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I had my first migraine around age 12, after the hit of puberty. I remember it quite well as I had discovered the wonders of the handheld shower head...yeah...that. So...

Hello everyone. I have had migraines for awhile and I am pretty good at handling them. I am not sure what that triggers are for them so i started to...

Here's another thing that is completely incompatible with chronic migraine: wedding planning. I'm in my late thirties and engaged for the first time. I manage to hold down a full...

I have had migraines for 30years. At first they were infrequent. Gradually increasing in pain and frequency over time. I’d realize a new food trigger and take it out of...

Thinking back to when the pain began...it was 1995 and there were a few changes happening in my life. My cycles had become intolerable with cramping, so my doctor put...

I’m a male in my late thirties with acephalgic migraines. Reading other people's stories is helpful, especially as I work to get through another 'episode'. I got migraines sporadically in...

I have had migraines since I was 12. Started with the monthly cycle. I did not have them every month and usually they were for only the first day. However...

After having my second child 3 and a half years ago I experienced my first hemiplegic migraine attack. I was on shift as a staff nurse and out of no...

The very first memory of a headache was when I was 3 or so. I remember getting out of my bed, and going into the kitchen where my Dad was...

This isn't anything strange. I just wanted to let all migraine sufferers know that their migraines might be due to a wheat allergy. I'm 70 years old and have had...

Finally, I am writing my 'almost' 72 year old story, only Miss Slevin WROTE my story, almost to the "nth"...! After hesitating, and reading so many other stories for quite...

Since I found this site, it has been the source of so much comfort for me. Knowing finally that I am not alone, that I am worth loving and being...

So I used to suffer from Chronic Tension Headaches about three years ago, they eventually went away on their own after a few months of taking nortryptoline. The headaches recently...

Well, here we go. I am sufficiently anonymous now, so I'll start venting. I'm 41 years old, have a wonderful family with three young kids and a saint of a...

I can remember my first migraine hit me about 5yrs old, it was in my right eye and the pain was excruciating but lasted only seconds. And then I would...

I had my first migraine when I was four. Also at that age I found out I had NF1. Which causes cyst to grow everywhere there is a nerve. They...

I am 44 and have suffered migraines since I was a young child. Doctors have accused me of making up stories and even pretending just to get drugs but the...

My name is Leilani and I have been dealing with a minimum of 15 (but I swear it is more like 20) migraines a month for the last 14 years...

In September of 2008, my doctor,told me to go check my Testosterone levels. We found out that they were very low and so he put on the Testosterone Replacement Therapy...

For years, I've wanted to write about my personal experiences with my 20 year battle with migraines. It will all be in my book, a chapter, as I never want...