S. to the West in 1998...

Back in March I had my first migraine with aura which included stroke-like symptoms on my right side (which is the side my headaches are on), tingling in my face...