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What's the deal with nine pills per month for triptans? I have chronic migraine with a minimum of 15 headache days a month. I've tried all the preventative medications (blood...

I was diagnosed with migraine equivalent 5 months after cancer surgery. I had psuedomyoxima peritonae (cancer of the appendix) with a total hysterectomy 12/01. In May I started experiencing symptoms...

I will be 48 in 2 weeks. I have suffered from migraines for 44 years. I even remember being 4 with the eeg hookup to find out why I was...

First let me in no way condone those things, I hate them! BUT over the past 20 to 30 years I have had to be on them for other ailments...

No one really understands the pain The daily aches that a migraine brings My neck aches so bad that i can't hold it up And I can't find the words...

Have y'all seen those "sunglasses" they sell for driving at night to reduce glare? First I'm sure as all of those late night products they are cheap crap, but I...

First off I'm a man so I know I'm in the minority! Migraines run on both sides of my family! I get the bad ones and I get the little...

I've been suffering with daily migraines for nearly 10 years. Several months ago I found Cefaly on a trip and it's been unbelievable. I used to have migraines daily and...

I've been dealing with migraines fairly regularly since I was 17, but they've only now starting getting to the point where I need to see a doctor for them (I...

I had been diagnosed with migraines at age 16. I am now 30. The meds that worked for me was Inderal LA 80mg. Despite piling on the fat, it had...

I woke up this morning and cracked my eyes to the usual mind numbing pain that always greets me in the am. I have gotten used to the feeling that...

I can remember my first severe headache when I was about 12--maybe. I was going to Catholic school and we were having a May procession in church. There, were, of...

My migraine headaches control my life now all the time to the point where I have to call off of work a lot because they get so bad. I cry...

I have had migraines my whole life. My father had them and for years I was diagnosed with sinus headaches only to find out later in life it was migraines...

Anyone who has been to a Dr for any reason, but particularly for those of us with Migraines or other chronic medical conditions, you know how frustrating the medical system...

It feels like I am losing the battle with these migraines.. No one is able to help and now even My PCP Doctor and just told me he can no...

Hello all, my name is Joe. I am 35 years old and after the strangest combination of random symptoms I have ever experienced, was recently diagnosed with having a complex...

I've suffered from migraines since my teens (I'm 45 tomorrow), and it seems like every day has been defined by this mind-blowing head pain. Migraines are like mountains-no matter what...

I first started getting migraines as soon as I hit puberty and when I hit 18 years old my migraines changed to daily chronic migraines and I have been battling...

I suffer from what I guess is labeled as "Chronic Migraine". I do not remember exactly when they started, in my 30's or thereabouts, I am now in my fifties...