A very unmerry birthdayI'm 21, and coming up on the celebration of my headache's fifth birthday. I didn't used to describe it as a migraine, they have other associated symptoms generally, but as...Reactions0reactionsComments5 comments
Dear MigraineDear Migraine, It has been 2 1/2 months since you reared your ugly head, making your first unwelcome visit, as I lay in my bed. I didn't see you coming...Reactions0reactionsComments1 comments
HuMor MeI am a 37 yr old Familial Hemiplegic Migraine sufferer from the UK. My whole family suffers from the disease which has been passed on through 5 generations that we...Reactions0reactionsComments3 comments
migraine encephalopathyI have had migraines since the age of 12 and am now 51, over the years I tried all medications like anti-epileptic meds, abortives, anti-inflamatories, migraine meds, preventatives to no...Reactions0reactionsComments3 comments
More ComplicationsI've suffered from migraines since I can remember. You name the type, they said I had it. It was finally "chronic". In the ER constantly. I'm allergic to almost every...Reactions0reactionsComments5 comments
Change in Migraines after years of the sameI'm 48 & have had migraines since I was in my teens. When I was pregnant I didn't get morning sickness, I got migraines that lasted for days. My migraines...Reactions0reactionsComments6 comments
The Unintentionally Hostile Work EnvironmentDoes anyone else have a job that thinks it's accommodating or tries to be but just can't be? My office recently moved from a place with old lighting and high...Reactions0reactionsComments8 comments
Hospital ER ExperienceI have chronic daily debilitating migraines. I have given up on the words NOT having a migraine to the words of How do you RATE your pain at this time...Reactions0reactionsComments8 comments
Migraine with a dose of muscle aches & painsI am active at home mom with 2 boys both in sports i have been living with migraines for five years I went to the doctors and felt like a...Reactions0reactionsComments1 comments
Abilify(aripriprazole) and migrainesi have had a terrible history of migraines. in 2007 i was diagnosed with bipolar II disorder. i was already on topiromate for migraines, and it was helping, but not...Reactions0reactionsComments5 comments
Waking up with throbbing head painI have about 1 week a month where I do not wake up with throbbing head pain. One day my husband told me that this guy he works with was...Reactions0reactionsComments1 comments
Weather, Weather, Weather!I first started having migraines in my late twenties. Back then everyone thought they were sinus headaches but my sinuses were clear and I rarely get colds. When I reached...Reactions0reactionsComments8 comments
Life Changing Migraine SurgeryDr Khorsandi @ The Migraine Relief Center in Houston, Tx has saved my life. I've been suffering from migraines x20years, including a cardiac arrest from a basilar artery migraine. I...Reactions0reactionsComments1 comments
Complex MigraineI am a 33 year old female and very healthy! I have two little girls, work full time and married. About a month ago I am driving down the road...Reactions0reactionsComments4 comments
There's a little switch inside my head...Head pain is often not a part of my migraines, at least not a prominent part. As far back as I can remember, I had periods of weirdness where I...Reactions0reactionsComments6 comments
A living nightmareI'm a 44 yr old woman and if you can believe it, I've had migraines as far back as when I was 5 years old. My paternal grandmother suffered severe...Reactions0reactionsComments2 comments
Complicated MigrainesOne year ago, I had an episode. No aura, no symptoms other than my pupils were unevenly dilated. My daughter said, 'what's wrong with your eyes? '. I thought I...Reactions0reactionsComments3 comments
Migraine vs. LifeSo, I never really thought that I would be asking myself this question when I started having migraines in high school. I never thought I would have to ask myself...Reactions0reactionsComments1 comments
Migraine and meIt was not until one day i lied down my head on my desk in the classroom as I did very often nowadays that I was told I suffer from...Reactions0reactionsComments1 comments
Topamax Side EffectsI am on my second round of trying Topamax. I now remember why I quit taking it the first time. So tired and the eye pressure I get with it...Reactions0reactionsComments33 comments