Stories

I found this website by accident and started reading, I was relieved to find other sufferers that get the same comments and suggestions on how to manage these nightmare of...

Hello everyone, I have just registered on this site (ironically, I was at the hospital getting treated for my migraine attack this morning when I did so). This was my...

I started having migraines when I was 8 years old. Every time I get one it gets worser than the one I had before. It also last longer than the...

When I was 11 I started constantly having stomach pains, throwing up almost every day. I went to see my doctor and he immediately diagnosed me with Abdominal Migraines. He...

Who is you Best friend?, if you would ask me few year back. I would have named, Mr John Right. But now a day Mr. Migraine. He is my friend...

I used to love the color purple The color of royalty, of kings and queens But now: Cold fingers Cold toes Cashmere sweaters in the summer I used to love...

My migraines started when I was 11. One day I woke up with a blinding headache that just didn't go away. Every week when I went to my pediatrician for...

When I was 7 years old I had an accident in a 4track. I hit my head so hard that I passed out for hours. Ever since that day I...

I open the car door and slide into the driver side seat. I sit quietly and wait for my vision to calibrate. It requires immense focus just to see through...

Been really interesting reading everyones experiences. Thought i'd finally seek out more information because my migraine attacks have slowly become worse over the years. Ive always got tunnel vision and...

Yesterday I visited my headache specialist. I take Effexor, Verapamil and Topomax drugs daily for migraine, and have fought for the last 24 years with many meds, many docs, surgery...

Do you ever feel like you are "making the whole thing up"? Or that it is "all in your head" (no pun intended). Today isn't a pain day, just pressure...

Ever feel like you can’t honestly answer the question “how are you?”? Try taking one of these bad boys for a spin: My brain’s feeling pretty: •Uncooperative •Pugnacious •Moody •Rebellious...

I started having migraines after my son was born 35 years ago. Only had them around menses and ovulation. Cafergot was AWFUL. Then asthma like inhaler came out and it...

I started getting what i called ice pick pain in my mid 20s after being dx with fibromyalgia. The dr told me is was normal. By my mid 30s it...

Hello, Vic here. I have suffered from migraine from the age of 13 or so. They had been so frequent that 50% of my waking time up until January this...

You can find it here: http://www.powerpoetry.org/poems/living-rules-aint-easy-it-seems I'm 18 and about to go to college, so I entered this scholarship slam at power poetry and wrote about how migraines have impacted...

I have been suffering with migraines for over 30 years. My migraines became intractable 20 years ago. It is very hard for people to understand the suffering that people with Migraines endure because...

Hi my name is Paige and I'm currently sixteen. I have suffered from migraines for three years now which doesn't seem like a long time at all but I had...

"Just take an aspirin. We all get headaches" Every.single.Time. If it was just that I wouldn't be rubbing my left temple like crazy as if to erase the pain. I...