Stories

I have suffered with migraines since giving birth to my daughter in 1988. Over the years, I have received treatment from numerous doctors. Preventative medication has helped over the years...

When my father was young, he would tie a rag as hard as he could and go to sleep for days. My mother had them mostly in 20s, 30s and...

Hi world-- Hi Migraineurs. I don't really remember my life without migraines. I started experiencing them when I was five and saw my first neurologist at seven. I definitely remember...

I've been an episodic migraineur for the last 10 years. I average 10-12 a month and they typically last 1-4 hours and the majority are an average level of pain...

I am 41 years old. I have had migraines my whole life. Yet the last ten years they have became chronic. I am at my wits end with the Migraines!...

I am 64, in my 48th year of migraines. My mother said that her father used to come in from the fields with terrible headaches and all the children had...

"You might have central nervous system Lyme disease," a doctor told me last week. After a few migraines last fall, I developed daily migraines that haven't left since January. Because...

I have been a migraine patient since the past 4 years. Pain intensity ranging from medium to chronic. Used medication for 8-9 months. Occasional attacks due to weather change, obnoxious...

I am a 32yrs old female with daily chronic migraines and daily chronic headaches. The headaches are a pain level of about 8 to 9 on a level 10 scale...

Several months ago, I wrote to tell everyone about having had migraine surgery. I was less than 2 weeks out from it, but was excited nonetheless to have had fewer...

For as long as I can remember, I’ve had headaches even as a kid. I wasn’t 55. They haven’t gone away with menopause, but instead, intensified. My physicians, bless them...

I've suffered from migraines for almost 30 years. I inherited them from my dad. I've been on Topamax for over 10 years and it has been successful to keep them...

I am a 42-year old female with daily chronic migraines. I sustained a concussion 8 years ago and since then have been experiencing regular migraines. It has had a significant...

I had my first migraine when I was 11 years old. I will be 51 this year and as I went into my 40's they became worse than ever. I...

So, I've been worried about my job - missing due to migraines as well as cognitive issues when I am able to work affecting my work - I am a...

Hi, I am 58. I'm a life time headache person, the last 28 are migraines. They are daily. They are Severe and beyond. I quit my job in Jan. 2006...

Imitrex stopped working for me years ago. I had migraine headaches 15+ times a month. So debilitating! I have been having Botox injections for the last two or more years...

I opened one eye just enough to ascertain that I had not closed the blinds last night and sunlight was streaming into the room. To most people, this would be...

I have grown up in a family of migraineurs, so ever since a child I've been waiting for my tun in the line. It started when I was a teenager...

Hi, I am 34 year old, male, from Mumbai, India. I have been getting daily tension type headaches since the past 20 years, and once or twice a week, they progress...