Stories

I found this site through one of my favorite authors who suffers from migraines herself, so I’m thanking you for the space for letting me write my story. It all...

There is that moment, a few seconds actually, when an aura splits my vision, and the dread of what is to come washes over me. i close me eyes. open...

I have been reading your site and I'm so glad I found it. I have chronic migraines with 18-22 migraines a month. I've tried many prophylactic (medicinal) as well as...

I had a head injury in 2002 and I've been suffering from Chronic Migraines/Cluster headaches/Ice Pick Headaches and I'm also Bipolar. I can't function, I've had several CT Scan's done...

I had my first migraine at the age of 8, I remember curling up on the couch in our living room and crying wondering if I was dying and not...

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...